blakestacey

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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 15 points 2 weeks ago

It's practically a proverb that you don't ask a scientist to explain how a "psychic" is pulling off their con, because scientists are accustomed to fair play; you call a magician.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The Wikipedia editors are on it.

image descriptionscreenshot of Tyler Cowen's Wikipedia article, specifically the "Personal life" section. The concluding sentence is "He also prefers virgin actresses."

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The sound a vibe coder makes while edging to Ani

(This is also what all their other words mean)

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 21 points 3 weeks ago

I got bored and flipped to the replies. The first was this by "TERFs 'r' us":

Excellent overview!

This is transhumanism.

This is going to destroy humanity, @elonmusk.

Put the breaks on!

I hate transhumanism because it's eugenics for 1990s Wired magazine.

You hate it because it has "trans" in the name.

We are not the same.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Let's be honest: These are exactly the sort of people who will stick their dicks into the Torment Nexus.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 10 points 3 weeks ago

Is your ring even swole, bro

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 15 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

The AI industry is getting sneered by the dictionary.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago

Or perhaps it is bleen

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Gort is Klaatu barada nikhto?

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

Elon Musk announces "Grokipedia", which is exactly what it sounds like.

for article in wikipedia: grok.is_this_true(article)

The Gizmodo story mentions that he retweeted Larry Sanger, but it doesn't dive into the rabbit hole of just how much of a kook Sanger is and how badly his would-be Wikipedia competitors have failed.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Maybe next he can get an LLM to automate his apologetics for genocide.

He could call it Vibonism.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Zitron was a major dick to a friend of mine who was having technical troubles with reading his newsletter.

And he needs an editor.

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