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"[O]f all the emotions – and indifference, too, because even indifference is an emotion of a sort – only love sees the unveiled truth." – Gene Wolfe, Return to the Whorl

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Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · Feb 28

Evil is a form of stupidity

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 5h

A simpler version of that thread is that LLMs are to some degree a replacement for their own inputs, and it will be interesting to see how that shakes out.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 6h

To be clear I’m not sure this is a bad thing. Killing the ad-supported web sounds pretty good. What replaces it, though? The commercial web has been an exercise in making expensive things seem free to the consumer.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 6h

When your whole ecosystem is built on eyeballs and then you take away the eyeballs what happens

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 6h

This tongue-in-cheek suggestion brought to you by reports that Google AI overviews are drastically reducing site visits, killing the revenue stream for the sites that Google depends on

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 6h

Man, exciting to have cracked this one, what other pressing world issues can I solve this morning

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 6h

I solved it. AI companies should pay people to create high quality information to train LLMs on, and anyone with a subscription to the sponsoring AI gets access to that content as well.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 1d

It’s really good and very sad

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 1d

Likely he knows it’s pervasive at all levels of the party. Denounce it here and he’ll have to denounce it when it emerges elsewhere.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 2d

“The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.”

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 2d

man, Piranesi is so good!

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 2d

Post, then read, then delete, then post edited version. This is the only way to be

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 2d

I’m re-reading Piranesi, and I re-read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell earlier this year. There’s an element of psychological horror to both that really jumps out at me now. I hadn’t missed it the first time around, but it’s a bigger element than I first thought. Very effective and moving.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 2d

lol I got one of these today as well. “IT’S HERE” cracks me up every time

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 2d

Kids

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 3d

Too good to be true

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 4d

States and provinces

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 4d

Just realized half of the playoff teams are from Great Lakes states. Best region in the country in so many ways

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 4d

Oh clearly Fickell, right?! Franklin has had success.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 4d

The reds were in the playoffs this year.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 4d

Someone with a reds hat at the brewers-cubs game 🤔

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly it seems to me that more than anyone they are the one team no one wants to play. Incredible.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 4d

Indiana wow

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 6d

Stay tuned for the follow-up, “what if Mr. Rogers was nice?”

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 6d

No, just started looking pretty recently. Good idea though.

Howard @arkmashton.bsky.social · 6d

February here. 🤝