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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 31m

spicy multimedia autofill holding the whole-ass economy together now because, oops, talking centenarian finance people who don't know how to open a PDF into believing it's *not* spicy autofill they're buying is load-bearing now. no one tell them so the hype cycle stays at the tippy top.

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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 36m

multimedia autofill

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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 36m

and no, your keyboard's autocomplete software is not alive, will not bring about The SingularityTM, and expecting it to magically develop other uses than text-related autocomplete-y ones (or the image/video/whatever equivalent of autocomplete) will end in disappointment

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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 44m

"spicy autocomplete" is a good layman's summary of the limitations and strengths here, imo

does autocomplete have its uses? sure. should you *trust* what your autocomplete predicts without checking? no, even if it gets it right sometimes

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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 51m

it's my favorite descriptor of what it can and can't do, even if they work differently under the hood

the marketing push of "AI" as an intelligent, vaguely sentient-ish agent is what drives people to lose their minds over what it says. people know not to ascribe a soul to their keyboard autofull

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

(1) is a LLM "fancy autocomplete."

if i said "no," i would be wrong because "autocomplete" is the objective function.

if i said "yes," i would be deceptive because even autocomplete has a representation space which encodes properties of language which you would not expect.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

(1) is a LLM "fancy autocomplete."

if i said "no," i would be wrong because "autocomplete" is the objective function.

if i said "yes," i would be deceptive because even autocomplete has a representation space which encodes properties of language which you would not expect.

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 7h

Pretty blatant attempt by Donald Trump to interfere in a foreign country's elections, and should call into question any legitimacy if Milei does win. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump says US will not 'waste our time' helping Argentina if Milei loses

Trump warns if Milei's coalition is defeated in this month elections, "we are not going to be generous".

www.bbc.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

#4 👍

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

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Mel, AnarcHochulist 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 1h

da strap god extended universe strikes again!

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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 1h

the Habsburgs were less incestuous than the group chat guys and less out of touch with the peasantry

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 2h

jfc... now klein is platforming yud.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 2h

abolish the group chat

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 2h

jfc... now klein is platforming yud.

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 2h

Yud is Doing Eating Disorders the Right Way

-Ezra Klein

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 2h

jfc... now klein is platforming yud.

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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 2h

I just feel like if people wanted me to be worried about robots being in charge they should've done a better job running things

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 2h

jfc... now klein is platforming yud.

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Damned Frightening Robot @supremerobo.bsky.social · 2h

I don't really care who Klein interviews but it's not a good sign for his influence if he's falling for outsider AI cultists

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 2h

jfc... now klein is platforming yud.

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David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 2h

jfc... now klein is platforming yud.

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Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 2h

oh COME THE FUCK ON Ezra

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 2h

jfc... now klein is platforming yud.

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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 2h

It's tempting to write "ethics" off as a sort of bourgeois luxury that only the middle classes can pretend is real, but I actually do not think that a wholly morally-vacuous society is a very stable one, like I don't think this is going to pan out for us.

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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 2h

Anyway, this is a real fucked up time to raise children in, I'll tell you that.

Probably every time was fucked up in some way though, so I guess that's...heartening(?)

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 8h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 8h

my taxes are paying for this, unreal

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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 3h

the chans and their adjacent telegram chats or whatever are a terrorist network

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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 3h

seems kinda bad that "murder-enthusiast subculture community that idolizes mass shooters and encourages members to do one themselves" is not only a thing that exists, but something that exists in big enough numbers to be politically relevant

therealWokeKong @donkeykonga.bsky.social · 22h

There’s a reason most school shooters these days have a history of using far right Internet forums and chatrooms. They’re just violent people, the moment they pick up that ideology is the moment they decided “killing is good actually”

Bunch of nihilistic freaks. We shoulda killed Nietzsche

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therealWokeKong @donkeykonga.bsky.social · 22h

There’s a reason most school shooters these days have a history of using far right Internet forums and chatrooms. They’re just violent people, the moment they pick up that ideology is the moment they decided “killing is good actually”

Bunch of nihilistic freaks. We shoulda killed Nietzsche

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Allegedly Joel @allegedlyjoel.bsky.social · 22h

I've been saying for 10 years now that the GOP is going to be a full on Fash party for the next 40 years - all the young "leaders" and "up-and-comers" are 4chan or r/thedonald nazi bois.

They have NO young/middle management that isn't fash

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Windows Update @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 3h

making fun of someone for searching themselves after you specifically drove them to do it via mass harassment is a real ethics in game journalism moment

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 16h

can somebody explain the taboo around “namesearching”? if its truly a bad thing to do, i won’t do it, but if legion is saying horrible things about someone, what are they supposed to do? just pretend it doesn’t exist?

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