Einar W. Høst
@einarwh.bsky.social
I am a cornucopia of near relevant facts.
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
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The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
Et hendig tips for å overleve kvasifilosofiske diskusjoner om AI i julebordsesongen: ta med deg et støykansellerende hodesett. 1/3
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Et hendig tips for å overleve kvasifilosofiske diskusjoner om AI i julebordsesongen: ta med deg et støykansellerende hodesett. 1/3
AI enthusiast, looking at a Magritte painting: "LOL sure looks like a pipe to me."
Human: "It's just a painting though."
AI enthusiast: "Maybe all pipes are just paintings."
Human: "It's just a painting though."
AI enthusiast: "Maybe all pipes are just paintings."
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
AI enthusiast, looking at a Magritte painting: "LOL sure looks like a pipe to me."
Human: "It's just a painting though."
AI enthusiast: "Maybe all pipes are just paintings."
Human: "It's just a painting though."
AI enthusiast: "Maybe all pipes are just paintings."
So the people buying the fewest devices are the hoarders? Got it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
So the people buying the fewest devices are the hoarders? Got it.
What are ten things about yourself that big tech doesn't explicitly know that they can use to fill out their profile of you?
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
What are ten things about yourself that big tech doesn't explicitly know that they can use to fill out their profile of you?
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Makes me kind of proud we were doing hand written slides before AI
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github.com/bjartwolf/nd...
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Makes me kind of proud we were doing hand written slides before AI
github.com/bjartwolf/nd...
github.com/bjartwolf/nd...
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
“The intelligence that takes accidents seriously is a constant threat to essences, for in the economy of categories, whenever the value of accident changes, so, too, does the value of essence.” — Lewis Hyde
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“The intelligence that takes accidents seriously is a constant threat to essences, for in the economy of categories, whenever the value of accident changes, so, too, does the value of essence.” — Lewis Hyde
“The shape-shifting mind pesters the distinction between accident and essence and remakes this world out of whatever happens.” — Lewis Hyde
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“The shape-shifting mind pesters the distinction between accident and essence and remakes this world out of whatever happens.” — Lewis Hyde
“Every category must have its rubbish heap.” — Lewis Hyde
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“Every category must have its rubbish heap.” — Lewis Hyde
If you think reading books is boring maybe you should pick less boring books to read.
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you think reading books is boring maybe you should pick less boring books to read.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
I think maybe pop-ups should not pop up and take focus when you're fucking typing?
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I think maybe pop-ups should not pop up and take focus when you're fucking typing?
I mean whenever you chain together a couple of critical sentences it is labelled a rant, surely we should have label for when people chain together sentences of hyperbole?
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I mean whenever you chain together a couple of critical sentences it is labelled a rant, surely we should have label for when people chain together sentences of hyperbole?
What’s the obverse of a rant? A gush?
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
What’s the obverse of a rant? A gush?
Last talk of the year done.
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Last talk of the year done.
As a speaker, I suffer from AI avatar dread.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As a speaker, I suffer from AI avatar dread.
I have to say the whole imposter syndrome narrative changes character given how eagerly people will pass off AI slop as substitute for work.
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I have to say the whole imposter syndrome narrative changes character given how eagerly people will pass off AI slop as substitute for work.
Are there any .NET Aspire tutorials without the Microsoft glaze?
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Are there any .NET Aspire tutorials without the Microsoft glaze?
Hewlett-Packard Lovecraft
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hewlett-Packard Lovecraft
*Massive bong rip*
*Holding it in*
*Still holding*
Electrons.
*Holding it in*
*Still holding*
Electrons.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
*Massive bong rip*
*Holding it in*
*Still holding*
Electrons.
*Holding it in*
*Still holding*
Electrons.
Pet peeve: can we abolish the word "basically" from tutorials? What does "this is basically that" mean? Is this that? Or not? Are there caveats? When is this not that? How will this "basically" break down/come back to bite me in the ass?
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Pet peeve: can we abolish the word "basically" from tutorials? What does "this is basically that" mean? Is this that? Or not? Are there caveats? When is this not that? How will this "basically" break down/come back to bite me in the ass?
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In a short piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @abeba.bsky.social and I write #AIHype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course.
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press
Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In a short piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @abeba.bsky.social and I write #AIHype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course.
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
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Is it 'online training course'?
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is it 'online training course'?