aug
@goodroundboy.bsky.social
internet haruspex, horror enthusiast, crammed full of garlic. they/them
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it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
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I worked in AI . It has obvious uses especially in the medical fields. What ISN’T helpful is generative AI. That’s chatGPT etc. people will happily give up using their brains because people are lazy but want to appear smart.
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I worked in AI . It has obvious uses especially in the medical fields. What ISN’T helpful is generative AI. That’s chatGPT etc. people will happily give up using their brains because people are lazy but want to appear smart.
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part of the reason i am genuinely irritated with the gAI/AGI cult is because there is real societal benefits in using ML techniques in medical care + weather analysis, and instead people get annoyed with anything that gets lumped in with the plagiarism machine
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
part of the reason i am genuinely irritated with the gAI/AGI cult is because there is real societal benefits in using ML techniques in medical care + weather analysis, and instead people get annoyed with anything that gets lumped in with the plagiarism machine
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The effortless shift in discourse from people insisting that anything that isn't a white statue of a dead roman dude isn't art like 3 years ago to demanding that they be treated as visionary artists for typing" x-men mystique big boobs she's my girlfriend" into a prompt window
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The effortless shift in discourse from people insisting that anything that isn't a white statue of a dead roman dude isn't art like 3 years ago to demanding that they be treated as visionary artists for typing" x-men mystique big boobs she's my girlfriend" into a prompt window
why is my head so Large?
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
why is my head so Large?
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facing down all this AI shit, I want to tell everyone you really can do any creative thing you set your heart on.
It just takes time and you aren't going to be good at it right away! You do not have to be "gifted"
It just takes time and you aren't going to be good at it right away! You do not have to be "gifted"
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
facing down all this AI shit, I want to tell everyone you really can do any creative thing you set your heart on.
It just takes time and you aren't going to be good at it right away! You do not have to be "gifted"
It just takes time and you aren't going to be good at it right away! You do not have to be "gifted"
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Needing ChatGPT to tell you make pasta for a first date as though dudes haven’t been doing that since the beginning of time
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Needing ChatGPT to tell you make pasta for a first date as though dudes haven’t been doing that since the beginning of time
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i don't think pardoning a turkey goes far enough i think they should give the turkey a gun and complete immunity for the next 48 hours
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
i don't think pardoning a turkey goes far enough i think they should give the turkey a gun and complete immunity for the next 48 hours
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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every limitation, every danger, every implausible claim about LLM capabilities needs to be analyzed through that lense. they are language models, they are not capable of doing anything a language model can’t do, they don’t think or feel, they don’t know or dream, they create likely text responses.
Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
every limitation, every danger, every implausible claim about LLM capabilities needs to be analyzed through that lense. they are language models, they are not capable of doing anything a language model can’t do, they don’t think or feel, they don’t know or dream, they create likely text responses.
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me: do you have any black friday deals?
doctor: you’re losing a lot of blood
doctor: you’re losing a lot of blood
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
me: do you have any black friday deals?
doctor: you’re losing a lot of blood
doctor: you’re losing a lot of blood
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MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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“No,” said Frog.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“No,” said Frog.
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walking on the beach alone and i look to my side and see like a hundred footprints (it's centipede jesus)
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
walking on the beach alone and i look to my side and see like a hundred footprints (it's centipede jesus)
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It's your annual reminder that these next 4-5 days are prime "unsubscribe" days. You don't remember how you got on that list begging you to spend money? You no longer spend money at that outlet? Unsubscribe o'clock, baby.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's your annual reminder that these next 4-5 days are prime "unsubscribe" days. You don't remember how you got on that list begging you to spend money? You no longer spend money at that outlet? Unsubscribe o'clock, baby.
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My original knitting patterns, too! $7 regular price, sale code above. All patterns are here in the patterns tag: ko-fi.com/s/c5cffb34af
#BSNM #Knitting #Knitsky
#BSNM #Knitting #Knitsky
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My original knitting patterns, too! $7 regular price, sale code above. All patterns are here in the patterns tag: ko-fi.com/s/c5cffb34af
#BSNM #Knitting #Knitsky
#BSNM #Knitting #Knitsky
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trans activism hasn't gone too far enough
November 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
trans activism hasn't gone too far enough
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i like learning abt the ocean and deep sea creatures . i dislike being betrayed or slighted
October 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
i like learning abt the ocean and deep sea creatures . i dislike being betrayed or slighted
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i feel like a lot of the disconnect between the ai boosters and the rest of us is about the fact that they do not think the humanities matter, therefore political, sociological, and cultural critiques don’t matter. “people are using this” is not an answer to “this is a detriment to society”
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
i feel like a lot of the disconnect between the ai boosters and the rest of us is about the fact that they do not think the humanities matter, therefore political, sociological, and cultural critiques don’t matter. “people are using this” is not an answer to “this is a detriment to society”
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Once again, the people who create and boost AI are fundamentally opposed to the concept of consent.
Notice how “accepting that others disagree” simply does not compute with these people. Resistance to their plagiarism/suicide advice apps is simply another math problem to solve.
Notice how “accepting that others disagree” simply does not compute with these people. Resistance to their plagiarism/suicide advice apps is simply another math problem to solve.
But this keeps happening last time I posted about AI here too. This is not a permanent solution.
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Once again, the people who create and boost AI are fundamentally opposed to the concept of consent.
Notice how “accepting that others disagree” simply does not compute with these people. Resistance to their plagiarism/suicide advice apps is simply another math problem to solve.
Notice how “accepting that others disagree” simply does not compute with these people. Resistance to their plagiarism/suicide advice apps is simply another math problem to solve.