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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 19h

"Huh, weird, for the nine hundredth time in a row the program we bought says this expensive-to-maintain patient actually wants to cheaply die."

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21h

“For more than a decade, researchers have wondered whether artificial intelligence could help predict what incapacitated patients might want when doctors must make life-or-death decisions on their behalf.”

Should an AI copy of you help decide if you live or die?

Doctors share top concerns of AI surrogates aiding life-or-death decisions.

arstechnica.com

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 19h

"When fighting fascism it's vital to start compromising and abandoning allies IMMEDIATELY"

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 1d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

Cover of Pandora Perfect, a comic about a "nefarious hi-tech Mary Poppins" and her robot companion Gort

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 1d

Don't threaten me with a net good for all human society

Panic! at the Disco cover Don't threaten me with a good time, good time has been crudely crossed out and replaced with large text net good for all human society

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 1d

British delegates refused to sit for a portrait of the Treaty of Paris which recognised the United States as a country. I finished it!

(Thanks to @ironspike.bsky.social for posting the story, a powerful moment in the history of pettiness)

the unfinished treaty of paris painting with an extremely crude "L" carved out of the UK flag pasted into the blank region where british diplomats should be

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 1d

I AM MADE OF GLASS AND I MUST SKATE

AND HARLAN ELLISON'S SO CALLED CLASSIC IS A DEEPLY UNPLEASANT NERD-WHINE SELF-PITYING TORTURE FANTASY ABOUT WOMEN NOT BEING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY LIKE JOCKS

Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 1d

Forget skateboarding, if you care about games, graphics, or experiences, you must try the SKATE STORY DEMO
You are a demon made of glass and you must skate to EAT THE MOON
store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/...

Gorgeous glitchy 80s-but-more-detailed graphics of a glass demon skater skating towards the moon, with 80s-subtitle style text reading The Skater was so close to the Moon.

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 1d

Just got Mars First Logistics and the rest of my life is in danger.
So cute!
So physics!
Such perfect combination of simple objectives with infinite player choice in achieving them!

Just the cutest little yellow-and-black clamp rover carrying a crate of oranges to a Martian construction site. The graphics are a beautiful cel-shaded detail which makes photorealistic games look like shit

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 2d

You might have read that the US passport dropped to 12th best, but that's misleading. The list ranks passports with the same number of visa-free destination countries equally. For example, Iceland and Lithuania are both 11th. By number of better countries US passport is now 37th.

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 2d

I remember me and my siblings all clustered around the TV 5 am xmas morning taking turns. Incredible device.

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 2d

Absolute psycho shit, but I am in favour of these dipshits denying themselves pleasure

Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think "give them money and your legal documents for porn" is a step towards any kind of god we want to make

Sam Altman's tweet saying
In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our "treat adult users like adults" principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 2d

I do like how SF6 Akuma's been written as "Jerk but absolutely respects and is truthful about actual skill", because I love those characters in stories.

Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 3d

The AI bubble is going to absolutely Tunguska the US and UK. But knowing what's going to happen only lets you make a ton of money if you already have a ton of money and in fact your only function is having a ton of money.

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 3d

It should be more possible to prepare when you know there's going to be a colossal economic crash. But all the guides are either "diversify your billions into a wider portfolio" or "buy gold and always carry a knife".

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 4d

New unit conversion just dropped, "she broke down in tears and apologised" = 1 GigaEverybodyClapped

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 5d

Sadly realising I must play Akuma to learn how best to crush the unimaginative dipshit. Will make it bearable by roleplaying an Akuma inspired by Elena to try to make friends, but is very bad at it because he's canon a colossal idiot.

Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 8d

100%. And at this level of AI discussion it would save time if they just dated the learning model directly.

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 9d

UK project of reverting to only a royal family and serfs continues apace

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 9d

I'm making more three-minute pixlr disasters than ever because they are FUN

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 9d

The jankiest photoshop kludge is *better* than infinitely rendered AI bullshit, because someone made it.

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 9d

On top of the rusted tetanus-hell scrapheap of errors in this take is "dudes who keep going up to women aren't scared of them", which is blatantly untrue.

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 9d

Just verified I'm still claustrophobic, on the upside next time I use my bathroom I'll count myself king of infinite space

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 9d

A Cryptek is never unsolicited, nor solicited, they always arrive exactly where they meant to.

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Learning Laser @learninglaser.bsky.social · 10d

Street Fighter 6 is so much fun but pro play looks like manual high frequency trading, two people jiggling back and forth until one's half a pixel out of position and eats a 27 hit combo.

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