Dan Davis
@bindlestiff.bsky.social
A linguist and software architect for many years, now I create custom guitars and, occasionally, Maloof-style rocking chairs.
LLMs are NOT AI, are addictive, and are worse than useless.
LLMs are NOT AI, are addictive, and are worse than useless.
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"A question for history will be whether Putin entertained this approach in the interest of ending the war, or as a ploy to pacify the U.S. while prolonging a conflict he believes is his place in history to slowly, ineluctably win"
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"A question for history will be whether Putin entertained this approach in the interest of ending the war, or as a ploy to pacify the U.S. while prolonging a conflict he believes is his place in history to slowly, ineluctably win"
No, I can tell you from just your responses here that it’s extremely likely. As a matter of fact, I’m sure of it.
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
No, I can tell you from just your responses here that it’s extremely likely. As a matter of fact, I’m sure of it.
Are you even aware of the extent to which you are engaging in reductionism here?
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Are you even aware of the extent to which you are engaging in reductionism here?
Like many, you completely ignore the crucial aspect of sensory processing and experience in the emergence of consciousness. We are further from developing a computational model of that than we are from developing FTL travel.
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Like many, you completely ignore the crucial aspect of sensory processing and experience in the emergence of consciousness. We are further from developing a computational model of that than we are from developing FTL travel.