In addition to what others have said, alt text also allows/requires the addition of context which viewers may not have. For example if someone doesn't recognize the "a second plane has hit the twin towers" photo, it just looks like a picture of somebody whispering to GW Bush.

Stephen Miller fully expects to live as long as Kissinger, and there's literally no evidence he is wrong.

When was the last time the US *didn't* reward the architects of genocide with a lifetime of comfort, wealth, freedom, and continued influence on policy?

I had a phase where I would put on Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed to help me sleep. I originally downloaded it to hatewatch, but it was so boring and stupid that it was legitimately useful for drowning out my anxieties

Until you get hit by a package hallucination attack arxiv.org/html/2501.19...

Oh no, the phasing out of the penny is going to make penny-ante poker impossible

Chicken and turkey are equally related to Tyrannosaurs. You not only asked the lie machine, you then reported something the lie machine didn't even say.

I heard about this one guy, Gatsby,

so much comes back to the motive for a decision being 'how fast can we fake success and get bought by google' not 'how are we building safe and secure systems that will responsibly stand the test of time'

When I'm doing no-guests Thanksgiving I just pick up turkey drumsticks. They come in packs of 3-5 and are so easy to cook

Deep cut!

With alt text

Yelling at the TV or computer

Nixon, for the war on drugs

You want diagnosis or surgery based on hallucinations instead?

There is a middle ground between generative AI and memory, you know. It's called reference material, you may have heard of it.

Germany didn't exist yet for pretzels or protestantism either

Caffeine is natural, right?