jarkman
@jarkman.bsky.social
Roboticist, maker, software engineer. Making giant joyful soft robots with Air Giants (https://www.airgiants.co.uk/). Also @[email protected]
I have no idea what this means but I adore it.
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I have no idea what this means but I adore it.
Bless her tiny little paws.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Bless her tiny little paws.
Absolutely. I'm just surprised it hasn't happened already.
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Absolutely. I'm just surprised it hasn't happened already.
One thing that alarms me about all this is the feeling that everyday sanity is actually collectively produced and maintained, and that if anyone hangs out with the wrong bunch of people/chatbots it could go terribly wrong for them.
See also cults and MAGA, I guess.
See also cults and MAGA, I guess.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
One thing that alarms me about all this is the feeling that everyday sanity is actually collectively produced and maintained, and that if anyone hangs out with the wrong bunch of people/chatbots it could go terribly wrong for them.
See also cults and MAGA, I guess.
See also cults and MAGA, I guess.
Oh, how about soundcam.com
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soundcam.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Oh, how about soundcam.com
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Intensification - Geoff Manaugh - Celestial Detector: Weighing Lives from Below
Muons are constantly passing through all of us—through our skin and bones, our cars and buildings, through the mountains and landforms around us.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Oh, do I have a camera for you: www.e-flux.com/architecture...
It really was. What was your trip?
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It really was. What was your trip?
This was work - we were delivering a tactile inflated robot workshop for some human-robot-interaction friends at KTH. No end of fun, and I think quite informative. Plus a day wandering about at the weekend.
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This was work - we were delivering a tactile inflated robot workshop for some human-robot-interaction friends at KTH. No end of fun, and I think quite informative. Plus a day wandering about at the weekend.
Eeeek! How did you manage this?
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Eeeek! How did you manage this?
Same, only last week in Stockholm.
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Same, only last week in Stockholm.
So, to be clear, there are other reasons to cast it away.
Even if it's not useless it may yet be a very bad thing.
Even if it's not useless it may yet be a very bad thing.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
So, to be clear, there are other reasons to cast it away.
Even if it's not useless it may yet be a very bad thing.
Even if it's not useless it may yet be a very bad thing.
Which puts the modern knowledge worker in more or less the same position as the weavers who became the Luddites.
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Which puts the modern knowledge worker in more or less the same position as the weavers who became the Luddites.
There's another concern, which is that (because of the monumental cost of training) AI is going to be a natural monopoly.
Where it is valuable, it will be priced at something close to the value of the effort it saves, redirecting a huge amount of cash from people's pockets to the tech giants.
Where it is valuable, it will be priced at something close to the value of the effort it saves, redirecting a huge amount of cash from people's pockets to the tech giants.
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There's another concern, which is that (because of the monumental cost of training) AI is going to be a natural monopoly.
Where it is valuable, it will be priced at something close to the value of the effort it saves, redirecting a huge amount of cash from people's pockets to the tech giants.
Where it is valuable, it will be priced at something close to the value of the effort it saves, redirecting a huge amount of cash from people's pockets to the tech giants.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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I did briefly hope during the last movie that Bond would peg it and Ana de Armas would steal his id and just take over.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I did briefly hope during the last movie that Bond would peg it and Ana de Armas would steal his id and just take over.
Have you spent any time in the Netherlands?
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Have you spent any time in the Netherlands?
That's why you must always carry two phones.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
That's why you must always carry two phones.