Rob Salkowitz
@robsalk.bsky.social
Author, educator, consultant, Eisner Award nominated writer and sayer of things about comics and pop culture, Senior Media/Entertainment contributor for Forbes
Extreme (and ironic) lack of empathy is typical of sociopaths and psychopaths. Not sure why our expectations for Miller are higher than those we'd have for the average serial killer.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Extreme (and ironic) lack of empathy is typical of sociopaths and psychopaths. Not sure why our expectations for Miller are higher than those we'd have for the average serial killer.
Funny how all the downsides that everyone predicted (plus a few extras!) showed up immediately but all the promised benefits remain completely hypothetical.
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Funny how all the downsides that everyone predicted (plus a few extras!) showed up immediately but all the promised benefits remain completely hypothetical.
For Office apps, in "Options," there's a Copilot tab, and there should be a toggle switch to disable it. Adobe annoyingly does not seem to have any way to turn it off on Acrobat Reader.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For Office apps, in "Options," there's a Copilot tab, and there should be a toggle switch to disable it. Adobe annoyingly does not seem to have any way to turn it off on Acrobat Reader.
The ability to turn it off is the best feature
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The ability to turn it off is the best feature
Is Nyman terrible in practices or something? Why does he play so rarely when we need scoring so bad?
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Is Nyman terrible in practices or something? Why does he play so rarely when we need scoring so bad?
It's possible that one of these very high-leverage use cases will unlock trillions of dollars in value by solving something important, but I don't see how that translates to ROI for the AI companies. The only way they make money is by mass replacement of mid-tier skilled labor. That's worth opposing
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's possible that one of these very high-leverage use cases will unlock trillions of dollars in value by solving something important, but I don't see how that translates to ROI for the AI companies. The only way they make money is by mass replacement of mid-tier skilled labor. That's worth opposing
Well there is a grey area in the margins, as @brendannyhan.bsky.social points out; the expert researchers in the report are using specialty-trained LLMs, aware of their limitations. But 100%, that's not the mainstream use-case that AI companies are selling, otherwise the market would be tiny.
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Well there is a grey area in the margins, as @brendannyhan.bsky.social points out; the expert researchers in the report are using specialty-trained LLMs, aware of their limitations. But 100%, that's not the mainstream use-case that AI companies are selling, otherwise the market would be tiny.
If you're already a subject matter expert it can be useful, but I've found in my work that the hallucinations are insidious. Imagine if a spreadsheet made random arithmetic errors once in a while, so you had to calculate everything by hand to double check. Hard to see how that's worth $5 trillion.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you're already a subject matter expert it can be useful, but I've found in my work that the hallucinations are insidious. Imagine if a spreadsheet made random arithmetic errors once in a while, so you had to calculate everything by hand to double check. Hard to see how that's worth $5 trillion.
I think you'll find the biggest objections are to generative AI (LLMs, image and video generation) built on plundered data, not to AI in general, especially the machine learning and pattern recognition stuff. Let's maybe use AI to cure cancer and solve global warming, not replace artists & writers.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I think you'll find the biggest objections are to generative AI (LLMs, image and video generation) built on plundered data, not to AI in general, especially the machine learning and pattern recognition stuff. Let's maybe use AI to cure cancer and solve global warming, not replace artists & writers.
It's staggering how much these companies are spending to solve fake problems with tech no one asked for.
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's staggering how much these companies are spending to solve fake problems with tech no one asked for.
I wonder if someone like Ben Bova would have been interested. Getting a younger SF oriented editor on Superman could have been cool.
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I wonder if someone like Ben Bova would have been interested. Getting a younger SF oriented editor on Superman could have been cool.
The cupboard was pretty bare in those years. They could have gone to folks like Kubert, Giordano, as they did a few years later, but everyone else seemed either too young, too used up, or for other reasons just not editorial material. I'm guessing Archie Goodwin wasn't available or interested?
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The cupboard was pretty bare in those years. They could have gone to folks like Kubert, Giordano, as they did a few years later, but everyone else seemed either too young, too used up, or for other reasons just not editorial material. I'm guessing Archie Goodwin wasn't available or interested?
The structure of Federalism and separation of powers is brilliant and worth preserving, but unfortunately it requires a critical mass of serious, well informed citizens to maintain. No power structure ever devised can resist a stampede of idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The structure of Federalism and separation of powers is brilliant and worth preserving, but unfortunately it requires a critical mass of serious, well informed citizens to maintain. No power structure ever devised can resist a stampede of idiots.
Wait, is Mamdani’s nickname Bubba?
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Wait, is Mamdani’s nickname Bubba?
I can hear the heads of thousands of right wing Jews exploding in unit
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I can hear the heads of thousands of right wing Jews exploding in unit
Who's idiotic idea was nonpartisan primaries? We have them in Washington and it baffles me because it opens the door to this kind of stuff. Primaries are for parties to choose their candidates. Otherwise, just hold one election.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Who's idiotic idea was nonpartisan primaries? We have them in Washington and it baffles me because it opens the door to this kind of stuff. Primaries are for parties to choose their candidates. Otherwise, just hold one election.
Count Belisarius by Robert Graves, 1939: The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk, The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, Empire of the Steppes by Rene Grusset
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Count Belisarius by Robert Graves, 1939: The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk, The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, Empire of the Steppes by Rene Grusset
That book gave critics quite a bit to talk about without mentioning those scenes at all. I didn't mention it either but I'm very satisfied with how my essay came out as well.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
That book gave critics quite a bit to talk about without mentioning those scenes at all. I didn't mention it either but I'm very satisfied with how my essay came out as well.
Never mind immigration and tariffs - this right here is what Trump's base voted for.
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Never mind immigration and tariffs - this right here is what Trump's base voted for.