Scott Lindsey
@scottlindsey.bsky.social
Dad / Developer with a boring job, Liberal, Anti-Crypto AI enthusiast
I think your premise is false. The ruling does not find that scanning books and storing them as text files is "transformative".
www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I think your premise is false. The ruling does not find that scanning books and storing them as text files is "transformative".
www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/...
www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/...
LOL they are arguing with Grok
June 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
LOL they are arguing with Grok
BTW I am sorry if I seem crass or insensitive, it's just that as a coder my skills have been obsoleted so often that I've internalized the Red Queen theory of constant change.
My biggest fear is that I'm not learning how to use AI fast enough to keep up with my peers.
My biggest fear is that I'm not learning how to use AI fast enough to keep up with my peers.
June 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
BTW I am sorry if I seem crass or insensitive, it's just that as a coder my skills have been obsoleted so often that I've internalized the Red Queen theory of constant change.
My biggest fear is that I'm not learning how to use AI fast enough to keep up with my peers.
My biggest fear is that I'm not learning how to use AI fast enough to keep up with my peers.
He doesn't want to accept that costs are collapsing, because that's what they do. Trillions of dollars are being invested in this build out.
We're looking at billionaires racing to build (and control) the tech of the next 20 years.
epoch.ai/data-insight...
We're looking at billionaires racing to build (and control) the tech of the next 20 years.
epoch.ai/data-insight...
June 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
He doesn't want to accept that costs are collapsing, because that's what they do. Trillions of dollars are being invested in this build out.
We're looking at billionaires racing to build (and control) the tech of the next 20 years.
epoch.ai/data-insight...
We're looking at billionaires racing to build (and control) the tech of the next 20 years.
epoch.ai/data-insight...
But yeah, reading his latest newsletter seems like he's not backing off at all.
But he's wrong, he's been wrong on every prediction. OpenAI should have gone out of business 18 months ago according to Ed.
www.wheresyoured.at/reality-check/
But he's wrong, he's been wrong on every prediction. OpenAI should have gone out of business 18 months ago according to Ed.
www.wheresyoured.at/reality-check/
June 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
But yeah, reading his latest newsletter seems like he's not backing off at all.
But he's wrong, he's been wrong on every prediction. OpenAI should have gone out of business 18 months ago according to Ed.
www.wheresyoured.at/reality-check/
But he's wrong, he's been wrong on every prediction. OpenAI should have gone out of business 18 months ago according to Ed.
www.wheresyoured.at/reality-check/
Great piece about AI on NYT Magazine. As usual, Bluesky responses do not disappoint.
June 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Great piece about AI on NYT Magazine. As usual, Bluesky responses do not disappoint.
More harm than people possibly imagine. So many people stuck on "it's not useful", or other scenarios where it will just go away.
But by "harm" I mean it will do work for us, and we need to fight to get a cut of the benefits.
I think the resulting system would be "capitalist"?
But by "harm" I mean it will do work for us, and we need to fight to get a cut of the benefits.
I think the resulting system would be "capitalist"?
May 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
More harm than people possibly imagine. So many people stuck on "it's not useful", or other scenarios where it will just go away.
But by "harm" I mean it will do work for us, and we need to fight to get a cut of the benefits.
I think the resulting system would be "capitalist"?
But by "harm" I mean it will do work for us, and we need to fight to get a cut of the benefits.
I think the resulting system would be "capitalist"?
The store: overpriced gun and Gulf of America themed merch made in China
May 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The store: overpriced gun and Gulf of America themed merch made in China
The trick is to use it in ways where the above does not matter.
For instance, I used it to help me design a part in Blender. (I do not know Blender).
It was endlessly patient and if it had hallucinated a button or menu that would have been obvious.
Google would have been way harder.
For instance, I used it to help me design a part in Blender. (I do not know Blender).
It was endlessly patient and if it had hallucinated a button or menu that would have been obvious.
Google would have been way harder.
May 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The trick is to use it in ways where the above does not matter.
For instance, I used it to help me design a part in Blender. (I do not know Blender).
It was endlessly patient and if it had hallucinated a button or menu that would have been obvious.
Google would have been way harder.
For instance, I used it to help me design a part in Blender. (I do not know Blender).
It was endlessly patient and if it had hallucinated a button or menu that would have been obvious.
Google would have been way harder.
The “eat a tiny rock” quote is from Google. The thing I’m NOT using.
May 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The “eat a tiny rock” quote is from Google. The thing I’m NOT using.
If you mouse over the responses, it shows you where each summary comes from. The one you are referencing does not come from the WSJ
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If you mouse over the responses, it shows you where each summary comes from. The one you are referencing does not come from the WSJ
Hijack all day!
But uh, if I can math correctly, they have revenue of five billion dollars a year? That's not counting the API side of the business either.
They aren't public so we don't get the real numbers, but it feels like $5b/year should give them a path.
www.linkedin.com/news/story/c...
But uh, if I can math correctly, they have revenue of five billion dollars a year? That's not counting the API side of the business either.
They aren't public so we don't get the real numbers, but it feels like $5b/year should give them a path.
www.linkedin.com/news/story/c...
May 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Hijack all day!
But uh, if I can math correctly, they have revenue of five billion dollars a year? That's not counting the API side of the business either.
They aren't public so we don't get the real numbers, but it feels like $5b/year should give them a path.
www.linkedin.com/news/story/c...
But uh, if I can math correctly, they have revenue of five billion dollars a year? That's not counting the API side of the business either.
They aren't public so we don't get the real numbers, but it feels like $5b/year should give them a path.
www.linkedin.com/news/story/c...
It is a robot that Googles for you.
Using the robot to Google for you is faster and better than Googling yourself.
It is no more or less reliable than Google.
Using the robot to Google for you is faster and better than Googling yourself.
It is no more or less reliable than Google.
May 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It is a robot that Googles for you.
Using the robot to Google for you is faster and better than Googling yourself.
It is no more or less reliable than Google.
Using the robot to Google for you is faster and better than Googling yourself.
It is no more or less reliable than Google.
I mean she obviously hasn't spent five minutes with the tool she is criticizing.
May 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I mean she obviously hasn't spent five minutes with the tool she is criticizing.
have you tried it lately?
May 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
have you tried it lately?
ChatGPT has largely replaced Google for me.
May 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
ChatGPT has largely replaced Google for me.
I mean, I barely use Google at this point. Really only if I have an exact string like a model number, etc.
May 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I mean, I barely use Google at this point. Really only if I have an exact string like a model number, etc.
Does it matter? It is a machine. You are making the argument that was made against search in the 90's.
chatgpt.com/share/680e48...
I'm guessing that you have found search engines to be useful.
chatgpt.com/share/680e48...
I'm guessing that you have found search engines to be useful.
April 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Does it matter? It is a machine. You are making the argument that was made against search in the 90's.
chatgpt.com/share/680e48...
I'm guessing that you have found search engines to be useful.
chatgpt.com/share/680e48...
I'm guessing that you have found search engines to be useful.
Either it works or it doesn’t.
April 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Either it works or it doesn’t.
Right so the trick with LLMs is to deploy them in ways that are "human in the loop" and "proof is in the pudding".
I used ChatGPT to do work with Blender yesterday, and if it had hallucinated a button or something that would have been really obvious.
Google would have been way harder.
I used ChatGPT to do work with Blender yesterday, and if it had hallucinated a button or something that would have been really obvious.
Google would have been way harder.
April 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Right so the trick with LLMs is to deploy them in ways that are "human in the loop" and "proof is in the pudding".
I used ChatGPT to do work with Blender yesterday, and if it had hallucinated a button or something that would have been really obvious.
Google would have been way harder.
I used ChatGPT to do work with Blender yesterday, and if it had hallucinated a button or something that would have been really obvious.
Google would have been way harder.
I'm sure these people are all vegetarians.
April 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm sure these people are all vegetarians.
Not actually very much water.
April 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Not actually very much water.
But do you need hamburgers? Do you need a hair dryer and a gaming computer?
It's a very situational complaint from people who are not otherwise preachy about the environment.
It's a very situational complaint from people who are not otherwise preachy about the environment.
April 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
But do you need hamburgers? Do you need a hair dryer and a gaming computer?
It's a very situational complaint from people who are not otherwise preachy about the environment.
It's a very situational complaint from people who are not otherwise preachy about the environment.
I think a rogue-AI calamity is unlikely, and won't be prevented by avoiding certain websites.
As for resources, we should all worry about the environment, but when people tell you that AI is particularly damaging, they are not being honest.
Meat, cars, flying and heating/AC are the big items.
As for resources, we should all worry about the environment, but when people tell you that AI is particularly damaging, they are not being honest.
Meat, cars, flying and heating/AC are the big items.
April 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I think a rogue-AI calamity is unlikely, and won't be prevented by avoiding certain websites.
As for resources, we should all worry about the environment, but when people tell you that AI is particularly damaging, they are not being honest.
Meat, cars, flying and heating/AC are the big items.
As for resources, we should all worry about the environment, but when people tell you that AI is particularly damaging, they are not being honest.
Meat, cars, flying and heating/AC are the big items.