Shayne Laughter
@shaynel.bsky.social
Writer, novelist, short stories, scripts, random remarks. Traveler, Hoosier, Trekkie. My DMs are for CONVERSATION, be inventive! Blog: sane-almanack.ghost.io , earth regeneration topics and other stuff that keeps me SANE
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The desire to treat AI as having a soul is based on the same pathological terror at their own mortality that drives these same men to invest in life extension foundations.
If the AI has a soul, then consciousness is code and their own consciousness can be uploaded and thus they can live forever.
If the AI has a soul, then consciousness is code and their own consciousness can be uploaded and thus they can live forever.
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The desire to treat AI as having a soul is based on the same pathological terror at their own mortality that drives these same men to invest in life extension foundations.
If the AI has a soul, then consciousness is code and their own consciousness can be uploaded and thus they can live forever.
If the AI has a soul, then consciousness is code and their own consciousness can be uploaded and thus they can live forever.
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As a software and statistics coder, I can affirm that even on something as formulaic as code, the LLM is very inferior. I lose productivity having to pull it out of rabbit holes, refine its results, when not having to discard them entirely. I also find that the brain develops an unhealthy dependence
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As a software and statistics coder, I can affirm that even on something as formulaic as code, the LLM is very inferior. I lose productivity having to pull it out of rabbit holes, refine its results, when not having to discard them entirely. I also find that the brain develops an unhealthy dependence
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Today on Volts: the subset of cleantech known as "electrotech" -- solar, batteries, heat pumps, etc. -- is marching toward inevitable victory, not because it's low-emissions (though it is), but because it's more efficient & cheaper. I discuss the good news with @kingsmillbond.bsky.social.
Clean electrification is inevitable
Kingsmill Bond explains why the global march of "electrotech" has moved beyond the reach of US political interference.
www.volts.wtf
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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And I tell you this:
I think our imaginal capacities are one of our most profound graces on this earth,
and leaning into them, imagining a more sacred world, is perfectly fine to do at end of life
belief - schmelief.
Do mind-art if you don't do religion.
It helps.
I think our imaginal capacities are one of our most profound graces on this earth,
and leaning into them, imagining a more sacred world, is perfectly fine to do at end of life
belief - schmelief.
Do mind-art if you don't do religion.
It helps.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
And I tell you this:
I think our imaginal capacities are one of our most profound graces on this earth,
and leaning into them, imagining a more sacred world, is perfectly fine to do at end of life
belief - schmelief.
Do mind-art if you don't do religion.
It helps.
I think our imaginal capacities are one of our most profound graces on this earth,
and leaning into them, imagining a more sacred world, is perfectly fine to do at end of life
belief - schmelief.
Do mind-art if you don't do religion.
It helps.
Indeed. If I were a teacher, I would generate a report using ChatGPT, go thru it to find all the errors, then assign the class to do the same, using syllabus materials to spot the errors I knew were in there and maybe find new ones.
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Indeed. If I were a teacher, I would generate a report using ChatGPT, go thru it to find all the errors, then assign the class to do the same, using syllabus materials to spot the errors I knew were in there and maybe find new ones.
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This will prepare you for perimenopause, when your brain rewires to Not Care Anymore.
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This will prepare you for perimenopause, when your brain rewires to Not Care Anymore.
I've reported misinformation pages on Face*k that originated in Vietnam.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've reported misinformation pages on Face*k that originated in Vietnam.
I wish she had played a recording of the phone call that convinced her she needed to back off.
(Must've been dark, really dark)
(Must've been dark, really dark)
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wish she had played a recording of the phone call that convinced her she needed to back off.
(Must've been dark, really dark)
(Must've been dark, really dark)
Time to pick up the phone and call the members of the Grand Jury one by one, and ask, "Did you see this thing, or not?"
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Time to pick up the phone and call the members of the Grand Jury one by one, and ask, "Did you see this thing, or not?"
our family of 2 FT workers, 2 kids, solved that by living in an era when all of us going out to eat at a sit-down restaurant three or four times a week was financially doable. Saved Mom's sanity, and Dad never had to learn how to do anything in the kitchen.
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
our family of 2 FT workers, 2 kids, solved that by living in an era when all of us going out to eat at a sit-down restaurant three or four times a week was financially doable. Saved Mom's sanity, and Dad never had to learn how to do anything in the kitchen.