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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 5d

We gotta stop using the term “artificial intelligence.” LLMs are only one of those things, and it’s “artificial.”

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 5d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 6d

Another great one! m.youtube.com/watch?v=snLU...

David Gborie | Gbirth Of A Nation (Full Comedy Special)

YouTube video by 800 Pound Gorilla Media

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 7d

The Grink?

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Aug 20

I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 20

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

fortune.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 9d

"AI" is absolutely and ONLY a marketing term, and at this point if it's being used, the intent behind it is to overpromise to the consumer/end user on the program's actual capabilities. And, of course, none of the "AI" is actually intelligent in any meaningful way.

derickhuth.bsky.social @derickhuth.bsky.social · 9d

It would be neat if it wasn’t marketed as AI. Predictive statistical modeling doesn’t really slide off the tongue I guess

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10d

"There's artificial intelligence, and then there's actual intelligence."

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 17d

Please support the kickstarter for my movie Kraven the Gatherer. Kraven gathers so much shit in this movie and his friends are all "Kraven, where are you gonna put all that stuff your apartment ain't that big" But Kraven ain't trying to hear it. He is a gatherin' fool and whatnot

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20d

sometimes you see something so evangelical that it takes your breath away

Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · 20d

Bearing your cross is a lot easier with wheels.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 21d

The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 22d

I was thinking “angry catfish”

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 22d

Happy birthday to funniest man alive and it isn’t even close

captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 22d

it's my birthday, i'm 60

POUNDS hold for applause

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 23d

james cameron walks up to whiteboard with TOEJAM and EARL written on it. he erases the "and" and writes Vs.

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 25d

OK, not even getting into the ethics or the existential issues around AI: Have some goddamn self-respect. If you're a writer and you do this I don't know how you look at yourself, but I know exactly how I look at you.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 25d

Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

Business Insider and the Bots

The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.

www.status.news

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 25d

I just wish it was green.

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 29d

Well, similar, not necessarily the same.

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 29d

Comedy and horror are pretty similar. Same setup, different punchline.

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · Sep 10

Linked. Not liked. Damn autocorrect

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · Sep 10

Absolutely. The one I liked to was mentioned in a NYT article about finding the best Chinese Chef’s knife. Not super expensive, but it’s friggin AWESOME

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · Sep 10

Very similar to a Chinese chef’s knife. And honestly? I got this one earlier this year and it changed my life. It’s my second favorite possession I own. www.amazon.com/SHI-BA-ZI-ZU...

SHI BA ZI ZUO 7 Inches Stainless Steel Meat and Vegetable Cleaver Knife with Ergonomic and Sturdy Wooden Handle

Amazon.com: SHI BA ZI ZUO 7 Inches Stainless Steel Meat and Vegetable Cleaver Knife with Ergonomic and Sturdy Wooden Handle : Home & Kitchen

www.amazon.com

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · Sep 10

What kind of wide knife?

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jam @socialistboat.dad · Sep 9

I have pretty simple requirements for a phone. I need to be able to call and text my wife, make a grocery list, take pictures of my kids and open an app to scroll through posts documenting the worst things happening in the entire world at every second of the day. I'm kind of traditional I guess

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · Sep 4

But how will she have time to teach at her university?

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