#BruceSterling
@bruces.bsky.social
Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
"systems that understand the physical world, have persistent memory, can reason, and can plan complex action sequences" #YannLeCun
*If that ":system" isn't an "LLM" or a "chatbot," then what do you properly call a system like that
Just rename the thing "Artificial Intelligence" yet again, maybe?
*If that ":system" isn't an "LLM" or a "chatbot," then what do you properly call a system like that
Just rename the thing "Artificial Intelligence" yet again, maybe?
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"systems that understand the physical world, have persistent memory, can reason, and can plan complex action sequences" #YannLeCun
*If that ":system" isn't an "LLM" or a "chatbot," then what do you properly call a system like that
Just rename the thing "Artificial Intelligence" yet again, maybe?
*If that ":system" isn't an "LLM" or a "chatbot," then what do you properly call a system like that
Just rename the thing "Artificial Intelligence" yet again, maybe?
If you do "girl math" in a forest and there's no squarely rigid boy to irritate with it, is that even "girl math"
networkcultures.org/longform/202...
networkcultures.org/longform/202...
Girl Math Fundamentals – Proof by Subversion
“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” George Box - “Models are stupid and we need more of them.” Paul Smaldino Girl Math allowed girlies who just spent a little too much money to r
networkcultures.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you do "girl math" in a forest and there's no squarely rigid boy to irritate with it, is that even "girl math"
networkcultures.org/longform/202...
networkcultures.org/longform/202...
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
*Generated "Lazy & Crazy"
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
*Generated "Lazy & Crazy"
*AI-generated "Slopject Materials"
...because why would you want to build slopjects out of normal stuff #slopjects
...because why would you want to build slopjects out of normal stuff #slopjects
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
*AI-generated "Slopject Materials"
...because why would you want to build slopjects out of normal stuff #slopjects
...because why would you want to build slopjects out of normal stuff #slopjects
*Jeff Bezos as a startup mogul for AI manufacturing, ie, slopjects. #slopjects
techcrunch.com/2025/11/17/j...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/17/j...
Jeff Bezos reportedly returns to the trenches as co-CEO of new AI startup, Project Prometheus | TechCrunch
Jeff Bezos is partly backing a new AI startup called Project Prometheus that has raised $6.2 billion in funding, and will take on duties as co-chief executive.
techcrunch.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
*Jeff Bezos as a startup mogul for AI manufacturing, ie, slopjects. #slopjects
techcrunch.com/2025/11/17/j...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/17/j...
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
*Mental health issues seize maestro of distributed social media
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
*Mental health issues seize maestro of distributed social media
"Whatever happens to musicians will happen to everybody." 🤖🤖🤖🤖🤪🤪🤪😂
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"Whatever happens to musicians will happen to everybody." 🤖🤖🤖🤖🤪🤪🤪😂
*I think that the "Lazy & Crazy" are accusations likely to stick, because I used to hear that said about techno music: that deejays just push buttons and are lazy fake-musicians, and that too many beats-per-minute will make you nuts.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
*I think that the "Lazy & Crazy" are accusations likely to stick, because I used to hear that said about techno music: that deejays just push buttons and are lazy fake-musicians, and that too many beats-per-minute will make you nuts.
*It also strikes me that today's modern, native AI critique may be "Lazy & Crazy." First, that AI sloppers don't do the work, they just push the buttons; and second, that sloppers believe in AI hallucinations to the point of chatbot folie-a-deux and delusions-of-grandeur.
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
*It also strikes me that today's modern, native AI critique may be "Lazy & Crazy." First, that AI sloppers don't do the work, they just push the buttons; and second, that sloppers believe in AI hallucinations to the point of chatbot folie-a-deux and delusions-of-grandeur.
*I'm wondering if this means that the War on Terrorism and the War on Drugs are really over now. That everybody's become somebody else's terrorists, and everybody's society is fully-awash in really bad drugs.
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
*I'm wondering if this means that the War on Terrorism and the War on Drugs are really over now. That everybody's become somebody else's terrorists, and everybody's society is fully-awash in really bad drugs.
I* do see quite a lot of AI-porn reaction, and maybe a little bit of AI hacker-mafia crime reaction, but practically nothing about AI's dire role in terrorism and narcotics.
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I* do see quite a lot of AI-porn reaction, and maybe a little bit of AI hacker-mafia crime reaction, but practically nothing about AI's dire role in terrorism and narcotics.
*Normally, with the tech advent like AI, the kneejerk reactionary response would be "Terrorists, Drug Dealers, Mafia and Kidporn." The legendary "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse" are the standard four reasons why-we-can't-have that.
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
*Normally, with the tech advent like AI, the kneejerk reactionary response would be "Terrorists, Drug Dealers, Mafia and Kidporn." The legendary "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse" are the standard four reasons why-we-can't-have that.
*In other words, thanks to AI, everybody who used to pedal old bicycles on the Internet has to buy a brand-new tank
www.wired.com/story/cisco-...
www.wired.com/story/cisco-...
With the Rise of AI, Cisco Sounds an Urgent Alarm About the Risks of Aging Tech
Generative AI is making it even easier for attackers to exploit old and often forgotten network equipment. Replacing it takes investment, but Cisco is making the case that it’s worth it.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
*In other words, thanks to AI, everybody who used to pedal old bicycles on the Internet has to buy a brand-new tank
www.wired.com/story/cisco-...
www.wired.com/story/cisco-...
*A disappointed man is mesmerized; his soul leaves his body and becomes a poltergeist -- this one of the oddest ghost-movie premises that I've ever seen
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Le Fantôme du Moulin Rouge (1925) Films René Fernand
YouTube video by Films by the Year
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November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
*A disappointed man is mesmerized; his soul leaves his body and becomes a poltergeist -- this one of the oddest ghost-movie premises that I've ever seen
youtu.be/x3WccaQGYwc?...
youtu.be/x3WccaQGYwc?...
*If there's a post-science of pseudoscience, then it ought to walk hand-in-hand with a post-economics of pseudo-venture-capital #TwentyTwenties
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
*If there's a post-science of pseudoscience, then it ought to walk hand-in-hand with a post-economics of pseudo-venture-capital #TwentyTwenties
"Pay attention, everybody, my pal the AI has generated a weird new theory of the cosmos" #Nyarlathotep
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"Pay attention, everybody, my pal the AI has generated a weird new theory of the cosmos" #Nyarlathotep
"Many people are saying this"
*As a science fiction writer, I used to hear rather a lot from pseudoscience cranks, but thanks to modern AI they look for bigger targets now
*As a science fiction writer, I used to hear rather a lot from pseudoscience cranks, but thanks to modern AI they look for bigger targets now
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"Many people are saying this"
*As a science fiction writer, I used to hear rather a lot from pseudoscience cranks, but thanks to modern AI they look for bigger targets now
*As a science fiction writer, I used to hear rather a lot from pseudoscience cranks, but thanks to modern AI they look for bigger targets now
*He's an interesting guy, this "surgeon." He's very busy and very "learned," but entirely pre-scientific, like an alchemist almost
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
*He's an interesting guy, this "surgeon." He's very busy and very "learned," but entirely pre-scientific, like an alchemist almost
*I blame science fiction dystopias #thread
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
*I blame science fiction dystopias #thread
