Catelli
@catelli.bsky.social
Consumer of beer, smoker of cigars. Camping and cycling
IT guy, from Cambridge, Ontario
Handle is an old nickname, it means "looked like a wet spaghetti noodle when running down the basketball court"
IT guy, from Cambridge, Ontario
Handle is an old nickname, it means "looked like a wet spaghetti noodle when running down the basketball court"
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Catelli
@catelli.bsky.social
· Jun 24
AI, The Digital El Dorado
I have come to the conclusion that the search for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a modern quest for a mythical solution with no…
catelli2oh.medium.com
On how the search for AI is the pursuit of a myth. There is no 'there' there but the search itself will cause so much damage.
catelli2oh.medium.com/ai-the-digit...
In the meantime, my car treats losing Bluetooth connection to my phone as a national fucking emergency, requiring me to stop paying attention to piloting a death machine to deal with the error message.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In the meantime, my car treats losing Bluetooth connection to my phone as a national fucking emergency, requiring me to stop paying attention to piloting a death machine to deal with the error message.
This is why I cannot trust ChatGPT output. It's the insane hallucinations it outputs.
Like, no actual human would say this. I know we're in crazy times and all, but this is just so far over the line for it to be real.
😉
Like, no actual human would say this. I know we're in crazy times and all, but this is just so far over the line for it to be real.
😉
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is why I cannot trust ChatGPT output. It's the insane hallucinations it outputs.
Like, no actual human would say this. I know we're in crazy times and all, but this is just so far over the line for it to be real.
😉
Like, no actual human would say this. I know we're in crazy times and all, but this is just so far over the line for it to be real.
😉
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I know zero real scientists who say this.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I know zero real scientists who say this.
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You can tell he wanted to blame George Soros.
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is doubling down after telling someone in the public gallery to “find a job,” claiming they were a paid, professional protester. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
Doug Ford doubles down on ‘find a job’ comment after omnibus rental bill passes | Globalnews.ca
As protestors were escorted from the chamber, Ford appeared to shout at one of them to 'find a job' from his seat within the legislature.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
You can tell he wanted to blame George Soros.
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There will be a moment of silence for Colleen Jones ahead of tonight's women's draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There will be a moment of silence for Colleen Jones ahead of tonight's women's draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
I'm looking for a change in careers, so if you can find the online job postings for “professional protester” send them my way.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm looking for a change in careers, so if you can find the online job postings for “professional protester” send them my way.
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Where did this “professional protester” canard come from originally? It’s been around for years.
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is doubling down after telling someone in the public gallery to “find a job,” claiming they were a paid, professional protester. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
Doug Ford doubles down on ‘find a job’ comment after omnibus rental bill passes | Globalnews.ca
As protestors were escorted from the chamber, Ford appeared to shout at one of them to 'find a job' from his seat within the legislature.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Where did this “professional protester” canard come from originally? It’s been around for years.
So much money invested over a...
silly notion of intelligence. Of, quite ironically, information processing.
silly notion of intelligence. Of, quite ironically, information processing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So much money invested over a...
silly notion of intelligence. Of, quite ironically, information processing.
silly notion of intelligence. Of, quite ironically, information processing.
And we are really living the age of silly because of that incorrect metaphor that our brains are information processors, just like computers.
And that silly reasoning has given us what really may be the "AI bubble" just about ready to pop.
And that silly reasoning has given us what really may be the "AI bubble" just about ready to pop.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
And we are really living the age of silly because of that incorrect metaphor that our brains are information processors, just like computers.
And that silly reasoning has given us what really may be the "AI bubble" just about ready to pop.
And that silly reasoning has given us what really may be the "AI bubble" just about ready to pop.
Because of the overwhelming nature of AI, I struggle to keep this important concept front and center "the idea that humans must be information processors just because computers are information processors is just plain silly"
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Because of the overwhelming nature of AI, I struggle to keep this important concept front and center "the idea that humans must be information processors just because computers are information processors is just plain silly"
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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Today is November 25, so it's 1 month until Christmas. Remember that, due to the war on Christmas, you can no longer greet people with "Merry Christmas" during the holiday season. Instead, you must greet them with "Merry Christmas, if you can even say that anymore".
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today is November 25, so it's 1 month until Christmas. Remember that, due to the war on Christmas, you can no longer greet people with "Merry Christmas" during the holiday season. Instead, you must greet them with "Merry Christmas, if you can even say that anymore".
It pairs really well this this.
"Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it."
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
"Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it."
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It pairs really well this this.
"Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it."
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
"Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it."
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
About time to re-up this.
This blog post rocked me to my foundations
"Your brain is not a computer"
We don’t store words or the rules that tell us how to manipulate them. We don’t retrieve information or images or words from memory registers. Computers do all of these things, but organisms do not."
aeon.co/essays/your-...
"Your brain is not a computer"
We don’t store words or the rules that tell us how to manipulate them. We don’t retrieve information or images or words from memory registers. Computers do all of these things, but organisms do not."
aeon.co/essays/your-...
Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays
Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer
aeon.co
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
About time to re-up this.
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Kessler dice rolling events this week. Also sonic booms in SLO, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties.
#rocket #launch #vandenberg #sonicboom
#rocket #launch #vandenberg #sonicboom
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Kessler dice rolling events this week. Also sonic booms in SLO, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties.
#rocket #launch #vandenberg #sonicboom
#rocket #launch #vandenberg #sonicboom
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Colleen Jones is gone. I dare you not to be moved by her work as a journalist telling stories of good people. See the clip from her retirement two years ago, in this story
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Colleen Jones, champion curler and CBC reporter, dies at 65 | CBC News
Jones’s celebrated career paved the way for other women in sport and broadcasting.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Colleen Jones is gone. I dare you not to be moved by her work as a journalist telling stories of good people. See the clip from her retirement two years ago, in this story
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Dougie again
i wonder which of his buddies will benefit from this
i wonder which of his buddies will benefit from this
70 years ago The Conservative Government of Leslie Frost "Old Man Ontario" instituted the Conservation Authorities Act as a response to the devastation of Hurricane Hazel. Now in the face of increased climate disasters Doug Ford is dismantling it.
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
Conservation Authorities Act changes weaken watershed oversight | The Narwhal
New Conservation Authorities Act rules see Ontario’s natural resources minister gain greater power as building on shorelines becomes easier
thenarwhal.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Dougie again
i wonder which of his buddies will benefit from this
i wonder which of his buddies will benefit from this
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Was the USA ever really our friend? 🇨🇦 A good piece to read if you are an American wondering why Canadians might stay mad at you, even after Trump is gone.
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
Toronto Star ePaper
Toronto Star ePaper
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Was the USA ever really our friend? 🇨🇦 A good piece to read if you are an American wondering why Canadians might stay mad at you, even after Trump is gone.
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
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BING!
It's a bad tool, but at least it's helped me clarify my opinions about Searle's Chinese Room paper.
It's a bad tool, but at least it's helped me clarify my opinions about Searle's Chinese Room paper.
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
BING!
It's a bad tool, but at least it's helped me clarify my opinions about Searle's Chinese Room paper.
It's a bad tool, but at least it's helped me clarify my opinions about Searle's Chinese Room paper.
LOL.
There's a post about Waymo self-driving cars completely blocking streets and sure enough there's a "now discuss the waste of space that parking is" group in that discussion.
Some people just won't let you talk about one thing, and the unique aspects of that one thing.
There's a post about Waymo self-driving cars completely blocking streets and sure enough there's a "now discuss the waste of space that parking is" group in that discussion.
Some people just won't let you talk about one thing, and the unique aspects of that one thing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
LOL.
There's a post about Waymo self-driving cars completely blocking streets and sure enough there's a "now discuss the waste of space that parking is" group in that discussion.
Some people just won't let you talk about one thing, and the unique aspects of that one thing.
There's a post about Waymo self-driving cars completely blocking streets and sure enough there's a "now discuss the waste of space that parking is" group in that discussion.
Some people just won't let you talk about one thing, and the unique aspects of that one thing.
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
In my case, it's just a background fact, nothing I have actually tried to relate to. Though it does bother me a bit, because it's a black hole in my background, and a bit of my self-identity.
I'll always wonder what would have happened if I had made that effort to figure it out.
I'll always wonder what would have happened if I had made that effort to figure it out.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In my case, it's just a background fact, nothing I have actually tried to relate to. Though it does bother me a bit, because it's a black hole in my background, and a bit of my self-identity.
I'll always wonder what would have happened if I had made that effort to figure it out.
I'll always wonder what would have happened if I had made that effort to figure it out.
I can relate in a small way. According to my mother, her father, who left when she was quite young, was part native american.
That's what she was told, that's what I was told.
I have no idea how true it is. I accept it as truth, but cannot easily verify it.
That's what she was told, that's what I was told.
I have no idea how true it is. I accept it as truth, but cannot easily verify it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I can relate in a small way. According to my mother, her father, who left when she was quite young, was part native american.
That's what she was told, that's what I was told.
I have no idea how true it is. I accept it as truth, but cannot easily verify it.
That's what she was told, that's what I was told.
I have no idea how true it is. I accept it as truth, but cannot easily verify it.
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My son is finishing his fifth year of university to be a dentist -in Ecuador- because Canadian universities are too expensive…
Canada’s new government is making big investments to train more dental care professionals — so you can get the care you need.
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My son is finishing his fifth year of university to be a dentist -in Ecuador- because Canadian universities are too expensive…
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Can really summarize a lot of AI market angst with sentence:
“It sucks to be close to OpenAI rn”
sherwood.news/markets/it-s...
“It sucks to be close to OpenAI rn”
sherwood.news/markets/it-s...
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Can really summarize a lot of AI market angst with sentence:
“It sucks to be close to OpenAI rn”
sherwood.news/markets/it-s...
“It sucks to be close to OpenAI rn”
sherwood.news/markets/it-s...