Nick Casmirri
@ncasmirri.bsky.social
Once described as 'one of the most tedious individuals on Australian Twitter'. 🇦🇺🇮🇹🇪🇺🌈
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As someone who does a lot of work both using and looking at Generative AI, I think this is the key point. I view them as "simulated intelligence", which can be useful and convincing, but there is no actual intelligence there underlying the output.
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...
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.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
As someone who does a lot of work both using and looking at Generative AI, I think this is the key point. I view them as "simulated intelligence", which can be useful and convincing, but there is no actual intelligence there underlying the output.
So I'll be in Sydney next Thursday. I'm going to this, and having lunch with another person I need to catch up with. I will be free Friday morning and lunch though before flying out in the afternoon.
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Lamestream Live: End-of-Year Party and Awards Night – Sydney
The end of the year is in sight, and we want to celebrate with you. Join us for The 2025 L Awards, where we'll recognise the most remarkable media of the year.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
So I'll be in Sydney next Thursday. I'm going to this, and having lunch with another person I need to catch up with. I will be free Friday morning and lunch though before flying out in the afternoon.
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Reasonable chance that there's electoral reform before the next election driven by the on-the-ground fact of a five-party system (six in Scotland and Wales)
We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Reasonable chance that there's electoral reform before the next election driven by the on-the-ground fact of a five-party system (six in Scotland and Wales)
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
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We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
Do you reckon I should try again to contact the person I tried to contact via Linkedin earlier this year who ignored it? I could include a message this time.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Do you reckon I should try again to contact the person I tried to contact via Linkedin earlier this year who ignored it? I could include a message this time.
That was not good. Unzoomed #678 5/6 🟡🟡🔴🟡🟢⚪️
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November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
That was not good. Unzoomed #678 5/6 🟡🟡🔴🟡🟢⚪️
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Ancient NSW mythology tells us that at the passing of a Premier, their soul was escorted through the underworld and brought before the god Icac, who would weigh their corruption against a bottle of Penfolds
The greatest Australian honour is no medal or ribbon or postnominal set of letters, it is the privilege any one of us can have, to be called before the ICAC, and tell them lies
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Ancient NSW mythology tells us that at the passing of a Premier, their soul was escorted through the underworld and brought before the god Icac, who would weigh their corruption against a bottle of Penfolds
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Political class kinda needs to stop freaking out every time there's a localised mobile network outage. This one was fixed in a couple of hours and Optus alleges it was a fibre cut as a result of someone trying to steal copper. Not much that they can do about that.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Political class kinda needs to stop freaking out every time there's a localised mobile network outage. This one was fixed in a couple of hours and Optus alleges it was a fibre cut as a result of someone trying to steal copper. Not much that they can do about that.
Airfares from Ballina to Sydney next week are just ridiculous.
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Airfares from Ballina to Sydney next week are just ridiculous.
That Is an impressive achievement.
Peter Dutton is the least liked major party leader in the history of the Australian Election Study back to 1987, “by far”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Voters rate Dutton worst leader in decades and prefer Labor on economy
The results of Australia's most prominent election study show Peter Dutton was the least popular leader in four decades.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
That Is an impressive achievement.
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yeesh
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
yeesh
I see ABC and SBS over-the-air transmissions are down in my area again this morning.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I see ABC and SBS over-the-air transmissions are down in my area again this morning.
Writing a book describing various likely undiagnosed mental health issues isn’t particularly sensible of me.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Writing a book describing various likely undiagnosed mental health issues isn’t particularly sensible of me.
Back to the usual degree of difficulty. Unzoomed #677 4/6 🔴🔴🟡🟢⚪️⚪️
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November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Back to the usual degree of difficulty. Unzoomed #677 4/6 🔴🔴🟡🟢⚪️⚪️
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If the ICC Theatre is being renamed after Tiktok does that mean from next month no one under 16 years of age will be allowed in? www.mediaweek.com.au/icc-sydney-t...
ICC Sydney Theatre rebrands as TikTok Entertainment Centre
ICC Sydney Theatre has officially been renamed the TikTok Entertainment Centre in a world-first naming rights deal.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If the ICC Theatre is being renamed after Tiktok does that mean from next month no one under 16 years of age will be allowed in? www.mediaweek.com.au/icc-sydney-t...
Bazball.
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Bazball.
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"...in 1991 there were approximately 1,150 short-stay beds available in Sydney's four main shelters for those experiencing homelessness. Now, she said, there were less than 300 temporary beds available, with walk-up psychiatric care also limited." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Psychiatrist 'traumatised' families of Bondi victims, inquest hears
The counsel assisting the coroner said Joel Cauchi's former psychiatric showed an "exceptional level of belligerence and confrontation" at the inquest.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"...in 1991 there were approximately 1,150 short-stay beds available in Sydney's four main shelters for those experiencing homelessness. Now, she said, there were less than 300 temporary beds available, with walk-up psychiatric care also limited." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
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Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Amazing how this new social media/mobile phone attention span effect is now spreading backwards in time
The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard:
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Amazing how this new social media/mobile phone attention span effect is now spreading backwards in time
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Dear Americans,
European & American colonialism in Africa and Asia was broken with the assistance of the _USSR_, _PRC_, & _India_. The communists/socialists backed the independence movements, traded with them when they overthrew the French/English/etc overlords, and recognised free states in the UN
European & American colonialism in Africa and Asia was broken with the assistance of the _USSR_, _PRC_, & _India_. The communists/socialists backed the independence movements, traded with them when they overthrew the French/English/etc overlords, and recognised free states in the UN
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
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November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Dear Americans,
European & American colonialism in Africa and Asia was broken with the assistance of the _USSR_, _PRC_, & _India_. The communists/socialists backed the independence movements, traded with them when they overthrew the French/English/etc overlords, and recognised free states in the UN
European & American colonialism in Africa and Asia was broken with the assistance of the _USSR_, _PRC_, & _India_. The communists/socialists backed the independence movements, traded with them when they overthrew the French/English/etc overlords, and recognised free states in the UN
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The 2018 strawberry needle saga
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The 2018 strawberry needle saga
Writing progress: I’m back home, spending the weekend shaking off the Bornhoffen flu, and when I get back to school on Monday, for some reason I’m going to make a scornful remark to my best mate about his team losing the FA Cup final. (I don’t think I’ll include that though)
I’m keen to get back to my writing when I get home. Left off at the point where everyone had contracted the Bornhoffen flu, and we’re about to take the bus home.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Writing progress: I’m back home, spending the weekend shaking off the Bornhoffen flu, and when I get back to school on Monday, for some reason I’m going to make a scornful remark to my best mate about his team losing the FA Cup final. (I don’t think I’ll include that though)
That was damn easy. Unzoomed #676 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
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November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
That was damn easy. Unzoomed #676 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
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Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing