@nerdtheman.bsky.social
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I still think the internet is the best comp for AI. It was a bubble that popped, but the underlying tech turned out to be real. It enabled a bunch of psychosis and slop, but also some genuinely cool stuff. Massive labor market disruptions, but employment levels look about the same.
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I still think the internet is the best comp for AI. It was a bubble that popped, but the underlying tech turned out to be real. It enabled a bunch of psychosis and slop, but also some genuinely cool stuff. Massive labor market disruptions, but employment levels look about the same.
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One of the most glorious things I've seen in my life 🥲
Incredible. They struck the nerve center. I've never seen this happen so fast.
February 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
One of the most glorious things I've seen in my life 🥲
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Incredible. They struck the nerve center. I've never seen this happen so fast.
February 14, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Incredible. They struck the nerve center. I've never seen this happen so fast.
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It's actually kind of striking how these arguments are stupid and don't matter because they don't have any predictive power, and if the prediction is "These systems can't do knowledge work", then those predictions are simply wrong.
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It's actually kind of striking how these arguments are stupid and don't matter because they don't have any predictive power, and if the prediction is "These systems can't do knowledge work", then those predictions are simply wrong.
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
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I really wish we had a well funded, power critical fourth estate interested in investigating the source of this clearly coordinated effort by payment processors.
Like, we keep seeing the impact of it, but I really want to know the "who" and the "why" beyond nebulous surveillance/puritanism forces.
Like, we keep seeing the impact of it, but I really want to know the "who" and the "why" beyond nebulous surveillance/puritanism forces.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I really wish we had a well funded, power critical fourth estate interested in investigating the source of this clearly coordinated effort by payment processors.
Like, we keep seeing the impact of it, but I really want to know the "who" and the "why" beyond nebulous surveillance/puritanism forces.
Like, we keep seeing the impact of it, but I really want to know the "who" and the "why" beyond nebulous surveillance/puritanism forces.
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They are not being controlled by workers in the Phillipines... workers in the Philippines occasionally provide a label or piece of high level information like "yes youre good to proceed" in difficult scenarios. They never drive the cars.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:06 AM
They are not being controlled by workers in the Phillipines... workers in the Philippines occasionally provide a label or piece of high level information like "yes youre good to proceed" in difficult scenarios. They never drive the cars.
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And, on top of all this, actively hate and try to drive away anyone who is well connected to what is happening, does have insider tips, is capable of basic reasoning, values the truth over their immediate feelings, and admits when they don't know. They literally send such people death threats.
BlueSky is fundamentally a low information network full of people who are not well connected to what is happening, do not have insider tips, are largely not capable of basic reasoning, do not value the truth over their immediate feelings, and habitually confabulate rather than admit they don't know.
The person trying to argue 50% of Americans are below the poverty line doing so while also failing to accurately perform basic math is basically bluesky.txt
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM
And, on top of all this, actively hate and try to drive away anyone who is well connected to what is happening, does have insider tips, is capable of basic reasoning, values the truth over their immediate feelings, and admits when they don't know. They literally send such people death threats.
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cool how everyone just takes things at face value now, reducing them down to nearly impossible technicalities. I’m sure that 300 ms delay between SF and The Philippines is awesome for driving
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
cool how everyone just takes things at face value now, reducing them down to nearly impossible technicalities. I’m sure that 300 ms delay between SF and The Philippines is awesome for driving
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for better or worse, people will forget about that video by the end of the year, if not end of the month. but when trump finally kicks the bucket, there were be orgasmic celebrations across the US & around the world. he will be remembered as the most despised US president since WWII for generations
February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
for better or worse, people will forget about that video by the end of the year, if not end of the month. but when trump finally kicks the bucket, there were be orgasmic celebrations across the US & around the world. he will be remembered as the most despised US president since WWII for generations
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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If your Roomba occasionally gets stuck behind a chair and requires you to get it unstuck, did iRobot lie to you about it being an "autonomous" vacuum cleaner?
What if you have to sometimes untangle string from its brush?
Does that mean your vacuum doesn't clean "autonomously"?
What if you have to sometimes untangle string from its brush?
Does that mean your vacuum doesn't clean "autonomously"?
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If your Roomba occasionally gets stuck behind a chair and requires you to get it unstuck, did iRobot lie to you about it being an "autonomous" vacuum cleaner?
What if you have to sometimes untangle string from its brush?
Does that mean your vacuum doesn't clean "autonomously"?
What if you have to sometimes untangle string from its brush?
Does that mean your vacuum doesn't clean "autonomously"?
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waymos are great, this headline is wrong, it's weird and disturbing that so many people actively want to believe the technology that reduces car deaths is fake, and bluesky should make it so full-screen link previews don't show headlines
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:58 AM
waymos are great, this headline is wrong, it's weird and disturbing that so many people actively want to believe the technology that reduces car deaths is fake, and bluesky should make it so full-screen link previews don't show headlines
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My respect for these two has dropped to zero. There were zero instances in the episode where Rob mansplained to them or steamrolled them. Zero. He politely offered a summary of a mainstream understanding of LLMs so that they could explain why they disagreed, and they read this as an attack.
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM
My respect for these two has dropped to zero. There were zero instances in the episode where Rob mansplained to them or steamrolled them. Zero. He politely offered a summary of a mainstream understanding of LLMs so that they could explain why they disagreed, and they read this as an attack.
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“Gooner slop”
“Gooner bait”
“Gooner art style”
Why are you so afraid of feeling aroused?
“Gooner bait”
“Gooner art style”
Why are you so afraid of feeling aroused?
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 AM
“Gooner slop”
“Gooner bait”
“Gooner art style”
Why are you so afraid of feeling aroused?
“Gooner bait”
“Gooner art style”
Why are you so afraid of feeling aroused?
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TO: World’s Biggest Pedophile
FROM: Elon Musk
SUBJECT: RE: Pedophile party on your pedophile island
Any other famous pedophiles going to be there? Looking forward to doing a bunch of pedophile stuff btw.
FROM: Elon Musk
SUBJECT: RE: Pedophile party on your pedophile island
Any other famous pedophiles going to be there? Looking forward to doing a bunch of pedophile stuff btw.
OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
January 30, 2026 at 7:44 PM
TO: World’s Biggest Pedophile
FROM: Elon Musk
SUBJECT: RE: Pedophile party on your pedophile island
Any other famous pedophiles going to be there? Looking forward to doing a bunch of pedophile stuff btw.
FROM: Elon Musk
SUBJECT: RE: Pedophile party on your pedophile island
Any other famous pedophiles going to be there? Looking forward to doing a bunch of pedophile stuff btw.
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Reading is theft. Learning is theft. Remembering is theft. Imagining is theft. Dreaming is theft. How dare we.
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Reading is theft. Learning is theft. Remembering is theft. Imagining is theft. Dreaming is theft. How dare we.
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
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I don't think current AI is conscious or worthy of moral standing, but there's no reason to suppose it can't be. And it worries me that the exact people generally most concern with rights for other conscious beings are most likely to deny the possibility of machine consciousness.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I don't think current AI is conscious or worthy of moral standing, but there's no reason to suppose it can't be. And it worries me that the exact people generally most concern with rights for other conscious beings are most likely to deny the possibility of machine consciousness.
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let's say someone comes up with this "power loom", now we just have more textiles? they make those faster? some who couldnt weave now can? what am i meant to look at??
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
let's say someone comes up with this "power loom", now we just have more textiles? they make those faster? some who couldnt weave now can? what am i meant to look at??
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"What's code even good for anyway?"
January 26, 2026 at 11:07 PM
"What's code even good for anyway?"
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Let's say it's true and everybody is using circle irrigation (it isn't but for the sake of argument): what is the actual result? It's not taking jobs. There are suddenly more crops? Some farmers can do stuff faster? Some people can sometimes grow plants they couldn't? What am I meant to look at?
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Let's say it's true and everybody is using circle irrigation (it isn't but for the sake of argument): what is the actual result? It's not taking jobs. There are suddenly more crops? Some farmers can do stuff faster? Some people can sometimes grow plants they couldn't? What am I meant to look at?
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the chidi one in particular annoys me because "we made something that talks and responds exactly as a human does but it's not a person" is like philosophy problem #102. like if you think that is the correct response you clearly did not actually internalize anything about the good place,
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 AM
the chidi one in particular annoys me because "we made something that talks and responds exactly as a human does but it's not a person" is like philosophy problem #102. like if you think that is the correct response you clearly did not actually internalize anything about the good place,
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many people on here are suspiciously invested in performative and preemptive cruelty towards ai systems and i find that to be disturbing
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 AM
many people on here are suspiciously invested in performative and preemptive cruelty towards ai systems and i find that to be disturbing