The Chinese have cool space recliner technology with extra snuggly sleeping bags. We are cooked.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Chinese have cool space recliner technology with extra snuggly sleeping bags. We are cooked.
I'd be willing to lower that bar by a few dozen million.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I'd be willing to lower that bar by a few dozen million.
Yes, it's just not really possible with current AI models; people who pretend otherwise are deluded or extremely dishonest. You're not going to get a universal robot without some model of the real world ,built up via embodied existence. The adage is: machines replace tasks not jobs or people.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Yes, it's just not really possible with current AI models; people who pretend otherwise are deluded or extremely dishonest. You're not going to get a universal robot without some model of the real world ,built up via embodied existence. The adage is: machines replace tasks not jobs or people.
Yeah, lot of current discourse is just cargo cult rationality. To be fair, my retirement plan is completely based upon finding a briefcase of money.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Yeah, lot of current discourse is just cargo cult rationality. To be fair, my retirement plan is completely based upon finding a briefcase of money.
Yeah it's funny how much people attribute to this economic theory or this political belief system when actually all these things just coincided with harnessing fossil fuels.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Yeah it's funny how much people attribute to this economic theory or this political belief system when actually all these things just coincided with harnessing fossil fuels.
That's my take on it. Nature is very good and has developed emergently in the context of existing complex systems. No way any early generation attempts at recreating that kind of complexity will work, if ever.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
That's my take on it. Nature is very good and has developed emergently in the context of existing complex systems. No way any early generation attempts at recreating that kind of complexity will work, if ever.
Oh sure, I mean the magic kind of nanobots that take matter and reconstitute the atoms into new molecules. The scifi wish fulfilment kind of nanobots.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Oh sure, I mean the magic kind of nanobots that take matter and reconstitute the atoms into new molecules. The scifi wish fulfilment kind of nanobots.
Exactly. All this plots fall apart when people realised we actually have to build things, and employ the people to build them, and find the resources & supplies required to build them, and ensure you have the infrastructure to support the building. Better to just imagine nanobots and other magic.
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Exactly. All this plots fall apart when people realised we actually have to build things, and employ the people to build them, and find the resources & supplies required to build them, and ensure you have the infrastructure to support the building. Better to just imagine nanobots and other magic.
Shot and chaser.
'The findings stand in contrast to other recent research suggesting AI will affect highly skilled, technical occupations such as software engineering and management consultancy more than trades and manual work.' 3/3
New study reveals early impact of AI on job market in UK | King's College London
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the UK labour market, with high-paying firms and professional occupations experiencing the most significant declines in employment and wages, while lower-paid sect...
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Shot and chaser.
Put this at the top of the list of things I'm not worried about. UK can't even build trainlines anymore. You're going to automate basic skilled labour in 10 years?
'The jobs most at risk are those in occupations such as trades, machine operations and administrative roles, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said.'
Excellent time then to degrade university provision and discourage university attendance. 1/3
Excellent time then to degrade university provision and discourage university attendance. 1/3
AI could replace 3m low-skilled jobs in the UK by 2035, research finds
Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charity
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Put this at the top of the list of things I'm not worried about. UK can't even build trainlines anymore. You're going to automate basic skilled labour in 10 years?
Grok write me an epic vulgar roast about how nationalised healthcare, access to healthy food, low rates of gun violence, mass transportation & paid vacation are actually cucked. Make it really epic so I can roast the shit out of them in the comments. Include something about British food & dentistry.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Grok write me an epic vulgar roast about how nationalised healthcare, access to healthy food, low rates of gun violence, mass transportation & paid vacation are actually cucked. Make it really epic so I can roast the shit out of them in the comments. Include something about British food & dentistry.
I think the main difference is Americans go over to Europe and think 'this place is amazing, better things are possible' and when Europeans go over to America they experience it as a Mad Max movie directed by Paul Verhoeven about a society run by toddlers with guns who eat baby food out of troughs.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I think the main difference is Americans go over to Europe and think 'this place is amazing, better things are possible' and when Europeans go over to America they experience it as a Mad Max movie directed by Paul Verhoeven about a society run by toddlers with guns who eat baby food out of troughs.
I've figured it out. Musk has little brother trying too hard energy.
You're 11 and hanging out with a bunch of 16 year olds. You understand the words the teenagers are using but lack the life experience to participate in the conversation; you're going to try and impress the cool kids anyway.
You're 11 and hanging out with a bunch of 16 year olds. You understand the words the teenagers are using but lack the life experience to participate in the conversation; you're going to try and impress the cool kids anyway.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I've figured it out. Musk has little brother trying too hard energy.
You're 11 and hanging out with a bunch of 16 year olds. You understand the words the teenagers are using but lack the life experience to participate in the conversation; you're going to try and impress the cool kids anyway.
You're 11 and hanging out with a bunch of 16 year olds. You understand the words the teenagers are using but lack the life experience to participate in the conversation; you're going to try and impress the cool kids anyway.
But yeah. Computers compute. Humans can compute but they also have direct relationship with world around them. I'd be wary of Cartesian and rationalist models when trying to make sense of how we experience the would. Though they can be a useful lens they're a limited model.
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
But yeah. Computers compute. Humans can compute but they also have direct relationship with world around them. I'd be wary of Cartesian and rationalist models when trying to make sense of how we experience the would. Though they can be a useful lens they're a limited model.
This is a tough medium to really talk about thinking. Computation is computation. Don't think there's real Cartesian dualism. See 4E cognition and Gibsonian ecological psychology. Can't discount sense. I'd be wary of using 'data' in this context.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is a tough medium to really talk about thinking. Computation is computation. Don't think there's real Cartesian dualism. See 4E cognition and Gibsonian ecological psychology. Can't discount sense. I'd be wary of using 'data' in this context.
It's like the McBain stand up.
'Ja and uh you just just uh type 'epic vulgar burn'. And then you uh get this really epic vulgar burn. But like really vulgar. Really forbidden words. And it would be very funny and everyone would cheer for you and give you a high five.'
'Ja and uh you just just uh type 'epic vulgar burn'. And then you uh get this really epic vulgar burn. But like really vulgar. Really forbidden words. And it would be very funny and everyone would cheer for you and give you a high five.'
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's like the McBain stand up.
'Ja and uh you just just uh type 'epic vulgar burn'. And then you uh get this really epic vulgar burn. But like really vulgar. Really forbidden words. And it would be very funny and everyone would cheer for you and give you a high five.'
'Ja and uh you just just uh type 'epic vulgar burn'. And then you uh get this really epic vulgar burn. But like really vulgar. Really forbidden words. And it would be very funny and everyone would cheer for you and give you a high five.'
Love that he couldn't even give an example of what the hilarious epic vulgar burn would be.
Joe looks like he's humouring a random weirdo telling a bad story. It's the look you give someone you've just met at a bar, trying so sus out what kind of mental issue is going on and do you need to escape.
Joe looks like he's humouring a random weirdo telling a bad story. It's the look you give someone you've just met at a bar, trying so sus out what kind of mental issue is going on and do you need to escape.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Love that he couldn't even give an example of what the hilarious epic vulgar burn would be.
Joe looks like he's humouring a random weirdo telling a bad story. It's the look you give someone you've just met at a bar, trying so sus out what kind of mental issue is going on and do you need to escape.
Joe looks like he's humouring a random weirdo telling a bad story. It's the look you give someone you've just met at a bar, trying so sus out what kind of mental issue is going on and do you need to escape.
If you live in an urban area might as well walk around with a chunky marker in your pocket.
tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you live in an urban area might as well walk around with a chunky marker in your pocket.
Naively optimistic that most people on the internet have any cultural knowledge of Memphis Belle.
Oh also Memphis Belle lied to you, those guys didn't have A Plane, they either went out on whatever random plane was available or they sat out 1 group mission in 3, or both
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Naively optimistic that most people on the internet have any cultural knowledge of Memphis Belle.
That's why he's so good when he appears on the E1 podcast. Downside is it takes him 1 year of deep research before he can do any of the characters, and he stays in character the entire time.
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
That's why he's so good when he appears on the E1 podcast. Downside is it takes him 1 year of deep research before he can do any of the characters, and he stays in character the entire time.
This works well in 'Obama voice'.
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This works well in 'Obama voice'.
That's a ghost. Get out of there!
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
That's a ghost. Get out of there!