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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 1h

Really? How unsurprising.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 18h

What’s the most predictable byline you’ve ever seen? I’m going with

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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 18h

This all kinda reminds me of the huge anti-brexit demonstrations in the UK a few years ago.

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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 2d

The difference between France (or Italy) on the one hand, and the UK or the US on the other, is that the default expectation (n.b. outside of tourist areas) is that food will be _good_. Good food is the default, not something you remark on. Bad food is something you remark on.

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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 2d

You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.

Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated

Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions

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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 2d

Now there is a name I did not expect to encounter in this context.

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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 2d

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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 2d

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New York Post @nypost.com · 2d

Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions

Maj. Gen. William "Hank" Taylor told reporters that he's been using ChatGPT to refine how he makes choices affecting thousands of troops.

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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 2d

It's only a matter of time. The hazard rate has been materially non-zero for 80 years now.

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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 3d

Fun to think about though

Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 4d

I seem to remember that Enron also explored adult entertainment opportunities. Near the end.

Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 5d

Also: The Tempest

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Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 5d

Me, at this point I’m never surprised or shocked, simply because I have no optimism whatsoever left

Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social · 5d

was actually thinking about Othello himself - but the thing about Iago is that yes it was stupid & vicious but without ever being fully explained it is entirely human - people can be incomprehensibly stupid & vicious.

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