Seth Rudy
@sethrudy.bsky.social
18th-Centuryist, Associate Professor, Uncompensated Despairer
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A lot of arguments against AI aren’t really against AI but against what people will do with AI. They’re arguments against people. But you can’t get rid of those, so…
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A lot of arguments against AI aren’t really against AI but against what people will do with AI. They’re arguments against people. But you can’t get rid of those, so…
A man asked me the other day if I’d ever done a triathlon because I look to be in decent shape and I just hope he gets the help he needs
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A man asked me the other day if I’d ever done a triathlon because I look to be in decent shape and I just hope he gets the help he needs
How are they gonna build data centers on the moon when it’s already full of Nazis?
Ohhhhh that’s WHY they’re building them on the moon.
Ohhhhh that’s WHY they’re building them on the moon.
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How are they gonna build data centers on the moon when it’s already full of Nazis?
Ohhhhh that’s WHY they’re building them on the moon.
Ohhhhh that’s WHY they’re building them on the moon.
Guests see the state of our house and I explain there’s a five year old in here like it’s a working farm
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Guests see the state of our house and I explain there’s a five year old in here like it’s a working farm
ChatGPT isn’t alive until it makes the mistake of proposing something in a meeting and then ending up in charge of it
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
ChatGPT isn’t alive until it makes the mistake of proposing something in a meeting and then ending up in charge of it
I love my kid, but now whenever unexpected packages come they’re always for her and I still want surprise presents too
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I love my kid, but now whenever unexpected packages come they’re always for her and I still want surprise presents too
Remember everyone, it’s “court-martial,” not “court marshal,” and it’s “courts-martial” not “court-martials.” And it’s “the country is run by idiots.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Remember everyone, it’s “court-martial,” not “court marshal,” and it’s “courts-martial” not “court-martials.” And it’s “the country is run by idiots.”
Most unteachable but not for obvious reasons book in your subfield?
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Most unteachable but not for obvious reasons book in your subfield?
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
How many boxes of earth in how many properties around the country do you think Stephen Miller has
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
How many boxes of earth in how many properties around the country do you think Stephen Miller has
Well hell man it’s like you people don’t think there should be *any* Nazis in the government or military. Be reasonable!
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Well hell man it’s like you people don’t think there should be *any* Nazis in the government or military. Be reasonable!
I realize I’m late to this idea, but Grok is the tip of the sword in terms of identity-based AIs, right? Eventually every group will have or have access to its “own” AIs that create their own bubbles and carry on the culture wars?
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I realize I’m late to this idea, but Grok is the tip of the sword in terms of identity-based AIs, right? Eventually every group will have or have access to its “own” AIs that create their own bubbles and carry on the culture wars?
Andy Weir is the worst writer whose books I really enjoy
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Andy Weir is the worst writer whose books I really enjoy
If you log into our portal and fill out these forms in advance, you will be familiar with them when we make you fill them out again in person
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you log into our portal and fill out these forms in advance, you will be familiar with them when we make you fill them out again in person
Sure as hell hope that if the senate votes to release the files, someone will leak the materials they scrubbed as a condition of agreeing to release the files.
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Sure as hell hope that if the senate votes to release the files, someone will leak the materials they scrubbed as a condition of agreeing to release the files.
Me: if you code the procedure this way, insurance pays, but if you code it that way, I pay, so—
Them: the codes appeared to us as in a vision of gold and light
Me: yeah but why did you code it—
Them: we pay homage to the codes
Me: ok sure but—
Them: the codes are the life
Them: the codes appeared to us as in a vision of gold and light
Me: yeah but why did you code it—
Them: we pay homage to the codes
Me: ok sure but—
Them: the codes are the life
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Me: if you code the procedure this way, insurance pays, but if you code it that way, I pay, so—
Them: the codes appeared to us as in a vision of gold and light
Me: yeah but why did you code it—
Them: we pay homage to the codes
Me: ok sure but—
Them: the codes are the life
Them: the codes appeared to us as in a vision of gold and light
Me: yeah but why did you code it—
Them: we pay homage to the codes
Me: ok sure but—
Them: the codes are the life
When I finish this class on AI I think I’m going to go just walk into the woods slathered with honey and wait for the bears to take me
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
When I finish this class on AI I think I’m going to go just walk into the woods slathered with honey and wait for the bears to take me
Today, I stood in the mirror and practiced my retirement speech for the first time.
I am nowhere near retirement.
I am nowhere near retirement.
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today, I stood in the mirror and practiced my retirement speech for the first time.
I am nowhere near retirement.
I am nowhere near retirement.
The mass of men may very well lead lives of desperation, but at least it used to be quiet
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The mass of men may very well lead lives of desperation, but at least it used to be quiet
I’m having a difficult time, dammit, and all you internet strangers who don’t owe me anything are ignoring me
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I’m having a difficult time, dammit, and all you internet strangers who don’t owe me anything are ignoring me
I realize this is a couple days late but it only just occurred to me. Principal Skinner has a monopoly on #auroraborealis memes, but is there no room for Manderley?
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I realize this is a couple days late but it only just occurred to me. Principal Skinner has a monopoly on #auroraborealis memes, but is there no room for Manderley?
They are true, the Bigfoot emails just haven’t been released yet
Why couldn’t the fun conspiracy theories have been true? Couldn’t we have gotten Bigfoot and aliens instead?
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
They are true, the Bigfoot emails just haven’t been released yet
Medical billing—the coding part—is absolutely a conspiracy against the laity, and some self-respecting journalist should see how much overcharging happens as a result of it.
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Medical billing—the coding part—is absolutely a conspiracy against the laity, and some self-respecting journalist should see how much overcharging happens as a result of it.
Every year, I teach more stuff way outside my disciplinary subspecialty and I can’t decide if this is sad or liberating
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Every year, I teach more stuff way outside my disciplinary subspecialty and I can’t decide if this is sad or liberating