Amy Lauder
@aelauder.bsky.social
I work in libraries doing technical stuff. When I’m not doing that I like seeing my friends, doing fibre arts things, theater of all kinds, and going outside. NV > DC > NV > PNW
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you, tears in your eyes, pleading: "Please! Stop calling everything a social construct!"
me, eyes glowing, relentless: "Cleanliness is a social construct"
me, eyes glowing, relentless: "Cleanliness is a social construct"
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
you, tears in your eyes, pleading: "Please! Stop calling everything a social construct!"
me, eyes glowing, relentless: "Cleanliness is a social construct"
me, eyes glowing, relentless: "Cleanliness is a social construct"
Reposted by Amy Lauder
Ted Chiang:
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
December 17, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Ted Chiang:
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
Oh there’s a manga that’s basically this, Dinosaur Sanctuary!
February 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Oh there’s a manga that’s basically this, Dinosaur Sanctuary!
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I’ll be honest, when we were all saying that Gen X wasn’t going to get Social Security anyway, it’s because we thought it would be bankrupt, not that an intern would break the mainframes.
February 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’ll be honest, when we were all saying that Gen X wasn’t going to get Social Security anyway, it’s because we thought it would be bankrupt, not that an intern would break the mainframes.