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biggoatbrain.bsky.social
@biggoatbrain.bsky.social
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How the 🤬 am I supposed to get anything done right now?
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oisinmcgann.bsky.social
One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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bransonreese.bsky.social
See if you and your friends can solve my riddle!
An old man was close to death when he was visited by a genie who offered him eternal life in exchange for one year of his life. The old man chuckled quietly to himself, for he had less than a year to live. "Sure thing!" he said. The genie turned him into a stone with a heartbeat and a brain. The man tried to scream but found that he had no mouth. He had thousands of nerve endings which were all set to maximum pain and hated it most of all when it rained. Was the genie out of line here? Depends on who you ask. The genie was tried in a genie court of law for this and found to be innocent, though.
May 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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ebharrington.bsky.social
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.

I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.

🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Nov 15
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.

-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
biggoatbrain.bsky.social
Nine fucking days. NINE
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM