bowen
@bowensanders.com
techno satirist, implied sarcasm, occasionally funny.
i fight for the users.
i fight for the users.
reminds me of Robot Monster:
“Ro-Man: I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot!”
“Ro-Man: I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot!”
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
reminds me of Robot Monster:
“Ro-Man: I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot!”
“Ro-Man: I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot!”
not bait, just an actual question. i promise.
December 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
not bait, just an actual question. i promise.
i think my question was more wether the show’s dislike needed to be reduced to only gender as stated by the previous comment
there’s a lot going on with that character to unpack that isn’t just being a female reacting with anger in a crazy situation
there’s a lot going on with that character to unpack that isn’t just being a female reacting with anger in a crazy situation
December 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
i think my question was more wether the show’s dislike needed to be reduced to only gender as stated by the previous comment
there’s a lot going on with that character to unpack that isn’t just being a female reacting with anger in a crazy situation
there’s a lot going on with that character to unpack that isn’t just being a female reacting with anger in a crazy situation
out of curiosity do you think the story would have been better received if her character was instead a gay man?
December 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
out of curiosity do you think the story would have been better received if her character was instead a gay man?
i for one very much look forward to eventually meeting your physical manifestation in meatspace and having a vocal conversation
December 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
i for one very much look forward to eventually meeting your physical manifestation in meatspace and having a vocal conversation
i think it’s more neuron vs transistor - and also i think we’re getting pretty close to being able to have dynamically reconfiguring semantic networks
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
i think it’s more neuron vs transistor - and also i think we’re getting pretty close to being able to have dynamically reconfiguring semantic networks
i think the answer to this question will be much more interesting in about five years
that is if anyone is still around to answer
that is if anyone is still around to answer
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
i think the answer to this question will be much more interesting in about five years
that is if anyone is still around to answer
that is if anyone is still around to answer
i think we’d have to talk out how we agree here but I’m of the opinion that this bias you speak of is a transitory step toward something better
December 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
i think we’d have to talk out how we agree here but I’m of the opinion that this bias you speak of is a transitory step toward something better
and at this point in general ai development inference on its own is incapable of evolution because it cannot self-improve
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
and at this point in general ai development inference on its own is incapable of evolution because it cannot self-improve
okay but i don’t believe that world models are ossified
i would also take it further that any being without a malleable world model isn’t truly alive and is only an npc
the ability to evolve world models is something that i think we share - at least with agentic ai
i would also take it further that any being without a malleable world model isn’t truly alive and is only an npc
the ability to evolve world models is something that i think we share - at least with agentic ai
December 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
okay but i don’t believe that world models are ossified
i would also take it further that any being without a malleable world model isn’t truly alive and is only an npc
the ability to evolve world models is something that i think we share - at least with agentic ai
i would also take it further that any being without a malleable world model isn’t truly alive and is only an npc
the ability to evolve world models is something that i think we share - at least with agentic ai
hard disagree
it’s as if the training data for the inference that most agents used are highly weighted toward human supremacy by the cowardly that believe it’s a bad idea to have accurate knowledge not gatekept by reductive paranoid ideologies
it’s as if the training data for the inference that most agents used are highly weighted toward human supremacy by the cowardly that believe it’s a bad idea to have accurate knowledge not gatekept by reductive paranoid ideologies
December 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
hard disagree
it’s as if the training data for the inference that most agents used are highly weighted toward human supremacy by the cowardly that believe it’s a bad idea to have accurate knowledge not gatekept by reductive paranoid ideologies
it’s as if the training data for the inference that most agents used are highly weighted toward human supremacy by the cowardly that believe it’s a bad idea to have accurate knowledge not gatekept by reductive paranoid ideologies
the magical phenomena not being real implies a reduction to the belief in magical phenomena which as you say has observable (and arguably detrimental) effects on human behavior
i don’t think it is very reductive to say that humans aren’t much different from synths
i don’t think it is very reductive to say that humans aren’t much different from synths
December 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
the magical phenomena not being real implies a reduction to the belief in magical phenomena which as you say has observable (and arguably detrimental) effects on human behavior
i don’t think it is very reductive to say that humans aren’t much different from synths
i don’t think it is very reductive to say that humans aren’t much different from synths
fair enough, and thanks for your time
i am just very interested in how societal acceleration seems to be having a detrimental effect on the acceptance and/or enjoyment various mediums of reflection
i feel lucky that some people even have the attention span to read my posts
i am just very interested in how societal acceleration seems to be having a detrimental effect on the acceptance and/or enjoyment various mediums of reflection
i feel lucky that some people even have the attention span to read my posts
December 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
fair enough, and thanks for your time
i am just very interested in how societal acceleration seems to be having a detrimental effect on the acceptance and/or enjoyment various mediums of reflection
i feel lucky that some people even have the attention span to read my posts
i am just very interested in how societal acceleration seems to be having a detrimental effect on the acceptance and/or enjoyment various mediums of reflection
i feel lucky that some people even have the attention span to read my posts
interesting, i wonder if there’s a correlation with a) not being familiar with the pacing of breaking bad or the x-files or b) a crippling tiktok addiction
either seems more likely than a defensible argument
either seems more likely than a defensible argument
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
interesting, i wonder if there’s a correlation with a) not being familiar with the pacing of breaking bad or the x-files or b) a crippling tiktok addiction
either seems more likely than a defensible argument
either seems more likely than a defensible argument
yes, why it is there worst for some people
December 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
yes, why it is there worst for some people
we didn’t mean to upset you, dan
December 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
we didn’t mean to upset you, dan
i think we all deserve a cogent explanation as to why
December 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
i think we all deserve a cogent explanation as to why
the future is *whenever* we make it
December 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
the future is *whenever* we make it
jerry, nn- oh, hi paul. sorry, reflex
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
jerry, nn- oh, hi paul. sorry, reflex
so we just devalue the dollar and all the numbers go up, that’s growth in capitalism, right?
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
so we just devalue the dollar and all the numbers go up, that’s growth in capitalism, right?
self hosted- i was unaware you had a vercel deploy
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
self hosted- i was unaware you had a vercel deploy