Christian Otholm
@christianotholm.bsky.social
Klirrer nøgler, blander pap og rør græs. Han/ham.
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please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...
When a chatbot runs your store
You may have heard of "agentic AI", which is basically the idea that you can hook up a large language model to controls that do real things. The controls might run internet searches, run commands to o...
www.aiweirdness.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go
Uhh, foreboding
Uhh, foreboding
December 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go
Uhh, foreboding
Uhh, foreboding
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the tech industry was all about making computers better, smaller, and more connected. and they more or less finished that the last decade. they did a good job at it. and since then there's been this weird midlife crisis vibe from the industry that finished its purpose.
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
the tech industry was all about making computers better, smaller, and more connected. and they more or less finished that the last decade. they did a good job at it. and since then there's been this weird midlife crisis vibe from the industry that finished its purpose.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Europeans love to tell Americans that we're not taking the threat of authoritarianism seriously enough just before they turn on the news to find out how many seats their local Kill All Immigrants party won in the last parliamentary elections
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Europeans love to tell Americans that we're not taking the threat of authoritarianism seriously enough just before they turn on the news to find out how many seats their local Kill All Immigrants party won in the last parliamentary elections
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
Once FIFA gets involved, you know the corruption is ✨lucrative✨ and rampant.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Once FIFA gets involved, you know the corruption is ✨lucrative✨ and rampant.
Why do bash “dead-beat” writers for not knowing their books but we never question if the book is just forgettable? Or if the writer’s just a huge alcoholic?
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Why do bash “dead-beat” writers for not knowing their books but we never question if the book is just forgettable? Or if the writer’s just a huge alcoholic?
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
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November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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My most woke opinion is that categories (sex, generation, nationality, borders, years etc.) aren’t real.
Useful? Yes. Impactful? Yes. But so is Mickey Mouse, and even children know he’s fictional.
Useful? Yes. Impactful? Yes. But so is Mickey Mouse, and even children know he’s fictional.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My most woke opinion is that categories (sex, generation, nationality, borders, years etc.) aren’t real.
Useful? Yes. Impactful? Yes. But so is Mickey Mouse, and even children know he’s fictional.
Useful? Yes. Impactful? Yes. But so is Mickey Mouse, and even children know he’s fictional.
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One of the striking things in Epstein's emails is how fucking inarticulate he is, and how *every other billionaire is just as bad at communicating*.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
One of the striking things in Epstein's emails is how fucking inarticulate he is, and how *every other billionaire is just as bad at communicating*.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
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"The lack is not in intelligence, which is in plentiful supply; rather, the scarce commodity is systematic training in critical thinking."
-Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
-Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"The lack is not in intelligence, which is in plentiful supply; rather, the scarce commodity is systematic training in critical thinking."
-Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
-Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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A Blackwater mercenary should probably be vetted and show some kind of remorse and contrition before he’s proposed as the Next Great White Hope.
October 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A Blackwater mercenary should probably be vetted and show some kind of remorse and contrition before he’s proposed as the Next Great White Hope.
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I read 1400 pages of Immanuel Kant in fourteen hours, went to a verbal exam and got an A.
What are you going to do? Wear a headset and answer with a fifteen second delay?
What are you going to do? Wear a headset and answer with a fifteen second delay?
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I read 1400 pages of Immanuel Kant in fourteen hours, went to a verbal exam and got an A.
What are you going to do? Wear a headset and answer with a fifteen second delay?
What are you going to do? Wear a headset and answer with a fifteen second delay?
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A political media apparatus either full of suckers or accomplices willing to gobble up absolute garbage about Trump “distancing himself from” Project 2025.
October 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A political media apparatus either full of suckers or accomplices willing to gobble up absolute garbage about Trump “distancing himself from” Project 2025.
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Any time people start talking about weakening protections for certain groups I am always reminded of this quote.
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Any time people start talking about weakening protections for certain groups I am always reminded of this quote.