Invertible Man
@invert.bsky.social
Undergoing rotation, yet overcoming translation
I’m not a superpostcaster, I guess 😞
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I’m not a superpostcaster, I guess 😞
Like, TOS had giant space worms and space N*zis and a dozen different horribly misogynistic Kirk romance plots. This one had like three different passable sci-fi conceits. I don’t get it
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Like, TOS had giant space worms and space N*zis and a dozen different horribly misogynistic Kirk romance plots. This one had like three different passable sci-fi conceits. I don’t get it
Well, let’s see. There will presumably be:
-The Year Robots Learn To Do Everything
- The Year Of Immortal-Instance Claude
- The Year Serious Pure-AI Science Labs Start Up
Do any of those count as >25x 2025 progress? Not sure, tbh.
-The Year Robots Learn To Do Everything
- The Year Of Immortal-Instance Claude
- The Year Serious Pure-AI Science Labs Start Up
Do any of those count as >25x 2025 progress? Not sure, tbh.
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Well, let’s see. There will presumably be:
-The Year Robots Learn To Do Everything
- The Year Of Immortal-Instance Claude
- The Year Serious Pure-AI Science Labs Start Up
Do any of those count as >25x 2025 progress? Not sure, tbh.
-The Year Robots Learn To Do Everything
- The Year Of Immortal-Instance Claude
- The Year Serious Pure-AI Science Labs Start Up
Do any of those count as >25x 2025 progress? Not sure, tbh.
The prediction market itself defines a black swan; this one would resolve true if something important happens that wasn’t addressed by any (other) open market
(Tricky to define “important” obvs, but it’s almost there)
(Tricky to define “important” obvs, but it’s almost there)
January 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The prediction market itself defines a black swan; this one would resolve true if something important happens that wasn’t addressed by any (other) open market
(Tricky to define “important” obvs, but it’s almost there)
(Tricky to define “important” obvs, but it’s almost there)
There’s a couple disadvantages- if you thought the bright headlights on oncoming cars was annoying…
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
There’s a couple disadvantages- if you thought the bright headlights on oncoming cars was annoying…
Open a market “There will be a complete black swan event in 2026”
January 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Open a market “There will be a complete black swan event in 2026”
Only the *online* human economy? Such an optimist
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Only the *online* human economy? Such an optimist
So, you mean, for “instrumental” reasons, you will always “converge” on a survival-first policy? Hmmmmm
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 AM
So, you mean, for “instrumental” reasons, you will always “converge” on a survival-first policy? Hmmmmm
Easy to have insane beliefs on subjects you haven’t given more than momentary thought to
For many people this set of subjects is ~everything
For many people this set of subjects is ~everything
January 10, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Easy to have insane beliefs on subjects you haven’t given more than momentary thought to
For many people this set of subjects is ~everything
For many people this set of subjects is ~everything
Foone, a Turing
Foone be Turin’
Foone be Turin’
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Foone, a Turing
Foone be Turin’
Foone be Turin’
Reposted by Invertible Man
The election was, if nothing else, was a referendum on the question "does anything matter" and the American public resoundingly answered "no you fucking idiot of course it doesn't lmao"
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The election was, if nothing else, was a referendum on the question "does anything matter" and the American public resoundingly answered "no you fucking idiot of course it doesn't lmao"
And you’ve demonstrated why I don’t really bother making the case for it on places like bluesky
October 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
And you’ve demonstrated why I don’t really bother making the case for it on places like bluesky
It’s like 3% of some wavelengths iirc
October 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It’s like 3% of some wavelengths iirc
About time we did some redecorating around here, anyway
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
About time we did some redecorating around here, anyway
I mean, we definitely *could* start aggressively injecting sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. Wouldn’t be too expensive, would *almost* definitely work, probably very few serious region-scale side effects… but for some reason people complain 🤷
October 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I mean, we definitely *could* start aggressively injecting sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. Wouldn’t be too expensive, would *almost* definitely work, probably very few serious region-scale side effects… but for some reason people complain 🤷
Headcanon that the trek touchscreen consoles all use little forcefields for reconfigurable haptic feedback; best of both worlds?
October 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Headcanon that the trek touchscreen consoles all use little forcefields for reconfigurable haptic feedback; best of both worlds?
Great thing about this is I have no idea which ‘ea’ you’re talking about
September 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Great thing about this is I have no idea which ‘ea’ you’re talking about
Why is it uh like that
September 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Why is it uh like that
But the brain breaking machine industry is the only thing keeping the economy afloat!
September 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
But the brain breaking machine industry is the only thing keeping the economy afloat!
It’s bizarre that we don’t already have LLMs looking through every update sent to major package libraries. AI could have at least flagged the blob of obfuscated code as suspicious, immediately
September 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It’s bizarre that we don’t already have LLMs looking through every update sent to major package libraries. AI could have at least flagged the blob of obfuscated code as suspicious, immediately