Patrick Apom
@patapom.bsky.social
NLP, AI, ML, neurosciences, cognitive science, psychology, pedagogy, philosophy and computer graphics.
Coder for 3000 years.
Coder for 3000 years.
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As the year draws to a close, I’m signing off 2025 with a magical find!
An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.
✨ Happy New Year all! ✨
National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.
✨ Happy New Year all! ✨
National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
As the year draws to a close, I’m signing off 2025 with a magical find!
An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.
✨ Happy New Year all! ✨
National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.
✨ Happy New Year all! ✨
National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Allegory of the state of the AI industry right now...
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Allegory of the state of the AI industry right now...
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
Nothing scares me most than morons being able to release code...
When you see current state of coding where nothing runs correctly anymore, allowing AI-produced untested crap on the world is just a recipe for an even greater disaster...
When you see current state of coding where nothing runs correctly anymore, allowing AI-produced untested crap on the world is just a recipe for an even greater disaster...
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Nothing scares me most than morons being able to release code...
When you see current state of coding where nothing runs correctly anymore, allowing AI-produced untested crap on the world is just a recipe for an even greater disaster...
When you see current state of coding where nothing runs correctly anymore, allowing AI-produced untested crap on the world is just a recipe for an even greater disaster...
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
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Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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En 2025, le magazine L’Express a touché environ 811 000 euros d’aides publiques directes de l’État français selon @publicsenat.fr
December 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
En 2025, le magazine L’Express a touché environ 811 000 euros d’aides publiques directes de l’État français selon @publicsenat.fr
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Premium newsletter: my 18k word AI Mythbusters: There’s no insatiable demand for AI compute, AI is not “getting exponentially better” or “tricking humans,” we haven't “lost control of AI,” AI doomerism is a grift, and there is no “GenAI arms race with China.”
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www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbuste...
Premium: Mythbusters - AI Edition
I keep trying to think of a cool or interesting introduction to this newsletter, and keep coming back to how fucking weird everything is getting.
Two days ago, cloud stalwart Oracle crapped its pants...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Premium newsletter: my 18k word AI Mythbusters: There’s no insatiable demand for AI compute, AI is not “getting exponentially better” or “tricking humans,” we haven't “lost control of AI,” AI doomerism is a grift, and there is no “GenAI arms race with China.”
www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbuste...
www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbuste...
"Feel the AGI" 🤡
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Feel the AGI" 🤡
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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Yes. We have to worry about AI and robotics.
Some questions:
Some questions:
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Yes. We have to worry about AI and robotics.
Some questions:
Some questions:
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Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
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What coding with an LLM feels like sometimes.
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
What coding with an LLM feels like sometimes.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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It always comes back to phrenology, race science and eugenics with these fucking techbros.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It always comes back to phrenology, race science and eugenics with these fucking techbros.
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When brain talks back to the eye "The state of our brain shapes what we see, but how early in the visual system does this start? A new study in PLOS Biology shows that brain state-dependent release of histamine modulates the very first stage of vision in the retina" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
When the brain talks back to the eye
The state of our brain shapes what we see, but how early in the visual system does this start? This Primer explores a new PLOS Biology study which shows that brain state-dependent release of histamine...
journals.plos.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
When brain talks back to the eye "The state of our brain shapes what we see, but how early in the visual system does this start? A new study in PLOS Biology shows that brain state-dependent release of histamine modulates the very first stage of vision in the retina" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Le FN/RN est le fruit pourri et empoisonné de l'Algérie française.
Plus de 60 ans après, il poursuit la guerre raciste en France contre les Algériens et contre l'Algérie indépendante.
Aujourd'hui, il a trouvé de nombreux alliés macronistes à l'Assemblée. #JourDeHonte
Plus de 60 ans après, il poursuit la guerre raciste en France contre les Algériens et contre l'Algérie indépendante.
Aujourd'hui, il a trouvé de nombreux alliés macronistes à l'Assemblée. #JourDeHonte
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Le FN/RN est le fruit pourri et empoisonné de l'Algérie française.
Plus de 60 ans après, il poursuit la guerre raciste en France contre les Algériens et contre l'Algérie indépendante.
Aujourd'hui, il a trouvé de nombreux alliés macronistes à l'Assemblée. #JourDeHonte
Plus de 60 ans après, il poursuit la guerre raciste en France contre les Algériens et contre l'Algérie indépendante.
Aujourd'hui, il a trouvé de nombreux alliés macronistes à l'Assemblée. #JourDeHonte
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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🚨Preprint: Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe
1/8: How do human neurons encode meaning?
In this work, led by Katharina Karkowski, we recorded hundreds of human MTL neurons to study semantic coding in the human brain:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/8: How do human neurons encode meaning?
In this work, led by Katharina Karkowski, we recorded hundreds of human MTL neurons to study semantic coding in the human brain:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe
The Medial Temporal Lobe (MTL) is key to human cognition, supporting memory, emotional processing, navigation, and semantic coding. Rare direct human MTL recordings revealed concept cells, which were ...
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚨Preprint: Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe
1/8: How do human neurons encode meaning?
In this work, led by Katharina Karkowski, we recorded hundreds of human MTL neurons to study semantic coding in the human brain:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/8: How do human neurons encode meaning?
In this work, led by Katharina Karkowski, we recorded hundreds of human MTL neurons to study semantic coding in the human brain:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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If you missed our great discussion with Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social on consciousness and its potential biological basis, check it out here!
Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness.
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon:
youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0
Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness.
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon:
youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0
Anil Seth discusses consciousness and its potential biological basis
YouTube video by Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you missed our great discussion with Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social on consciousness and its potential biological basis, check it out here!
Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness.
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon:
youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0
Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness.
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon:
youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0
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The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.