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Generative "AI" is Evil. Not in a metaphysical "imitation of mankind's sacred gifts" way.
In the way it causes very real harm in environmental damage and steals people's work to make them compete with a poor facsimile of it,
and then makes you complicit in this harm.
You don't have to, you can stop.
In the way it causes very real harm in environmental damage and steals people's work to make them compete with a poor facsimile of it,
and then makes you complicit in this harm.
You don't have to, you can stop.
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"so i asked chatGPT..."
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January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"so i asked chatGPT..."
[remove from watch history]
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been kind of a funny thing seeing some reaction to this being "what's he talking about, republicans don't know how to speak with civility and decorum"
just - zoop - right over the head
just - zoop - right over the head
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
been kind of a funny thing seeing some reaction to this being "what's he talking about, republicans don't know how to speak with civility and decorum"
just - zoop - right over the head
just - zoop - right over the head
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When the clock turns to 12:00AM 13/1/2025
January 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
When the clock turns to 12:00AM 13/1/2025
Happy new year. May your 2026 be kinder than 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Happy new year. May your 2026 be kinder than 2025.
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Outlook for the new year ...
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Outlook for the new year ...
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learning last year that almost all of Xbox's developers were contractors that had 18-month contracts that just barely missed the threshold of paying anybody benefits threw me for a fucking loop and soured me on the company way more than the already-bad mass layoffs
Weird all big budget games take forever to make, it surely can't have anything to do with horrible project managers, or the fact most AAA studios ping pong contractors they fire on yearly cycles to avoid having to provide benefits of any kind causing them to waste a ton of time retraining workers.
December 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
learning last year that almost all of Xbox's developers were contractors that had 18-month contracts that just barely missed the threshold of paying anybody benefits threw me for a fucking loop and soured me on the company way more than the already-bad mass layoffs
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Deck the halls with
December 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Deck the halls with
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"Please give this seat to a disabled person" would you like me to butter their walking stick too??
December 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Please give this seat to a disabled person" would you like me to butter their walking stick too??
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head https://theonion.com/health-speculations-swirl-as-trump-seen-with-damage-numbers-above-head/
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head https://theonion.com/health-speculations-swirl-as-trump-seen-with-damage-numbers-above-head/
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I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
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It's only a murder of crows if there's probable caws
September 20, 2023 at 10:50 PM
It's only a murder of crows if there's probable caws
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i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
Who needs AI when we had stuff like this? I’ll take photoshop edits over the slop any day
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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The BBC currently can't be bothered to put together a Christmastime lineup that doesn't have Would I Lie to You starring a sex pest as a load bearing component, so I'm not sure what you expect me to do
The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall
The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall
I love many shows on the streaming channels, but the BBC is our storyteller. It defines a nation and its culture – and we must defend it, says former BBC director general Tony Hall
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The BBC currently can't be bothered to put together a Christmastime lineup that doesn't have Would I Lie to You starring a sex pest as a load bearing component, so I'm not sure what you expect me to do
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It's way too early for me to be laughing this hard. 🤣
December 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's way too early for me to be laughing this hard. 🤣
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Tbf if the BBC refused to show the new David Walliams panel show appearance just because they were aware of his behaviour, they would have to cancel an awful lot of the Christmas lineup.
December 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tbf if the BBC refused to show the new David Walliams panel show appearance just because they were aware of his behaviour, they would have to cancel an awful lot of the Christmas lineup.
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It’s been a year since I started my band, 1023 megabytes. Still not one gig.
December 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It’s been a year since I started my band, 1023 megabytes. Still not one gig.
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Reminder: The Guardian has a "strategic partnership" with the AI oligarchs. So don't be surprised positive stories about AI will be relentlessly pushed as financial news about the techbros get worse and worse.
December 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Reminder: The Guardian has a "strategic partnership" with the AI oligarchs. So don't be surprised positive stories about AI will be relentlessly pushed as financial news about the techbros get worse and worse.
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It's inefficient to get out of bed in the morning only to get back in the same bed at night. Stay in bed all day to avoid this
December 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's inefficient to get out of bed in the morning only to get back in the same bed at night. Stay in bed all day to avoid this
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It is 100% true that replacing junior developers with AI will mean no more senior developers coming up, but equally, "don't worry, companies will train the next generation of developers in the hope of getting a few years of very cheap labour out of them" wasn't a particularly good system either
December 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It is 100% true that replacing junior developers with AI will mean no more senior developers coming up, but equally, "don't worry, companies will train the next generation of developers in the hope of getting a few years of very cheap labour out of them" wasn't a particularly good system either
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The problem is that those negative outcomes are serious enough that we should not be encouraging widespread gAI adoption in education; we have pastoral responsibilities to our students to stop.
Why can’t we make decisions from a space of caution rather than one of frenzied tech FOMO?
Why can’t we make decisions from a space of caution rather than one of frenzied tech FOMO?
The current (very early!) literature on the cognitive effects and learning outcomes of using GenAI is mixed. There are headline negative ones but also positive ones. If one wants to appeal to the literature in this state you need to provide a thesis on why it is mixed.
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The problem is that those negative outcomes are serious enough that we should not be encouraging widespread gAI adoption in education; we have pastoral responsibilities to our students to stop.
Why can’t we make decisions from a space of caution rather than one of frenzied tech FOMO?
Why can’t we make decisions from a space of caution rather than one of frenzied tech FOMO?