Chris Grimsley
@yellowhillphoto.bsky.social
PhD in philosophy, Philosophy of Science and AI. Working in instructional design / eLearning development.
At 10am on Friday what had been a bullish open for the S&P reversed suddenly into a selloff. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this raid happened when both equity and futures markets are closed. Insiders already positioned on Friday for a gap down in SPY and a gap up in XLE on Monday.
as a final note this is part of why i have such a burning hatred for gamblers right now. you have to assume from here on out that everything admin does will be subject to insider trading of some sort
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
At 10am on Friday what had been a bullish open for the S&P reversed suddenly into a selloff. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this raid happened when both equity and futures markets are closed. Insiders already positioned on Friday for a gap down in SPY and a gap up in XLE on Monday.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
AI boosters frequently appeal to the adoption curve of the internet or the economic transformation of the industrial revolution when describing their expectations about AI’s future, but a metaphor is not an argument. There’s no evidence for it. They ran the same playbook with crypto and NFTs.
December 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
AI boosters frequently appeal to the adoption curve of the internet or the economic transformation of the industrial revolution when describing their expectations about AI’s future, but a metaphor is not an argument. There’s no evidence for it. They ran the same playbook with crypto and NFTs.
We want to call false output from LLMs “hallucinations” but I don’t think this is a useful distinction. All of the LLM’s output has the same relationship to the truth: none. It’s a statistical prediction of the most likely next word in a sequence. It doesn’t have any relation to the real world.
December 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We want to call false output from LLMs “hallucinations” but I don’t think this is a useful distinction. All of the LLM’s output has the same relationship to the truth: none. It’s a statistical prediction of the most likely next word in a sequence. It doesn’t have any relation to the real world.
The “AI isn’t going anywhere” argument makes no sense because these companies are losing billions of dollars per year with no clear path to profitability; the servers AI runs on require massive material inputs like chips and electricity that cost money. When the money runs out AI is going away.
December 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The “AI isn’t going anywhere” argument makes no sense because these companies are losing billions of dollars per year with no clear path to profitability; the servers AI runs on require massive material inputs like chips and electricity that cost money. When the money runs out AI is going away.
Microsoft sent out a product survey to customers today and half of the questions are basically like “please please please tell us that you don’t hate AI and that you’re not going to cancel your subscription because of it!”
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Microsoft sent out a product survey to customers today and half of the questions are basically like “please please please tell us that you don’t hate AI and that you’re not going to cancel your subscription because of it!”
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"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
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December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
"I am not in denial, I am in open rebellion."
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"I am not in denial, I am in open rebellion."
AGI has always been science fiction, but the idea that we can work our way up to AGI with LLMs is totally absurd. I don’t know how long it’s going to take for this realization to dawn on tech CEOs (if they don’t know already) but when it does the bubble will burst and it can’t happen soon enough.
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
AGI has always been science fiction, but the idea that we can work our way up to AGI with LLMs is totally absurd. I don’t know how long it’s going to take for this realization to dawn on tech CEOs (if they don’t know already) but when it does the bubble will burst and it can’t happen soon enough.
On Bloomberg this afternoon Joe Mathieu was interviewing a constitutional lawyer about the the Trump admin's illegal double tap missile strikes against fishing boats in the Caribbean but broke into the broadcast to announce that Trump had just awarded himself the "FIFA peace Prize." 10/10 no notes.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
On Bloomberg this afternoon Joe Mathieu was interviewing a constitutional lawyer about the the Trump admin's illegal double tap missile strikes against fishing boats in the Caribbean but broke into the broadcast to announce that Trump had just awarded himself the "FIFA peace Prize." 10/10 no notes.
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
Levi Strauss is doing AI now. Yeah, the jeans company. This is worse than pets dot com. It's worse than long island blockchain. This couldn't be more of a bubble.
investors.levistrauss.com/news/financi...
investors.levistrauss.com/news/financi...
Levi Strauss & Co. Partners with Microsoft to Build Next-Gen Super-Agent
LSCo. Is Developing an Integrated Agentic AI Platform to Help Rewire and Automate Workflows LSCo. Also Launches New AI Tools to Improve Store and E-commerce Experiences Levi Strauss Co. (NYSE: LEVI) ...
investors.levistrauss.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Levi Strauss is doing AI now. Yeah, the jeans company. This is worse than pets dot com. It's worse than long island blockchain. This couldn't be more of a bubble.
investors.levistrauss.com/news/financi...
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“stop them ‘hallucinating,’ or making up their own facts, and many more businesses and individuals will be willing to pay.”
The entire architecture that gen ai is built on depends on predicting (guessing) the next word in a sequence. The entire output is a hallucination. You literally can’t fix it.
The entire architecture that gen ai is built on depends on predicting (guessing) the next word in a sequence. The entire output is a hallucination. You literally can’t fix it.
J-MACK, on OpenAI:
“.. if fundraising becomes difficult for other reasons such as a recession, .. the reality that the flow of cash from OpenAI and its rivals is bolstering big tech earnings will become painfully clear.”
@jmackin2.bsky.social
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“.. if fundraising becomes difficult for other reasons such as a recession, .. the reality that the flow of cash from OpenAI and its rivals is bolstering big tech earnings will become painfully clear.”
@jmackin2.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/big-...
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“stop them ‘hallucinating,’ or making up their own facts, and many more businesses and individuals will be willing to pay.”
The entire architecture that gen ai is built on depends on predicting (guessing) the next word in a sequence. The entire output is a hallucination. You literally can’t fix it.
The entire architecture that gen ai is built on depends on predicting (guessing) the next word in a sequence. The entire output is a hallucination. You literally can’t fix it.
Is there even a case to be made that AI isn't a bubble? The only arguments I ever hear for the non-bubble case are indistinguishable from arguments made for NFTs in 2021: "it's still early days" "It's not going anywhere" "learn it now or get left behind"
B of A:
“.. For [our] Michael Hartnett, being short hyperscaler bonds is a top trade idea for 2026, as their spreads have widened while cash flow has become insufficient to finance the AI buildout.”
“.. For [our] Michael Hartnett, being short hyperscaler bonds is a top trade idea for 2026, as their spreads have widened while cash flow has become insufficient to finance the AI buildout.”
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Is there even a case to be made that AI isn't a bubble? The only arguments I ever hear for the non-bubble case are indistinguishable from arguments made for NFTs in 2021: "it's still early days" "It's not going anywhere" "learn it now or get left behind"
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One of the reasons I know that AI is overhyped harmful bullshit is because they gave it to us
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
One of the reasons I know that AI is overhyped harmful bullshit is because they gave it to us
IMO a lot of the problem with AI in therapy comes from the view of therapy as mechanical rather than relational (e.g. CBT). You wouldn't ever plausibly think that AI could be useful in therapy unless you thought a meaningful ongoing therapeutic relationship with another human being was unimportant.
I’m sure it’s just coincidence, but it really seems like once a publication partners with an ai company, they start featuring a lot more stories like this.
AI for therapy? Some therapists are fine with it — and use it themselves.
As scrutiny over AI therapy grows, licensed therapists are split on whether it’s okay to talk to chatbots about mental health.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
IMO a lot of the problem with AI in therapy comes from the view of therapy as mechanical rather than relational (e.g. CBT). You wouldn't ever plausibly think that AI could be useful in therapy unless you thought a meaningful ongoing therapeutic relationship with another human being was unimportant.
They can only blame unemployment on AI as long as people think that AI actually improves productivity, which it doesn't. As job losses mount due to deteriorating economic conditions unrelated to AI, we'll see an extinction burst on the pushing of various "AGI is here" stories. AI is a bubble.
(Bloomberg) - US companies announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades as artificial intelligence reshapes industries and cost-cutting accelerates ..
@bloomberg.com #Challenger
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@bloomberg.com #Challenger
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November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
They can only blame unemployment on AI as long as people think that AI actually improves productivity, which it doesn't. As job losses mount due to deteriorating economic conditions unrelated to AI, we'll see an extinction burst on the pushing of various "AGI is here" stories. AI is a bubble.