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This would be a summer blockbuster on par with Barbie

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Tech bros are the enemy of humanity.

Absolutely gutted. One of the greatest frontmen I've ever seen, one of the funniest fuckers I've ever interviewed, responsible from some of the greatest electronic bangers ever to thwack the world and, I feel, he never had his dues. RIP Douglas McCarthy. thequietus.com/news/douglas...

Lego cat 😂 #CatsOfBlueSky

This is incredible

'Who would support/like to see a Military Guard Unit (a newly formed security force) on the streets of our capital city...'

The reason why “AI is inevitable” is a leap of faith and not an actual argument is that these systems still cost substantially more to run than they earn and have already hit diminishing returns That means that any efficiency gains found will be spent improving the model instead of lowering costs

How the tech capitalists treat us like saloon sex robots. I’ve made the connection, now I can’t unsee it. joelmorris.substack.com/p/are-we-the...

What an extraordinary, beautiful thing. Sometimes the only sensible response to scientific discovery is wonderment and awe.

Want to say if any academic identified with the left who was even 1/4th as influential as Yarvin is said something as offensive as “put the church Blacks in charge of the ghetto Blacks,” it would lead the coverage and call for a round of soul-searching for everyone left of center.

wonderful to see so many companies celebrating pride month this year

Fuck’s sake.

If your industry can't survive without exploiting people, then you're in the wrong industry.

when the AI bubble pops and corporations stop forcing AI down our throats i'll miss stuff like this

An LLM does not "help you write your books". An LLM prevents you from writing*your* books, while you are helping the LLM generate its books.

+BBC CLOCK COMPETITION+ We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items. hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com

open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...

this is the funniest way to describe brian fucking eno

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A while ago, someone on here (I think @scottbot.bsky.social?) compared the way a lot of people treat GenAI now to the way people treated radium in the 1920s and 30s (ooh, let's put it in a health tonic! toothpaste! haemorrhoid cream!). I think about that a lot.