sethwjames.bsky.social
Cyberpunk novelist, author of The Cain Series (and a dozen other books, in several genres). https://www.sethwjames.com/
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Sic semper tyrannis
2-27
Nazi punks fuck off
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It definitely doesn't work as advertised (zing!). They market these things as "AI' but they're not remotely intelligent and will never lead to a real AI. AI remains a matter of science fiction. Meanwhile, their unregulated use has led to some tragic outcomes (e.g. talking people into suicide).
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Admittedly, it was 25 years ago, but I just can't see any of the guys from the platoons I served in shooting protesters because some ICE gestapo fuck says so. I could see them shooting some ICErs, sure. I only know the infantry, but, shit, the boys back then hated cops. Foolish to hope, I guess.
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Yeah, I get the same thing and in more than just books. All recs seem to point at what I already have: buy a sport jacket, see nothing but sport jacket ads—guys, I'm good, this ad does nothing. Just read some high fantasy, see nothing but fantasy—guys, maybe I'd like a little cosmic horror. Sheesh
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A great place to start or return to cyberpunk. After "Neuromancer," check out its inspiration "City Come A-Walkin'" by John Shirley, who Gibson famously dubbed, "cyberpunk's patient zero." Artists inspiring other artists always creates the greatest art and these two books are a fine example of that.
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Go Gestapo and get fucked, I guess.
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Man, you are on a roll! I guess it makes sense, what with the world rapidly descending into a fascist, billionaire-driven, kleptocratic, hate fest, that any halfway sensible studio would want to produce something topical, assuming it's a cyberpunk novel or adjacent. Anyway, awesome, looking forward.
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"Aren't reviewed by humans" says it all: the AIs saw cyberpunk and rolled on it.
Fingers crossed some actual humans step in and unfuck the situation. Accidental censorship is still censorship and unacceptable.
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That's fantastic news! Congratulations!
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Thanks, Gina! I hope you enjoy it.
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Yeah, Palladium was what I grew up reading and you'd always here about how broken it was, but it's a fun library of games, nevertheless. Haven't heard of Sla Industries, though; I'll have to check it out.
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I got that 😄. Like those AI girlfriends they have, these days (that are, sadly, talking kids into killing themselves). Of course, it seems individual, one-per-weirdo, but the underlying program is singular, feeds into the same DB. Exploitation is always at the heart of what the tech-traitors want
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The "taking over the world" part comes *after* they've convinced enough weirdos that god is talking to them.
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A Palladium game?
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Saying, "No."
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Ha, I had a feeling you were 😄. That comment was directed at the world at large, rather than to you specifically, Mr. Narkaway.
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Optimist's interpretation: for one split second, he recognized that he is personally responsible for killing 300,000+ people, worldwide, and had to immediately flee into a bucket of K.
Realist's take: psychopathic narcists couldn't care less and do what they do regardless of circumstance. Scumfuck.
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Another great example of how the traitors of the republican party don't give a damn about children/families: their big, beautiful, bullshit bill includes a provision that bans regulating AI for 10 years.
A 10-year incubation period for AI criminals, unchecked.
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That's not what this is for; it's just what they say it's for, how they sell it. What they actually want is to track ALL employees, regardless of job, to make sure you're working yourself to death. "Well, John, you don't seem suicidal today, we better increase your workload, you damn slacker."
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If we're going to make a list of things that Americans approve of more than potin's ball-washer, we're going to have one hell of a big list.
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"As far as we know" is a line you can stretch.
If you haven't seen it yet, "Colossus: The Forbin Project", 1970, is one of the earlier and best film warnings (based on a book that has proven difficult to obtain, sadly).
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Shaw is the Ahab of Jaws, his demeanor in the school scene, his obsession when he gives Dreyfus a hard time, are meant to evoke Ahab, so that his death is inevitable in the mind of the viewer, foreshadowing the horror to come. It's a nice bit of foreshadowing. The metaphor also extends to Scheider.
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Rewatching the series now; still a classic; still sadly relevant; Aunt Ester is still my favorite.
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It's gotten pretty ugly in scientific publishing over the last twenty years. Used to be that papermills were at least limited by manpower and a few good journal policies could keep the lid on. Now, with AI crap flooding the zone, it's tougher than ever for journals to defend themselves.
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Satanic Panic was definitely everywhere, even in the wilds of New Jersey. And they didn't just fear music, no: Panics also feared roleplaying games, certain movies, and long hair. Pal of mine in high school had his entire RPG collection torched in his backyard by his hysterical mom. Not cool.
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You can also get the app for your phone or laptop or whatever, if I understand it correctly, and link to your account the same way. Probably won't have your bookmark, but at least you could access the book.
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As a lot of commenters have noted, this is basically "Running Man." Yet another fine example of these traitorous cowards seeing cyberpunk media as a blueprint, rather than a warning.
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Another fine example of these traitorous cowards viewing cyberpunk media as a blueprint, rather than a warning.
(Give the POS pitching this plagiarized idea, I assume "killing pet dogs" will be one of the challenges.)
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That ain't a boot they're licking.
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Already voted for Ras in the primary (mail-in ftw), but if I hadn't, this would be a deciding moment. Democratic Party members need to lead. This is leading, this is skin in the game.
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And this year's Hugo for Best Irony in a Writing Organization goes to . . . Wintermute!
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Inspirations, perhaps. I know Deus Ex was an inspiration: what else?
Sometimes I post about cyberpunk books that have inspired me and the subgenre.
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"brilliant aristocrats?" Uh, no, "Count Zero" has no brilliant aristocrats. A psychotic billionaire, yes, but he's not so much making a career move as defying the boundaries existence.
It's funny to see a human-composed synopsis, from back in the day, as terrible as the AI garbage we see today.
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Well, I'm having my coffee now, so it'd be "Black Coffee."
Don't know that I pull it off as well as the inestimable Pam Grier, though; Coffy was a great name and a breakout role for her:
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"My god is greater! He is the everlasting sky: your god lives underneath him." - Subotai.
(It still gets me every time when Gerry asks Mako where he got the spears and such, "where'd you get this stuff, old man," and his inner surfer slips out 😜 .)
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What in the actual . . .
Okay, they're counting the autistic.
They're now counting the Jews.
They've already arranged for concentration camps outside the country.
I know they don't read, but do they also not watch movies? 'cause this movie always ends the same way.
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Yeah, sure: 5% makeup studio and 95% minibar.