twobitrye.bsky.social
Enlisted Veteran | Nonprofit Leader | Educator
CEO of Warrior-Scholar Project at warrior-scholar.org and productivity ponderer at twobitrye.com.
Mostly made of cheese.
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There seems to be *some* level of course correction happening right now. I think many of us have found discrete uses for AI while simultaneously confronting its obvious step-level limitations.
So maybe some can’t conceive of rejecting wholesale adoption, but many can understand tailored use.
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The Anthropocene Exhausted
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I keep thinking about @kylierobison.com’s question on concerns with AI.
I use AI for some discrete tasks, but never to supplant the creative process, even if that means struggling with a blinking cursor.
The struggle leads to growth and a far richer end product.
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Say it louder for the people in the back!
@neuranne.bsky.social nails it here.
This is why I’m so protective of my writing process and won’t offload it to AI. I write to clarify, explore, and make connections. It does me no good to just wormhole to the (subpar) end result.
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Let ‘em cook. They’ll boil in their own AI slop stew before long.
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In another post, you said it perfectly: AI is really good at finding the middle of everything, which means it can be fine but never good.
I cited that in a blog yesterday, arguing that our uniqueness and weirdness is the *good* stuff.
twobitrye.com/2025/05/06/e...
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Ya know, O’Hare has been slated for massive rehab for years. It may never actually happen, but so long as we have Frontera, I’m totally fine with it.
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That’s not to say there aren’t uses for AI!
Like I know what “middling” means but wanted to double check before that first top, so I just dropped the word into ChatGPT. I find its clean and easy response to prompts like that helpful.
But hands off my creativity, Chat.
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verified constant presence in my feed that I regularly consider unfollowing but then I think nah this guy has been an inexplicable mainstay of my Bluesky experience I couldn’t do that to ‘ole Jerry
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Yep, I enlisted (as opposed to commissioning as an officer) and then discharged 5 years later. 83% of the military is enlisted, but commissioned officers are the ones you hear about. Part of my work is amplifying the enlisted community.
Don’t know of vet groups here, but I’d love to join one!
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They’d never do this, but it’d be wonderful if LLMs had some kind of onboarding where it prompted you to ask questions on a topic you’re familiar with so that you could build an understanding of its limitations *before* you use it on topics you don’t know.
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Nonsense!
All that matters is pure, raw, unadulterated, unstoppable, inspirational, venerated, unimpeachable, beautiful productivity.
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In at least some measure, that’s harder to do now. And that sucks.
One bright spot to highlight: The Flip Side team does incredible work every day to source diverse opinions on the topic of the day. I cannot recommend it enough. www.theflipside.io
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John Stuart Mill accurately said, “He who knows only his side of the case knows little of that.”
I deliberately read opinion pieces I disagree with every single day. It makes me a better leader and citizen, and it helps me interrogate the root of my opinions and beliefs.
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I lead a nonpartisan nonprofit that equips vets for success in higher ed. An essential part of what we do is help students build perspective by actively considering viewpoints different from their own.
We need diverse journalism to help all citizens appreciate the nuance behind each issue.
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She did! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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My stepson’s roommate met his wife’s acupuncturist on Tubi.