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I write novels & games. Johannes Cabal, Carter & Lovecraft, THE SHADOW ON THE GLASS for "Call of Cthulhu," Russalka, Kyth the Taker, Goon Squad, co-wrote BROKEN SWORD I-III, principal writer on ATOMFALL. All my fault. Sorry.
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That is so British. "Coming 'round here with your airs and graces and brains and thinking and all that, just who do you think you are?"
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I referenced Roger Penrose the other day, who has a lot to say on AI in THE EMPEROR'S NEW MIND (1989). It argues that you can't create intelligence while its nature remains mysterious, certainly not with raw grunt mechanistic approaches (such as LLMs). I doubt many tech bros bothered to read it.
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It's set early in Dee's (here "Di") career and it's fun seeing his entourage forming, currently consisting primarily of a brace of "reformed" (coughing fit ensues) bandits, the cheerfully violent Qiao Tai (Ta Ji) and the incredibly sticky-fingered Ma Rong (Lingzi Qu).
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"Some noisome thing" indeed! The cheek! Get him, bugge! Bite him! I'll hold your coat.
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One would hope. I used the Greens because their HoC numbers are directly comparable to Reform (they also have two seats in the Lords to Reform's none, which gives them pretty much equal or possibly superior overall influence in a rule-of-thumb sort of way).
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He worked for a man notorious for wild hyperbole about the capability of his projects? Nah, I'm sure he didn't learn anything from him at all.
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He looks great. I'd definitely trust him.
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Can't talk right now. Busy adding a beetle running across the front cover with a little word bubble that says "BUT"
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Can't talk right now. Busy altering the cover of a book so it reads BENEATH THE RISING: AN MEMOIR by Premee "Whoops Apocalypse" Mohamed.
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Wait a minute, didn't you write a book that was more or less this? "Yep, I've made a thing that will definitely not have any negative consequences. Oh, wow, where did all these negative consequences come from?"
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It's very handy. I don't always remember off my own bat, so the reminder is useful.
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The video was released fifty years to the day after Talking Heads' first gig (supporting The Ramones at CBGBs).