Damn, beat me to it! I’m glad I checked new.

I like posting the buzzsprout link as it eventually has the transcript of the ep.

If someone is talking in parables it’s a red flag for me dawg.

FWIW as far as I can tell, bears are not native to Honduras

IMO, we don't want to poke the hornet's nest of Davis defending Murray, lest we get another 20k word sequence that we have to slog through to sneer at.

smug particles

Goddamn rats and their smug particles! (jk)

This is a great article, not only as a primer on the ways in which we think about the future of technology are flawed, but also as a nuanced approach to speculation that is pessimistic but not doomful (oops just invented a word). Thanks for finding and posting.

Best case for yud: his recent attempts at humour are evidence he is gaining self awareness and is on the road to shutting the fuck up

Worst case: always has been worst case my friend

He's working on his tight 5 (hours)

Ah yes, my favourite joke structure. All set up with no discernable punchline. Especially if the humour requires forensics.

Cosimo de Medici persuaded Benvenuto Cellini, the Florentine sculptor, to enter his service by writing him a letter which concluded, ‘Come, I will choke you with gold.’

They are clearly ok with AI simulacra (simulacrap, perhaps) of everything interesting or meaningful, why do they even feel the need to court artists?

(of course, I know the answer. They are all just losers who don’t know how to do anything cool and they know it)

Also what does “crux” and/or “cruxy” mean lmfao

Epistemic status after reading this post: ABS aligned, confidence at full-mast