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@pseudonym@mastodon.online @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Unfortunately the archiving system uses lossy compression.

@AvacadoAvenger@mastodon.social @peter@thepit.social Except Trump was never shot.

@scalzi Microslop's CEO has terminal AI brain.

@NaMi@mstdn.social Never forget that the NYT simped for Hitler back in the day.

@Jer @cstross @isaackuo Trump has never understood soft power. Just like he doesn’t understand alliances or friendship.

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social They’re not going to lick themselves… Oh, actually they might.

@jackwilliambell@rustedneuron.com finally an organization with some balls.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social You can’t stop these AI toys from being inappropriate (or dangerous) any more than you can stop them from “hallucinating”. It’s part of being an LLM.

@mossman @david_chisnall @scalzi I had one of those for The Empire Strikes Back.

@scalzi I can’t help but feel that these people are being preyed on.

@lonespur I picked my homeowners insurance. I picked my car insurance. I did not pick my health insurance. Because in the US we have this stupid practice of tying health insurance to employment. It dates back to the salary caps of WWII. So why is it still a thing 80 years later?

@cstross@wandering.shop It’s smalller on the outside.

@eedly @lerxst @darkling And later included in the Monster Manual II.

@SteveBellovin Unfortunately corporate media is focused on the bottom line. They would win in court but it’s cheaper to collaborate so that’s what they keep doing.

@roadriverrail @sbszine @superflippy Also many libraries closed while they figured out how to manage.

@aris @hypostase @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross I have the book: Gladia sniffed and turned again to the robot, "What is your name, girl?" "I am called Landaree, madam." "Get up, Landaree." Landaree rose much as Daneel had -- as though she were on springs. Her struggle with Daneel seemed to have left her totally unharmed. Gladia said, "Why, against the First Law, have you attacked these human beings?" "Madam," said Landaree a little more softly, "these are not human beings."

@aris @hypostase @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross "They are indeed human beings because I tell you they are. You are forbidden to attack thm or harm them in any way." Landaree stood mute. "Do you understand what I have said?" Gladia's voice more Solarian still as she reached for greater intensity. "Madam," said Landaree, "these are not human beings." Daneel said to Gladia softly, "Madam, she has been given orders of such firmness that you cannot easily contervail them."

@cstross@wandering.shop RFK Jr is only barely more charismatic than Vance. This is not nightmare fuel.

@resuna @cstross Human tongue-eating lice.

@JeanineFinn@digipres.club @Rhube@wandering.shop @FluffyDeveloper@meow.social @SteffoSpieler@fellies.social Ah, okay. Thanks for the info.

@sheldonnylander She’s a criminal too, just not convicted. She took a bribe to drop her investigation of the fraudulent Trump University.

@cstross I appreciate that you connect with readers here.

@scalzi Microslop CEO has terminal AI brain.

@cstross@wandering.shop Republicans have already made not-so-veiled threats against AI companies when LLMs say things like Trump is an awful president. For example, the Attorney General of Missouri: https://www.theverge.com/news/704851/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-investigation-ai-chatbots-trump-ranking

@cstross@wandering.shop Jensen Huang is definitely a con-artist though.

@jshawthorne @cstross Well his status is a problem since he was retired when he said his piece.

@peachfiend In fact the only part of the New Testament they quote is the Book of Revelation.

@exocomics@mastodon.world Not five birds, five MEN!

@scalzi I accidentally bricked my MP3 player 4 few years ago otherwise I would still be using it in my car.

@naominovik Temeraire wasn’t a giant floating eye?

@404mediaco What a scumbag.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social The easiest thing in the world is finding Microsoft bugs.

@cstross@wandering.shop Musk is exactly the kind of asshole who would be proud to create an AI that could subjugate the entire human race.

@scalzi Last time my work laptop installed a Win11 update, it completely corrupted Windows.

@eff They’re government employees. Their names should be public information.

@cstross@wandering.shop Blot out the sun!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kjhealy/116442604909330519 @kjhealy Those "(millions of dollars!)" went to Trump instead of the "very expensive consultants".

@crunchy@cyberplace.social @Daojoan@mastodon.social He keeps trying to “fix it” but he can’t. Last time he tried, grok started calling itself MechaHitler.

@Daojoan@mastodon.social My favorite part is that Musk is clearly frustrated by grok but has absolutely no idea how to fix it. Look at his last 2 attempts: first grok started talking about white farmers in South Africa completely unprompted, then grok started spouting antisemitic nonsense and called itself Mechahitler. He's using a sledgehammer to swat a mosquito because that's just who he is. (It's also not that easy to get an LLM to act contrary to its training data.)

@bert_hubert@eupolicy.social Nadella has terminal AI brain. There is no known cure.

@cstross@wandering.shop AI techbros are all con-artists.

@cstross@wandering.shop The bullet never hit Trump's ear. The blood came from the victim behind him.

@laprice He personally intervened to bring back the accounts of open Nazis like Nick Fuentes. Then he made it so Xitter hides posts that use the term "cis". Like Charlie Kirk, Musk thinks "free speech" only applies to opinions he agrees with.

@beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com And this is even before the bubble bursts.

@arstechnica Criminal regime.

@scalzi I upgraded last FEBRUARY (2025) and my 32GB cost about 3 times as much now.

@cstross @WellsiteGeo And the film biz doing soundtracks. (I know you don’t watch movies.)