ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Firing squad
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Firing squad
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
You’re right. But it says something if, to so many people, jury nullification means juries simply saying “no” to prosecutors
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Fair. To me it seems like a form of malicious compliance/protesting wasting their time Also, leaders like to keep soldiers busy with this sort of thing so they don’t get bored. Cause otherwise they’ll get into trouble
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t give him ideas. He’s already got enough grifts going
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
What you needed was one of those long vaudeville hooks from Looney Tunes to yank him off the stage
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
It’s a symptom of how unbalanced things are that so much effort’s gone into AI that can replace humans and so little into that which aids them
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Original Weekend at Bernie’s was better acted and the effects were way more believable
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
IMHO, MCP, the protocol agents would use to do stuff, is yet another automation interface like Shortcuts or Alexia. The problem with those has been spotty, limited adoption. Even if it avoids that fate, I’d still be more likely to use a small shell script than an AI to do stuff with it
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Nothing useless about telling the world your friend is awesome
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
But this is the only way AI can take your job answering trick questions. Think of AI Molly! Won’t someone think of AI!?
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks for the context
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
I think it’d be cute to watch an M-1 tank chase a Cypetruck around. Playing with it before killing it
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LOL man that’s going to get you a stern talking to by the Secret Service 😆
This week, I resigned from my position as Director of IT/Tech at an org I truly believed in. I wanted us to stop using Generative AI and was told no. This thread will explain my decision and why I believe this is a true crisis. I hope ya see this and if you want to chat, + or -, lets do it 1/
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Country’s really gone to hell since Dr Ruth passed away
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
After canning the econ data person, he’s going to come under enormous pressure to appoint someone sane. Which he’ll ignore. 25th Amendment looking more and more likely
I kinda think the way people use ChatGPT is sort of aspirational because it seems to emulate the way rich people have sycophants lying to them all the time until they lose touch with reality and also their entire minds
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, Murdoch legit hates T***p even though he’s the logical culmination of Rupert’s life’s work. Or because of that
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
You an’t rich enough to win with Bitcoin coin. Neither am I. Neither are a lot of people
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Wondering if all these stories are being published because that’s all their rich friends are talking about it, or if it’s because such stories are such reliable clickbait? Groupthink vs self-awareness 🤔
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More than zero women means more unhappiness in the world
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky. So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn’t some Canadian wingnuts move there only to find out what a conservative paradise is actually like if you’re not rich
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably a good thing Elon’s so capricious he’s sloppy. He’s making it glaringly obvious how much AI’s can be manipulated
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
This phenomenon has been seen repeatedly w/ grandchildren of founders of great fortunes, businesses, empires. They grew up after the hard work of building it, take it for granted, and proceed to squander it.
‘But Refusing to Tax Billionaires Is My Thing,’ Says Inconsolable Governor Bob Ferguson: tinyurl.com/yhnphdtu
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
That’s about 17% of the US population and 10% of the Americas minus US and Canada. That’s Eastern Front of WW2 levels of upheaval. That’s madness, Hitlersque madness
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
I see Elon’s just as charming off-line as on
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
But reality has a liberal one
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Counter-counterpoint: maintain your test code no differently than you maintain your production code
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Well they can’t call ‘em cash grabs. That’d be unseemly
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Solving actual problems actual people actually have is popular? Who knew! Maybe politicians should stop listening to those getting rich off said problems if they want to get elected
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
The Sea of Tranquility Declaration?
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Is there any other?
Once you see this chart, you will never unsee it.
What a fucking legendary cover image from my alma mater @nymag.com archive.is/fSla0
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They’re planning to put ’em both on the same plane, cause there’s nothing they love more than stabbing someone in the back
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
You’re right. He’d be super expensive
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
The only question that’d remain is whether Altman’s more nettlesome as an MS employee or no
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
TBH: more than a nothing burger, less than the total transformation of society is as good an assessment of AI as I’ve heard
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t forget the ones that want to marry their cousin like a Hapsburg
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
Just because #MeToo was shouted down doesn’t mean everyone forgot
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s been banned so other people can win
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you ever see her again?
It's Berkeley Breathed's 68th birthday, and in this upside-down world in which Donald Trump is in the White House instead of the prison where he belongs, I'll celebrate by once again sharing this February 26, 1989 comic strip, the only Bloom County I ever snipped from a newspaper.
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
That’d contrast nicely with the shadows you wear as a cloak
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Those are WWII era M4 Shermans. The very tanks that bet Hitler’s generals 🤔
Nobody showing up to watch his stupid parade is honestly way funnier than a huge protest would have been
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Based on the amount of roadway with protesters, it was easily 3k people. Out of a population of 48k, that’s not too bad
[Exit King.]
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
What’s the point of being a contrarian if you can’t flaunt it
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
And monopolists grabbing those sweet monopoly profits
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Miriam. Betting it’s a nice biblical name
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
“House circus breaker”? Cause we all need a break from the circus every now and then
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Of Uncle Sam’s assorted guys w/ guns, the US Army’s best able to deploy lots of them to one place. But it’s also least likely to actually shoot Americans if so ordered. I think you’re right. If they’re thinking Tiananmen Sq, they’re more likely to get a EuroMaidan
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
NGL kinda surprised it’s getting this vicious, this quickly. They’re both drug-addled egomaniacs with poor impulse control, so there’s no excuse really
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Wondering whether crypto will be anything other than a sucked-dry husk of a corpse by the end of his term. Will there be anything left for you to cover? May want to think about your next beat. You know, for after you finish your book
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Since when does Elon clean up his own messes
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you can create art with generative AI, but it’s optimized for creating derivative art. Very, very derivative art.
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
For me, the first sign things were going to off the rails was a poll. Respondents were less likely to support Covid measures when told that minorities & lower classes were hit harder. A loud minority concluded that b/c it didn’t affect them, let it rip. They aggressively wouldn’t be bothered
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
You should really still be able to get a medal for seizing a confederate flag whenever you see one in the wild
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
SpaceX is probably his best run company. They also have a department dedicated to keeping Elon away from the people who do the real work
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Babylon 5 you say
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
IMHO, MCP is much more an automation API than anything AI specific
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Driver tried to go off-road. That’ll seriously distress a Cybertruck
That's how the world should be ❤️
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
UAE’s renminbi
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Just for funzies, she could do a broadway run. Maybe Phantom of the Opera or Les Mis? She’d kill it
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
Be kind
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
The worst people really, really want to let their I’m-a-terrible-person flag fly
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
A Narn assistant would be pretty rad
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
But that’s what they do that in Russia
An article saying what most of us have been saying for a long time. And they murdered people with their COVID failures, because of this.
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
Signalgate has just metastasized. Increasingly skeptical the administration will survive till the end of its term
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A while back, read a book on the Polio vaccine as part of a book group. Many members remembered polio outbreaks before the vaccine. One liken way it’d kill randomly to a bomb going off. Did not have kind words about anti-vaxers
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
Been brewing for a while, but current crew’s only moves are stealing, blowing things up, and pointing fingers. So not confident things will improve anytime soon
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Add a section at the top titled “Economics” and they’ll read that. Not sure they’d like what you’d put there, but they’d read it
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
Share a bad guy from the 80s
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Bless you. This is God’s work you’re doing
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s more devious than that. “90 days notice”, “multi-step process”? Suppliers only have to eat the tariffs temporarily. But, as erratic as T***p is, the effect can be the same without losing suppliers, particularly perishables
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
He an old white idiot with opinions. Lots and lots of opinions
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
“Golf is a good walk spoiled” - unknown
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
A what? A golfer? Is that a sport? 🧐
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
The baby boom started when the nazis went away. If they want people to start having more now, maybe just go away www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Got hit once w/ overdraft fees cause bank applied debts before paycheck. So infuriating and disgusting. Bankers wonder why they’re so hated
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
That’s one heck of a pivot. And backwards at that. OpenAI must be seriously desperate
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably just as unbelievable, but in the “how is he not dead” sense
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
Fixed helicopters for the army for a few years, before all the excitement. No fatalities amongst those I knew. One chopper had a compressor stall in the mountains, killing the engine. But was able to auto-rotate and landed safely. Got a metal
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social) reply parent
A lot’a widely held economic, social, and political theories are about to be confronted with reality. If the past 80 years are any guide, any sanity will be short lived
FUNDSTRAT tonight: “.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
Been saying there’s a real chance Tr**p and Elon are going to get a congress-critter lynched by a mob of enraged retirees
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It’s not as bad as it seems. It’s worse. Way worse bsky.app/profile/then...
ProfOfExistentialDoom (@profexistential.bsky.social)
Only recently have I noticed just how pervasive white-supremacist/fascist/monarchist propaganda is in our society. Every generation, the same ahistorical sophistry and the same stupid, corrupt, and bloody result. All cause these greedy brutes can’t stand not oppressing and abusing someone