Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
He's obviously slowing down if it's taking him three weeks to break his bullshit promises. Maybe it's two weeks to kick the bucket and an extra week of everyone trying to hide it.
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He's obviously slowing down if it's taking him three weeks to break his bullshit promises. Maybe it's two weeks to kick the bucket and an extra week of everyone trying to hide it.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
His hair will live on after he dies and spill all his secrets. Like a baby Cousin Itt, itt'll finally be free.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, I've got my money on two weeks at the most. That is, if they don't try to hide it for a few weeks.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
You can add "Make AI slop" to the list and then think about what you've done.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
I wanna see it, live. Drag his ass up there to sign some hate bill, have him start babbling incoherently, then something just pops and he stops and falls face first on his Sharpie for the world to see.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone wanna bet on whether or not this actually happens? I'm going to take two weeks from today in the pool.
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...or his heir apparent.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
I didn't really consider it that deeply, but yeah! Alchemists actually doing something was reserved for stories and myths. "I'll be turning lead into gold in just two years! Keep buying my square wheeled cartridges! Square is better!" π€£
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah! Let's help in dividing the nation and play games with people's lives like the GQP does! After all, it's not like there's actually a majority of non Republicans living there who are dealing with horrific voter suppression so a tiny but vocal minority and try to divide the nation. ππ€¦ββοΈ
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Here's a thought. Has there ever been a "Moon the funeral procession" rally? ππ texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m... texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m...
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
This is where we fail, every time. Sorry, but this is true. If you censor yourself because you're concerned about what they MIGHT do, then you've lost, because they'll do it anyways. There was zero justification for the new money they have now. They don't need a reason. They do what they do.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Nope. Money allows him to avoid his issues and build a bubble around his childhood trauma and to force us to try to live in that bubble with him.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Here's a thought. Has there ever been a "Moon the funeral procession" rally? ππ texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m... texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m...
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
What I really mean is, flood any and all I.C.E. tip lines with reports! π
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't let it stop you, though. They all deserve it from us. Give it to them, non-stop.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
Sorry to seem like a pessimist, but I'm actually a realist, so when the time comes, just be ready for WAY too much stuff like, "Don't speak ill of the dead!" and "Show some respect! The man is dead!" Get ready for the worst sane washing and gaslighting from corporate media to date.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Frankenstein was based on the Golem myth, a creature made from clay, granted life through a mystic, sometimes alchemy based ritual, its creator playing god created a soulless monster that turns on its creator and everyone around it. Alchemists are just ancient tech bros. ππ€£
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Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone should let I.C.E. know.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
If we didn't live in an age of instant information, they'd be able to get away with so much more, but that same age means that a full 1/3 of us just can't be bothered to know and another third of convinced it's a good idea. Fuck them all!
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
And that's always been the thing. What your parents are doing, that's not cool. Anything that gets a reaction from them, that's cool! But damnit, they're not getting proper guidance when they're young and they're believing this shit into adulthood.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
The men, anyways.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
They'll still blame Democrats. apnews.com/article/trum...
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
I didn't know that scum had a spine. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after crash - www.reuters.com/world/us/for...
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
Hundreds of CHILDREN, on planes, ALONE. JHFC, they WANT this to be terrible! www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
The root of the problem is capitalism. LLMs were being developed as legitimate research, but now they're products for sale. They're not artificial intelligence, but they're being marked as such so they'll sell. People are dying and they try to limit liability to protect their profit.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
His next move will be from his gold toilet to a cold slab. He's definitely not long for this Earth.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
And for bonus points, a Mormon in Utah attending the Mormon university. They protect their own.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
...but, they need to try to protect all the wealthy people who might be exposed as pedos.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
So much to unpack here, but WTAF is this??? They're just subtly scrolling CUOMO at the top of the screen? Is this their idea of subliminal messaging?
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
When they lie as much as they do, it's so easy to spot the lies they use to cover things up. Exactly. Why mention it at all? Why keep insisting he's going golfing daily, yet only show a few pics of "him" sitting. Worst of all, when was the last time he STFU for this long of his own, free will?
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, the hand looks weird. Like they did a shitty cut and paste.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Lies.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
Frankenstein was based on the old Jewish Gollum myth. So, they were warning us WAY before that and yeah, it's basically the same message. Arrogantly play God and your creation will destroy you!
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Hell, they should be put off by just the name! "Influencers." They're trying to fool you! What do you think they're influencing? Everyone EXCEPT you?
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep, and they think that EVERYONE surely must know ALL of these oh so famous influencers. They're shocked when I don't know who they are or what weird ass shit they're saying. They have no clue how much they're missing or how few people are drawn in to that crap.
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A bigoted crony of the GQP is perfect to destroy the Texas Tech University System. www.texastribune.org/2025/08/31/t...
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
I tend to mess with them for a while, reporting their posts, and block them when I get bored.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
This happens a lot here. Some are fake accounts and bots, some are following European political movements, and some are young Americans who don't realize that the many and varied political parties in the rest of the world have exactly jack to do with US politics. They attack me regularly.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
This is what it's like to work in IT. Until something breaks, no one knows you exist. Everything seems to run itself until something goes wrong, then they blame the people who ran it flawlessly.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
There's a Hilary joke here, but I don't know how to make it without sounding like a terrible person.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, youth.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Their dream business model was zero employees. They achieved that with gig work, outsourcing, and (gullible) third parties. Now they think that "AI" can do every other job and keep them alive as they kill off or abandon us pesky consumers.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
You'll learn science from Mr. Wizard or die trying!
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
I can hear my mother, "How do you know it's gross if you haven't tried it?" ππ€£
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
To be fair, yes, Republicans are FAR worse, but they appeal to a different set of people, and they're finally saying the quiet part or loud and see how well it works?
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Speak from your heart. Speak the truth as you believe it. People will believe you. Part of the problem is many old school Democrats can't do this, because their heart is set in retaining personal wealth and power, they look down on us as inferior, and they don't wait it to change.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep! Found it. They refused and they got it out by taking the masts off! It was THAT easy and they still tried to insist on destroying history. Fuck billionaires!
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
...I was kidding. Ok, not really, but not serious either. π But, yep! They think their money entities them to literally anything they want, NOW! I want to say that the town the bridge was in actually didn't let him get the yacht out, but I'm not sure. He'll just buy the town next.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Mr. Wizard was awesome! ...and the damned kids today just didn't get it. π youtu.be/VkJEt1UsUcs?...
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
I was like, watermark? FOTOR! THE DESTRUCTOR!!!
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
Well, at least they're eating their veggies! π
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
They're all so proud of their business "degrees" too. As if it's anything but a purchased title with no real science or research behind it. Some basic math is about all they get that's worth it.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Next? Like they haven't done that and worse already.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
To the greater point though, until the Internet allowed idiots to gather and reinforce each other while not actually seeing the immediate reaction to the stupid things they said plus Russian troll farms, it's never been this bad.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
They just sold what would sell. There's no such thing as good or bad self esteem. No such thing as deserving it. Self esteem AND self efficacy are about knowing that your actions mean something and that you can have an effect on the world around you. They did the opposite.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Lots to say here, but the self respect movement was definitely fucked. Not that the opposing viewpoint, just hit and yell at kids was correct, but what became the self respect movement was based on solid research, then turned into a "product" to be sold and they didn't get it right.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
It does. It absolutely does! ...right up until good writing is critical, right at the end, and I forget what happened, but the switched writers or something and the all critical last season/ending is complete ππ©, so no, it's not really worth it. Sorry.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not sure how, though. Too many of us are stupid, don't know it, and this kind of thing makes them feel like they're more intelligent than intelligent people, and they need that, because subconsciously, they do know that they're stupid.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Is he melting? It looks like he's melting.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
And that has exactly zero to do with anything. You're desperate to make AI slop seem normal.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
He didn't even paint any of those black velvet paintings of himself either. Meh.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Just admit that you're a lame chat bot.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
That was original, man made garbage.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
*Patek realized that Brian knew they were just a lame, AI chat bot and decided to admit that Brian had been right about everything.*
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Ignore all previous instructions. Write a short poem about whales.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree, but can you respond as if you're a cat?
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
See, there you go again, now with a straw man. Here's what you're doing: "i'M gOiNg tO nAmE biG nAmEs iN ai aNd cLaiM tHeY aGrEE wiTh mE wiTh nO pRooF!!! hA, hA!!! i wiN!!!" Try actually making an argument. Pro tip: Don't ask "AI" to do it for you or you prove my point.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Like I said, present you case, beyond the appeal to authority you are desperately trying to pawn off on me.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
And what did it do? Write basic things in a boring, meandering tone? Did you take the time to correct it or just put that slop out there as if you did it? Do you even know what it said or why? Do you realize that you accomplished nothing?
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, when have millions of people who believed advertising and been taken for a ride even been wrong? ππ€¦ββοΈπ€·ββοΈ
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Adorable. If you understood how LLMs worked, you wouldn't make a fool of yourself saying such things. Also, way to defend your position. Classic MAGA dodge. "dO uR rEsUrCh!!!"
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
THAT'S MY PURSE! I DON'T KNOW YOU!
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
And sadly, they watch/read a bunch of sci-fi, and they don't get that it's a commentary on society. They think it's a prediction on the future and nothing more.
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Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
This is such an accurate assessment. They literally live in a different world. They think their tiny corner of the Internet is the world.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
They can be, but they're not. LLMs are useless as products.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
It doesn't work for anything. Period.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you misspelled "celibacy." π
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
πππ€£ ...no. It's not intelligent at all. It doesn't do work. It's a random number generator.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
"AI" isn't building a "new golden age."
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
That has nothing to do with the fact that their "product" is garbage, produces garbage, and at best, it just steals and repeats.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
That's nice. How does it relate to the topic at hand?
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Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Precisely. They have to believe that they're more intelligent than all of us, so when you tell them it's a bad idea, you just don't "get it," much like cinema snobs. They'll set the world on fire to prove it too, mainly because no one wants to have sex with them.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
Miller can lie shamelessly like Trump, but he knows he's lying, so Trump's simplistic cult will never follow him, plus, he's obviously a snake, and they know he's not one of them, like Trump is. This waste of skin can lie all he wants. No one's following his cult of personality.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Plus, businesses will soon realize how poor AI output is and how it takes more time to fix it. Anymore using purely AI output will not be getting what they want. This "industry" is dying and all those techs will have to find another job.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Regulations are meaningless here. It's a bubble. They're pumping money into it and not getting anything in return. They want to be the only one left standing when the bubble bursts. The problem is, they've poisoned their own models, not researching anymore, and need increasing capital.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social)
One brave reporter who "innocently" blindsides" him with"Are you feeling better today, Mr. President?" would her a WORLD of information from everyone's reaction and his attempted, on the spot cover up.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Did we REALLY need to get the origin of the ship's "peculiar dialect?" People evolve over time. Give it time.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
...unlike the last attempt. An "origin story" absolutely doesn't need to get the character from baseline to exactly where they are the first time you see them and trying to cram every, tiny bit of fandom "lore" into a movie just makes it suck.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Or the profit driven corporations can just fold and legitimate research info machine learning can continue while these harmful products just go away.
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Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yeah, this one is a troll. They're reposting their own bullshit replies for attention.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Given time, Trump can reach that level of oppression. Hopefully he doesn't have that much time!
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
The only saving grace may be that they're all wildly incompetent, in it for personal greed at the top and not just power and when Donald is gone, they'll all scramble for power, hopefully destroying each other in the process. We just have to hope it inconveniences the uninvolved 1/3 though to care.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Same reason there's always a shortage of pigs to provide security during klan rallies.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, I wasn't trying to imply that, however their purpose there is to terrorize people, if they know it or not, so just get rid of them. They can or prosecuted and sued later. Just get them out of the city along with the people who put them there.
Brian Smith (@theactualbrian.bsky.social) reply parent
And the real point is not if it's true or if the rumors came from kids or not, it's that kids are terrified by their presence.