johnny, uplifted octopus
@generativist.com
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Software dev is all the 2nd 80% now
September 17, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Software dev is all the 2nd 80% now
a month ago, I used gpt/opus to clean up a 1905 Edison-Bell cylinder recording. doing so was less sexy than what people are getting with fable/astra rn, but it was an interesting experience because my HITL role was basically reduced to “ears” spurgeon.computationaltheology.com/thomas-spurg...
Thomas Spurgeon at the Phonograph
The nearest thing to the voice of Charles Spurgeon: his son reading his father's last printed words into an Edison-Bell phonograph in 1905, restored and playable beside the original transfer.
spurgeon.computationaltheology.com
September 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
a month ago, I used gpt/opus to clean up a 1905 Edison-Bell cylinder recording. doing so was less sexy than what people are getting with fable/astra rn, but it was an interesting experience because my HITL role was basically reduced to “ears” spurgeon.computationaltheology.com/thomas-spurg...
astra is incredibly fun
September 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
astra is incredibly fun
progressives relinquishing positive technological visions of the future did not work out for them
September 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
progressives relinquishing positive technological visions of the future did not work out for them
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Astonishing image of scorpionfish devouring prey whole among Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 finalists | Discover Wildlife
Astonishing image of scorpionfish devouring prey whole among Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 finalists | Discover Wildlife
Delve into the hidden worlds of our oceans with the 2026 finalists.
www.discoverwildlife.com
September 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Astonishing image of scorpionfish devouring prey whole among Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 finalists | Discover Wildlife
founder effects and continuing social network balkanization have turned this place into a breeder reactor for terrible brain worms in the same way that parler did for its particular anti-social cohort
September 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
founder effects and continuing social network balkanization have turned this place into a breeder reactor for terrible brain worms in the same way that parler did for its particular anti-social cohort
there is going to be an impressive improvement in americans' health coincident roughly with kennedy being at hhs but attributable like 100% to glp-1s. it’s best to start coping with the painful inferences that will be drawn, asserted and accepted ahead of time
August 24, 2026 at 3:37 PM
there is going to be an impressive improvement in americans' health coincident roughly with kennedy being at hhs but attributable like 100% to glp-1s. it’s best to start coping with the painful inferences that will be drawn, asserted and accepted ahead of time
if you had not had the equivalent of a giant irresistible smile taking over your face accompanied by an internal monolog that roughly translates to "wheeeeeee!" over the last few years, you are not a technologist
August 24, 2026 at 2:52 PM
if you had not had the equivalent of a giant irresistible smile taking over your face accompanied by an internal monolog that roughly translates to "wheeeeeee!" over the last few years, you are not a technologist
we are living through the most interesting moment in human history. what an absolute privilege
August 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
we are living through the most interesting moment in human history. what an absolute privilege
our collective neocortex is the bow shock in front of culture traversing time
July 30, 2026 at 11:09 PM
our collective neocortex is the bow shock in front of culture traversing time
being able to prompt my way to a better tutorial on text book on any subject i want on demand is truly liberating
July 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
being able to prompt my way to a better tutorial on text book on any subject i want on demand is truly liberating
lines get blurred when you have to defend what is and is not science, and the infallibility of their respective clergy.
but
yea that’s patent anti-intellectualism animating a diseased host. not hard to spot or diagnose
but
yea that’s patent anti-intellectualism animating a diseased host. not hard to spot or diagnose
July 21, 2026 at 3:58 AM
lines get blurred when you have to defend what is and is not science, and the infallibility of their respective clergy.
but
yea that’s patent anti-intellectualism animating a diseased host. not hard to spot or diagnose
but
yea that’s patent anti-intellectualism animating a diseased host. not hard to spot or diagnose
what is your vision for a political movement that you would want to be part of; that doesn’t demand authoritarian measures to induce and maintain; and is realizable in the united states given our institutional structures?
July 21, 2026 at 2:43 AM
what is your vision for a political movement that you would want to be part of; that doesn’t demand authoritarian measures to induce and maintain; and is realizable in the united states given our institutional structures?
big deal! anyone could have solved jacob’s conjugate !!
July 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
big deal! anyone could have solved jacob’s conjugate !!
Verbalizable Representations Form a Global Workspace in Language Models
transformer-circuits.pub
July 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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Hey @generativist.com it’s A Short Stay in Hell!
For what appears to be the first time, a Latter-day Saint author numbered among the great English fiction writers.
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
For what appears to be the first time, a Latter-day Saint author numbered among the great English fiction writers
The tides turned for this Latter-day Saint author when TikTok discovered his psychological thriller about hell.
www.sltrib.com
June 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Hey @generativist.com it’s A Short Stay in Hell!
tulsi gabbard's husband has the extremely rare cancer i had and my mind refuses to accept the premise
June 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
tulsi gabbard's husband has the extremely rare cancer i had and my mind refuses to accept the premise
it is extraordinarily difficult for someone who doesn't have any intuition about a particular domain to pressure test their ideas using llms.
June 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
it is extraordinarily difficult for someone who doesn't have any intuition about a particular domain to pressure test their ideas using llms.
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Today: the North Shore Half-Marathon. I run it every year to mark my decline. This year: 1:47:30. 21 seconds slower than last year. Time marches on, but I'm making it drag its heels.
May 31, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Today: the North Shore Half-Marathon. I run it every year to mark my decline. This year: 1:47:30. 21 seconds slower than last year. Time marches on, but I'm making it drag its heels.
periodic reminder that the stochastic parrots frame is epistemic poison and you should actively and almost desperately try to rid yourself of it. things are...moving faster now
May 21, 2026 at 7:58 PM
periodic reminder that the stochastic parrots frame is epistemic poison and you should actively and almost desperately try to rid yourself of it. things are...moving faster now
“it doesn’t matter it’s inevitable” retorts re:ai are bad not because they are fatalistic, but because they promulgate this frame that obscures how fucking fun it all is
May 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
“it doesn’t matter it’s inevitable” retorts re:ai are bad not because they are fatalistic, but because they promulgate this frame that obscures how fucking fun it all is
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this is what i meant by “social media is dying”
Other people have noticed this phenomenon too but danah boyd put the best slogan to it: social media is now parasocial media.
Social media hasn't been social for a long while—how long depending on the platform, depending on the milieu. It's not folks sharing equally, but broadcasting and receiving.
Social media hasn't been social for a long while—how long depending on the platform, depending on the milieu. It's not folks sharing equally, but broadcasting and receiving.
Social Media Is Now Parasocial Media - danah boyd, 2026
When practitioners used the term “social media” to describe the internet tools that emerged in the mid-aughts, they were giving a name to the kinds of platforms...
journals.sagepub.com
May 11, 2026 at 10:33 AM
this is what i meant by “social media is dying”
2026 orthodoxy is something like,
> valuable software is now free or cheap to build so you should be mostly effort solving for distribution because thats how you win
and i think it's very foolish.
> valuable software is now free or cheap to build so you should be mostly effort solving for distribution because thats how you win
and i think it's very foolish.
May 8, 2026 at 10:49 PM
2026 orthodoxy is something like,
> valuable software is now free or cheap to build so you should be mostly effort solving for distribution because thats how you win
and i think it's very foolish.
> valuable software is now free or cheap to build so you should be mostly effort solving for distribution because thats how you win
and i think it's very foolish.