Taranasaraus
@dcorriveau.bsky.social
Design, art, sports, travel
I love that no matter how hard you try to envision a dish you order in Europe it’s always radically different than expected.
July 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I love that no matter how hard you try to envision a dish you order in Europe it’s always radically different than expected.
Not having played soccer since I was nine, I have to assume it’s harder than it looks to not launch the ball 30 feet over the net every time. #worldcup
June 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Not having played soccer since I was nine, I have to assume it’s harder than it looks to not launch the ball 30 feet over the net every time. #worldcup
This feels true even in my own small-scale work with AI: "If you cannot describe what the human did, with examples, you do not understand the job well enough to automate it."
“The story is that a specific kind of executive, the one who needs a progressive headline every quarter, has been running an uncontrolled experiment on your workforce. The data on that experiment is now in, and it is not flattering.”
This is good: www.forbes.com/councils/for...
This is good: www.forbes.com/councils/for...
The AI Layoff Bill Is Coming Due, And CTOs Are Going To Pay It Twice
Most of these decisions were not made by people who understood the limits of the technology.
www.forbes.com
May 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This feels true even in my own small-scale work with AI: "If you cannot describe what the human did, with examples, you do not understand the job well enough to automate it."
If Anthropic holds out over the White House, I'm immediately switching over from OpenAI.
February 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
If Anthropic holds out over the White House, I'm immediately switching over from OpenAI.
Have I aged out of irony and postmodern ambiguity because I’m not sure what I’m supposed to take away from the WealthSimple commercials.
February 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Have I aged out of irony and postmodern ambiguity because I’m not sure what I’m supposed to take away from the WealthSimple commercials.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
Frantically deleting all the Dodgers podcasts I gleefully listened to after a Jays win.
November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Frantically deleting all the Dodgers podcasts I gleefully listened to after a Jays win.
I’m a life long Blue Jays fan but is it okay if I go to bed?
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I’m a life long Blue Jays fan but is it okay if I go to bed?
One of my failures as a dad was not driving home that cereal with milk is a delicious and filling snack. It just didn't take.
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of my failures as a dad was not driving home that cereal with milk is a delicious and filling snack. It just didn't take.
"But then I won't be watching TV. You can see the bind I'm in."
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"But then I won't be watching TV. You can see the bind I'm in."
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companies make it difficult or impossible to disable ai in their products because it is an authoritarian project made from a stack of consent violations in a trenchcoat
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
September 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
companies make it difficult or impossible to disable ai in their products because it is an authoritarian project made from a stack of consent violations in a trenchcoat
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
The current situation perfectly articulated
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The current situation perfectly articulated
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Looking over the Epstein book messages, I'm struck by how comfortable everyone was with compiling something like this, contributing to it, and receiving it. Something most people with common sense would avoid like the plague.
But the super-rich and powerful know how insulated they are.
But the super-rich and powerful know how insulated they are.
September 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Looking over the Epstein book messages, I'm struck by how comfortable everyone was with compiling something like this, contributing to it, and receiving it. Something most people with common sense would avoid like the plague.
But the super-rich and powerful know how insulated they are.
But the super-rich and powerful know how insulated they are.
Who ever remembers they have a moon roof?
August 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Who ever remembers they have a moon roof?
I wonder how often AI is being used to form opinions about itself.
June 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I wonder how often AI is being used to form opinions about itself.
Nice evening planned in the country house, watching some TV with a loaded squirrel trap a few feet away.
May 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Nice evening planned in the country house, watching some TV with a loaded squirrel trap a few feet away.
My teaching gig is officially over for another year, but I still can't bring myself to close all the school's admin browser tabs just yet, because I know someone will want something as soon as I do.
April 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My teaching gig is officially over for another year, but I still can't bring myself to close all the school's admin browser tabs just yet, because I know someone will want something as soon as I do.
One month ago…
There is no way Trump and his co-conspirators aren't making boatloads of money off their blatant market manipulation.
April 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
One month ago…
There is no way Trump and his co-conspirators aren't making boatloads of money off their blatant market manipulation.
March 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There is no way Trump and his co-conspirators aren't making boatloads of money off their blatant market manipulation.
Canada should be doing a full recruitment blitz to bring in all the fired American scientists, educators, health care workers, business people, and anyone else who wants to come and ensure they have places to live and things to do.
March 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Canada should be doing a full recruitment blitz to bring in all the fired American scientists, educators, health care workers, business people, and anyone else who wants to come and ensure they have places to live and things to do.
I assume (knocking on wood) that I'll outlive Trump and Putin, but a new life goal is to outlive Musk.
February 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I assume (knocking on wood) that I'll outlive Trump and Putin, but a new life goal is to outlive Musk.
They will take over TikTok and dominate almost all the (dis)information spaces.
January 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
They will take over TikTok and dominate almost all the (dis)information spaces.
The brains of Twitter and Meta users are about to be turned into absolute mush (even more than currently)by the US government
January 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The brains of Twitter and Meta users are about to be turned into absolute mush (even more than currently)by the US government
The first experience of being in a Tesla with that giant video screen and constant visual noise made me a little depressed.
January 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The first experience of being in a Tesla with that giant video screen and constant visual noise made me a little depressed.