玄光
@occultlight.bsky.social
on the hundred grass tips, the great Masters' meaning
thank you Annie Dillard
September 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
thank you Annie Dillard
I started getting skeptical that the AI bubble would burst soon, but the ecstatic mania around it now all but confirms for me that it's still on schedule
September 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I started getting skeptical that the AI bubble would burst soon, but the ecstatic mania around it now all but confirms for me that it's still on schedule
Another beautiful morning in the age of Dharma decline
September 16, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Another beautiful morning in the age of Dharma decline
I have trimmed my facial hair into an evil goatee and feel like Mephistopheles
September 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I have trimmed my facial hair into an evil goatee and feel like Mephistopheles
Reposted by 玄光
私は彼の命を救いました。彼は私に「命の借り」とやらがあります。神々は直ちに彼の命を私に託すよう命じるはずです。
September 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
私は彼の命を救いました。彼は私に「命の借り」とやらがあります。神々は直ちに彼の命を私に託すよう命じるはずです。
Programmers love to insist that the LLMs are incredible for their work but the user experience for almost everything has basically never been worse across the board. Interesting!
September 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Programmers love to insist that the LLMs are incredible for their work but the user experience for almost everything has basically never been worse across the board. Interesting!
They don’t want you to know this, but Bene Gesserit witches are real and have baroque and mysterious plans for your life
September 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
They don’t want you to know this, but Bene Gesserit witches are real and have baroque and mysterious plans for your life
No way I would “resist” the One Ring, and I wouldn’t need to. I’d simply bend it to my will and use it to destroy all evil everywhere.
September 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
No way I would “resist” the One Ring, and I wouldn’t need to. I’d simply bend it to my will and use it to destroy all evil everywhere.
I forgot to remember to forget
September 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I forgot to remember to forget
you get to the bardo and it's just ten thousand giant Charlie Kirk heads saying "counting or not counting gang violence?" over and over again
September 11, 2026 at 12:46 AM
you get to the bardo and it's just ten thousand giant Charlie Kirk heads saying "counting or not counting gang violence?" over and over again
I really have no sympathy for this at all. If they really had serious problems with the vanguard of fascism in America, they could simply work any other job in the world.
palantir's employees, if they donate, are pretty uniformly democratic donors!
I have been surprised to discover that it’s a widespread belief that the politics of tech workers overlap with the politics of the most well-known tech executives. I don’t even think that’s true at like Palantir. Maybe Anduril?
September 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I really have no sympathy for this at all. If they really had serious problems with the vanguard of fascism in America, they could simply work any other job in the world.
Very pleased by the rare small scenes of hope we get, like the prisoners freed from Mocha today and when Iran blew up those Amazon data centers a few months ago
September 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Very pleased by the rare small scenes of hope we get, like the prisoners freed from Mocha today and when Iran blew up those Amazon data centers a few months ago
RIP brother Charlie Kirk.
Dress Sexy At My Funeral
YouTube video by Smog - Topic
youtu.be
September 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
RIP brother Charlie Kirk.
Great essay by @johnmaus.bsky.social
There’s mention of a mysterious “Whitman-Merton-Eckhart-Zen wizard” … wonder who that may be …
There’s mention of a mysterious “Whitman-Merton-Eckhart-Zen wizard” … wonder who that may be …
TOUT LE MONDE DÉTESTE LES APPELLISTES!
(a survey of radical left political theory)
substack.com
September 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Great essay by @johnmaus.bsky.social
There’s mention of a mysterious “Whitman-Merton-Eckhart-Zen wizard” … wonder who that may be …
There’s mention of a mysterious “Whitman-Merton-Eckhart-Zen wizard” … wonder who that may be …
That’s right
I also think a lot of the people who get on board with AI doomerism are themselves addicted to the technology and reason that if someone as smart as them can fall prey to it, then the world at large is doomed, when the reality is that they refuse to criticize their own profound spiritual weakness.
September 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
That’s right
This isn't what animism is and I wish American tech freaks wouldn't replicate bizarre bad racist 19th century pseudo-anthropology filtered through the New Age to make outrageous claims
become an animist and never again worry about whether the machines are thinking. so are the trees? the machines can help us make better websites though
September 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This isn't what animism is and I wish American tech freaks wouldn't replicate bizarre bad racist 19th century pseudo-anthropology filtered through the New Age to make outrageous claims
The sixth NINE, undivided, shows us one who does not serve either king or feudal lord, but in a lofty spirit prefers (to attend to) his own affairs.
'He does not serve either king or feudal lord:' - but his aim may be a model (to others).
'He does not serve either king or feudal lord:' - but his aim may be a model (to others).
September 10, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The sixth NINE, undivided, shows us one who does not serve either king or feudal lord, but in a lofty spirit prefers (to attend to) his own affairs.
'He does not serve either king or feudal lord:' - but his aim may be a model (to others).
'He does not serve either king or feudal lord:' - but his aim may be a model (to others).
Probably the most baffling and annoying new groupthink line among the LLM boosters is that critics of the technology won't admit that they have any uses whatsoever. I do not think I have ever seen anyone say this.
September 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Probably the most baffling and annoying new groupthink line among the LLM boosters is that critics of the technology won't admit that they have any uses whatsoever. I do not think I have ever seen anyone say this.
It is an affront to our dignity that these people expect us to treat their claims seriously
Some people thought I was joking here. This is a video game with a funny name that basically seemed impossible for AI to get good at for a while because the learning curve is so steep. There aren’t many intermediate steps it can use along the way. This is a useful sign that it’s broadly capable
Only learned today it can win Montezuma's Revenge. That used to be this impossible seeming task I thought was a long time away still
September 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
It is an affront to our dignity that these people expect us to treat their claims seriously
People keep insisting to me that Anthropic are the good guys
Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen.
The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.
The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
prospect.org
September 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM
People keep insisting to me that Anthropic are the good guys
There are so many people who think themselves perfectly reasonable, even fairly critical, on the AI topic who are in full-blown delusion over it. It's pretty sad. Oh well. Nothing to do except protect your brain.
September 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM
There are so many people who think themselves perfectly reasonable, even fairly critical, on the AI topic who are in full-blown delusion over it. It's pretty sad. Oh well. Nothing to do except protect your brain.
I will never tire of talking about the fact that the Diamond Sutra was the first work printed expressly for free public domain distribution
September 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I will never tire of talking about the fact that the Diamond Sutra was the first work printed expressly for free public domain distribution