sebastian s
@sangervasi.net
web stuff (oh no the internet sucks)
https://sangervasi.net/me
fiction stuff:
https://harmlesswriting.com
https://sangervasi.net/me
fiction stuff:
https://harmlesswriting.com
[Holding my trillion dollar hammer] lotta stuff lookin like nails rn
September 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
[Holding my trillion dollar hammer] lotta stuff lookin like nails rn
"Focusing on becoming Hay-Eye native" - Please pronounce the hard H so that I know you're cool but need to say something the boss would like.
September 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
"Focusing on becoming Hay-Eye native" - Please pronounce the hard H so that I know you're cool but need to say something the boss would like.
If I was Microsoft or Google I would cut all my financial losses and claim I'm doing it to protect humanity. Like a guy walking away from a fight because "these hands are deadly weapons."
September 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
If I was Microsoft or Google I would cut all my financial losses and claim I'm doing it to protect humanity. Like a guy walking away from a fight because "these hands are deadly weapons."
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 sniped me into reading Dorsey's slop. Thanks(?) @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social
If there’s one redeeming quality to the current tech hype cycle, it’s how funny I find it when dudes talk about “intelligence” while demonstrating how dumb they are.
harmless.substack.com/p/jack-dorse...
harmless.substack.com/p/jack-dorse...
Jack Dorsey’s “intelligence” soup
A tragicomedy of CEO speak
harmless.substack.com
September 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 sniped me into reading Dorsey's slop. Thanks(?) @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social
If there’s one redeeming quality to the current tech hype cycle, it’s how funny I find it when dudes talk about “intelligence” while demonstrating how dumb they are.
harmless.substack.com/p/jack-dorse...
harmless.substack.com/p/jack-dorse...
Jack Dorsey’s “intelligence” soup
A tragicomedy of CEO speak
harmless.substack.com
September 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
If there’s one redeeming quality to the current tech hype cycle, it’s how funny I find it when dudes talk about “intelligence” while demonstrating how dumb they are.
harmless.substack.com/p/jack-dorse...
harmless.substack.com/p/jack-dorse...
Obligatory repost of my "AGI fraud guide"
harmless.substack.com/p/agi-baby-f...
harmless.substack.com/p/agi-baby-f...
September 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Obligatory repost of my "AGI fraud guide"
harmless.substack.com/p/agi-baby-f...
harmless.substack.com/p/agi-baby-f...
Counterintuitive, I know, but I think you'll find my experience is just as bad in the app.
September 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Counterintuitive, I know, but I think you'll find my experience is just as bad in the app.
Nostalgic for those years when seeing emoji in a repo readme meant the devs were Slack-pilled insead of AI-pilled
#opensource
#opensource
August 28, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Nostalgic for those years when seeing emoji in a repo readme meant the devs were Slack-pilled insead of AI-pilled
#opensource
#opensource
Just got home after a week at Edinburgh Fringe. It was overwhelming to see so many billboards for self-indulgent clown shows, but what else can I expect living in San Francisco.
August 24, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Just got home after a week at Edinburgh Fringe. It was overwhelming to see so many billboards for self-indulgent clown shows, but what else can I expect living in San Francisco.
Big budget cultural touchstone: watch it months later at my own pace.
Niche youtube/podcast/anime: consume it release day and agonize over wait for next
Niche youtube/podcast/anime: consume it release day and agonize over wait for next
August 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Big budget cultural touchstone: watch it months later at my own pace.
Niche youtube/podcast/anime: consume it release day and agonize over wait for next
Niche youtube/podcast/anime: consume it release day and agonize over wait for next
Whoever's been handed the Death Note - smooth work, watch out for eccentric detectives
July 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Whoever's been handed the Death Note - smooth work, watch out for eccentric detectives
Me: the software industry has made me hate all programming
Also me: what a nice morning spent learning to make a rust webserver
Also me: what a nice morning spent learning to make a rust webserver
May 31, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Me: the software industry has made me hate all programming
Also me: what a nice morning spent learning to make a rust webserver
Also me: what a nice morning spent learning to make a rust webserver
Reposted by sebastian s
OK ya'll, we have it: Body cam footage of the Texas Cybertruck driver who intentionally drove the vehicle into a lake to test the Tesla's "wade mode" feature. It got stuck. He got arrested.
“Obviously I wasn’t thinking at all."
Read now: www.404media.co/heres-the-bo...
“Obviously I wasn’t thinking at all."
Read now: www.404media.co/heres-the-bo...
May 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
OK ya'll, we have it: Body cam footage of the Texas Cybertruck driver who intentionally drove the vehicle into a lake to test the Tesla's "wade mode" feature. It got stuck. He got arrested.
“Obviously I wasn’t thinking at all."
Read now: www.404media.co/heres-the-bo...
“Obviously I wasn’t thinking at all."
Read now: www.404media.co/heres-the-bo...
"Slop is, by definition, not worth the effort. If you try to clean up, you only get yourself dirty. Why would you stick your hands in slop? The trash heap that runs our business is a trash heap for a reason. It’s where we put our plastic knives."
harmless.substack.com/p/ai-code-is...
harmless.substack.com/p/ai-code-is...
AI Code is a Plastic Knife
Slop, frameworks, and cheese
harmless.substack.com
April 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
"Slop is, by definition, not worth the effort. If you try to clean up, you only get yourself dirty. Why would you stick your hands in slop? The trash heap that runs our business is a trash heap for a reason. It’s where we put our plastic knives."
harmless.substack.com/p/ai-code-is...
harmless.substack.com/p/ai-code-is...
Reposted by sebastian s
The 'too cheap to meter' line is a such blatant doublespeak. How could it ever be in his company's interest to charge nothing, given its dependence on an energy industry which has for decades been blocking a move to cheaper sources because of similar incentives.
Altman made this declaration at an infrastructure summit hosted by BlackRock. It’s the latest in a long line of outrageous statements he’s made to try to justify the rollout of generative AI and the massive cost to power it.
disconnect.blog/make-em-dumb...
disconnect.blog/make-em-dumb...
April 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The 'too cheap to meter' line is a such blatant doublespeak. How could it ever be in his company's interest to charge nothing, given its dependence on an energy industry which has for decades been blocking a move to cheaper sources because of similar incentives.
Reposted by sebastian s
Sam Altman has a new plan to make money from generative AI: he wants intelligence to be treated like water or electricity — and we’ll all have to pay him for it.
His chatbots are degrading people’s ability to retain information and think critically. Now he wants to sell smarts back to us.
His chatbots are degrading people’s ability to retain information and think critically. Now he wants to sell smarts back to us.
Make ‘em dumb, sell ‘em smarts
Sam Altman wants intelligence to be a utility that you pay him for
disconnect.blog
April 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sam Altman has a new plan to make money from generative AI: he wants intelligence to be treated like water or electricity — and we’ll all have to pay him for it.
His chatbots are degrading people’s ability to retain information and think critically. Now he wants to sell smarts back to us.
His chatbots are degrading people’s ability to retain information and think critically. Now he wants to sell smarts back to us.
Love living in the plot of a Deus Ex game where the tech doesn't even work
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home was targeted by a suspect early Friday morning, and that suspect then proceeded to head to OpenAI's offices, where he allegedly was ranting about burning the place down. buff.ly/bYLmsHB
Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Sam Altman's House, Suspect Arrested Outside OpenAI Headquarters
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home was targeted by a suspect early Friday morning, and that suspect then proceeded to head to OpenAI's offices, where he allegedly was ranting about burning the place down.
buff.ly
April 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Love living in the plot of a Deus Ex game where the tech doesn't even work
handing a chef a swiss army knife and telling him it has a corkscrew and a magnifying glass so he can also be my sommelier and my detective
April 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
handing a chef a swiss army knife and telling him it has a corkscrew and a magnifying glass so he can also be my sommelier and my detective
A genie who only grants wishes for more wishes.
March 28, 2026 at 2:21 AM
A genie who only grants wishes for more wishes.
Remember when you'd only have to google "are we technically at war" like once a year? Yeah, me neither.
March 3, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Remember when you'd only have to google "are we technically at war" like once a year? Yeah, me neither.
Having a seltzer and fresh popcorn and entering The Burp Zone
February 28, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Having a seltzer and fresh popcorn and entering The Burp Zone
February 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Searching for "Gemini" in your Google account settings returns no results. Yet another w for Google's branding, UX, and coordination.
January 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Searching for "Gemini" in your Google account settings returns no results. Yet another w for Google's branding, UX, and coordination.
Old man in three sweaters buying old meme coins worth zero like he's picking up trash on the beach.
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Old man in three sweaters buying old meme coins worth zero like he's picking up trash on the beach.