Shelton Bumgarner
@sheltgarner.bsky.social
writer interested in AI, aspiring novelist
I worry AI safety will become like meaningful gun control because of Trump being against it.
www.trumplandiareport.com/2026/09/13/t...
www.trumplandiareport.com/2026/09/13/t...
The AI Safety Window May Already Be Closing
Something remarkable has happened in artificial intelligence over the past several days. Some of the people building the world’s most powerful AI systems are asking to slow down. Anthropic CEO Dari…
www.trumplandiareport.com
September 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I worry AI safety will become like meaningful gun control because of Trump being against it.
www.trumplandiareport.com/2026/09/13/t...
www.trumplandiareport.com/2026/09/13/t...
abolishing ICE is the moderate position
August 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
abolishing ICE is the moderate position
Reposted by Shelton Bumgarner
“I love dogs.”
Reply guy: So you want all cats to die, got it.
Reply guy: So you want all cats to die, got it.
July 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“I love dogs.”
Reply guy: So you want all cats to die, got it.
Reply guy: So you want all cats to die, got it.
it definitely seems as though we're doing everything in our power to create SkyNet, doesn't it?
August 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
it definitely seems as though we're doing everything in our power to create SkyNet, doesn't it?
I worry about being turned into paperclips because of a stray comment by an OpenAI employee to one of their frontier models. ha
August 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I worry about being turned into paperclips because of a stray comment by an OpenAI employee to one of their frontier models. ha
dreaming is free
August 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
dreaming is free
I'm not smart enough to read LessWrong. ugh
August 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I'm not smart enough to read LessWrong. ugh
Zuck is a fool to think an ASI in every pot is a good idea. ugh
August 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Zuck is a fool to think an ASI in every pot is a good idea. ugh
the decline of rock as pop music may come from zoomers being such straight edges. wink
August 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
the decline of rock as pop music may come from zoomers being such straight edges. wink
I miss Usenet a lot. but by the time I could vibe code a replacement Google will have figured out RSI and we'll all be up loading our minds into the cloud. ugh
August 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I miss Usenet a lot. but by the time I could vibe code a replacement Google will have figured out RSI and we'll all be up loading our minds into the cloud. ugh
just from my little bit of dabbling in this site, I get a very Twitter 2012 vibe from it on a regular basis
August 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
just from my little bit of dabbling in this site, I get a very Twitter 2012 vibe from it on a regular basis
I used to think Blab failed because women didn't want to be on screen without makeup on, but now that Tik-Tok is full of "Get ready with me" videos, I realize how wrong I was! I guess it was the discovery feature that I loved so much that was its downfall.
August 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I used to think Blab failed because women didn't want to be on screen without makeup on, but now that Tik-Tok is full of "Get ready with me" videos, I realize how wrong I was! I guess it was the discovery feature that I loved so much that was its downfall.
Reposted by Shelton Bumgarner
The 2026 writers delivered another insane plot line. Trump secretly hid on a catering truck to swap planes and thwart a possible assassination attempt, leaving AF1 and his press corp as a decoy. And that could explain why the DOJ subpoenaed NYT reporters in July. Read the Status Kuo at Substack.
August 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The 2026 writers delivered another insane plot line. Trump secretly hid on a catering truck to swap planes and thwart a possible assassination attempt, leaving AF1 and his press corp as a decoy. And that could explain why the DOJ subpoenaed NYT reporters in July. Read the Status Kuo at Substack.
Reposted by Shelton Bumgarner
Here’s how Rocky’s musical language from the Project Hail Mary movie was created. The filmmakers didn’t “want it to feel like a human language because he’s supposed to be really more musically communicating”. (via @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social) [scientificamerican.com]
Could Rocky’s musical language in Project Hail Mary actually work?
Linguists explain how a language built from musical notes could convey complex meaning and even support conversation
www.scientificamerican.com
August 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Here’s how Rocky’s musical language from the Project Hail Mary movie was created. The filmmakers didn’t “want it to feel like a human language because he’s supposed to be really more musically communicating”. (via @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social) [scientificamerican.com]
I was always more of a Usenet person than The WELL. both were doomed to die, though, for different reasons. I still wish some social media service would give us full page posts and inline editing. I really miss that from the Usenet days.
August 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I was always more of a Usenet person than The WELL. both were doomed to die, though, for different reasons. I still wish some social media service would give us full page posts and inline editing. I really miss that from the Usenet days.
Reposted by Shelton Bumgarner
imagining the damage cats could do if they had opposable thumbs
August 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
imagining the damage cats could do if they had opposable thumbs
everything is so dumb. someone do something fun-interesting
July 21, 2026 at 4:55 PM
everything is so dumb. someone do something fun-interesting
all of these uses cases for Kimi 3 are rather benign so far. but it's inevitable that bad actors will use Kimi 3 to do bad things and then lulz OSS LLMs from China will be banned or regulated in the USA. sigh
July 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
all of these uses cases for Kimi 3 are rather benign so far. but it's inevitable that bad actors will use Kimi 3 to do bad things and then lulz OSS LLMs from China will be banned or regulated in the USA. sigh
Stop the 2026 steal.
July 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Stop the 2026 steal.
it seems like to successfully query a novel you generally need to have a premise that doesn't take 20 minutes to explain.
July 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
it seems like to successfully query a novel you generally need to have a premise that doesn't take 20 minutes to explain.
Happy 4th, everyone. don't let Trump's goons get you down
July 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Happy 4th, everyone. don't let Trump's goons get you down
I need to reset things. I still hope to begin querying my novel by September, so I need to stop daydreaming so much.
July 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I need to reset things. I still hope to begin querying my novel by September, so I need to stop daydreaming so much.
someone said my novel was "nicely done." if that's not a sign to throw myself into querying, I don't know what is
June 22, 2026 at 6:57 PM
someone said my novel was "nicely done." if that's not a sign to throw myself into querying, I don't know what is