The conversation about AI and consciousness is missing the point: there’s clearly a bunch of guys who work at the AI companies pretending to be computer, and they can type REALLY fast.

I'm in my I Don't Have to Respond to Journalism Pieces of the Form "This Complete Asshat Used to Say Dumb Shit I Liked, but Recently They've Been Saying Dumb Shit I Don't Like" Era

At least, I'm trying to be

No electorally significant political opinion is rational. It just doesn't happen. Remember it's the least engaged 3% of voters are who decide battleground elections. Imagine asking 100 people about something and then throwing out the 97 responses that make the most sense. Now imagine the remaining 3

Last night I left the bathtub running and all the water molecules became sentient and conspired to flood my bathroom

The point of Ex Machina was misunderstood by most: Isaac's machines were dangerous - including to him - because of him. They were not alive or conscious, but in a way they were extensions of HIS consciousness, and he specifically programmed them to do what they did.

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I have tried, here and on the old hellsite, to participate in this @whstancil.bsky.social thing, but it seems like mostly it's just people talking past each other. So instead of wasting any more clicks on that I'm going to post one of these useless long-form things on AI and consciousness

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Pretty bummed that I'm not holding a Kalshi YES contract for "John Kennedy asks Kash Patel how you fuck a chicken by accident."

In hindsight it seems overdetermined

I hate when blues bands cover Jimi Hendrix and it isn't funky. It's got to be funky, y'all. If it's not funky, don't play it.

Hello Bluesky! So that no one is surprised later, here are the things I am a crank about:

1. Video replay review. It is unnecessary. That is all.
2. Medicalization of antisocial behavior. Antisocial behavior is not an illness. The vast majority of antisocial behavior is done by "normal" people.