what is 'Latent Space' and how do LLMs get answers from it? The Jargon can be confusing, but the exaplanation is actually relatively simple: It is Hell. The Machine is getting knowledge from demons.
September 22, 2026 at 1:48 AM
what is 'Latent Space' and how do LLMs get answers from it? The Jargon can be confusing, but the exaplanation is actually relatively simple: It is Hell. The Machine is getting knowledge from demons.
I'm not much of a Pokémon person, but my son is & trying to buy him cards at retail prices has been nigh on impossible the last couple of years, and I refuse to pay scalpers for anything. So it warms the cockles of my heart to see so many of them having a full meltdown about the recent set. Enjoy!!
September 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM
I'm not much of a Pokémon person, but my son is & trying to buy him cards at retail prices has been nigh on impossible the last couple of years, and I refuse to pay scalpers for anything. So it warms the cockles of my heart to see so many of them having a full meltdown about the recent set. Enjoy!!
next-generation film scanner idea: use optical coherence tomography to scan the volumetric depth of a film and get the location and shape of all grains, dust, scratches etc. filter out everything that's not grain, then use raytracing to simulate film as printed by diffusion or condenser enlarger
September 21, 2026 at 9:28 PM
next-generation film scanner idea: use optical coherence tomography to scan the volumetric depth of a film and get the location and shape of all grains, dust, scratches etc. filter out everything that's not grain, then use raytracing to simulate film as printed by diffusion or condenser enlarger
thinking about the one time i presented a project in photo-sculpture class that was 7 photos that shared a sort of ominous vibe, plus a minor key orchestral drone cranked up so oppressively loud that one classmate said (as a compliment) that it made them feel like they were gonna have a heart attack
Story about not art: I know a lot of people are on the "games not art" weirdo train, but I met a guy once who claimed games can't be art because level design is inherently manipulative. The emotional reactions couldn't be "authentic" because you're led to them.
thinking about the one time i presented a project in photo-sculpture class that was 7 photos that shared a sort of ominous vibe, plus a minor key orchestral drone cranked up so oppressively loud that one classmate said (as a compliment) that it made them feel like they were gonna have a heart attack
lmao dude what, apparently a guy selling AI shit at a convention in Australia got so mad that people were criticizing him for it he started biting them. I've heard of AI brainrotting but these people are literally zombifying www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
September 21, 2026 at 10:22 AM
lmao dude what, apparently a guy selling AI shit at a convention in Australia got so mad that people were criticizing him for it he started biting them. I've heard of AI brainrotting but these people are literally zombifying www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
In 2004 I saw Yudkowsky give a talk in which he said that when we upload our brains into the cloud and enter machine heaven, we will be able to taste the tastiest possible potato chip. That was his positive vision of the Singularity.
When they say things like they expect there is a 10% chance that AI wipes out humanity in a decade, you should not take that as bullshit that undermines their seriousness; you should take that as them being very serious about a self-fulfilling prophecy they intend to enact if they have the chance.
September 21, 2026 at 5:19 PM
In 2004 I saw Yudkowsky give a talk in which he said that when we upload our brains into the cloud and enter machine heaven, we will be able to taste the tastiest possible potato chip. That was his positive vision of the Singularity.