September 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM
June 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Fuck it, I'm livetweeting the conference. Mute this thread if you're not interested #ConferenceAdventures
September 26, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Fuck it, I'm livetweeting the conference. Mute this thread if you're not interested #ConferenceAdventures
A guy at a stand just used the word "neurodivergent" in the same way you'd use the r-word. The euphemism treadmill is fucking real. #ConferenceAdventures
June 5, 2026 at 11:12 AM
A guy at a stand just used the word "neurodivergent" in the same way you'd use the r-word. The euphemism treadmill is fucking real. #ConferenceAdventures
"AI outperforms even ME in tasks of reading comprehension, critical thinking, and information structuring!"
Skill issue. Can't stress enough how embarrassed you should be.
#ConferenceAdventures
Skill issue. Can't stress enough how embarrassed you should be.
#ConferenceAdventures
September 26, 2024 at 9:06 AM
"AI outperforms even ME in tasks of reading comprehension, critical thinking, and information structuring!"
Skill issue. Can't stress enough how embarrassed you should be.
#ConferenceAdventures
Skill issue. Can't stress enough how embarrassed you should be.
#ConferenceAdventures
The person giving the talk just quoted Elon Musk. In a complementary manner.
Yeah.
#ConferenceAdventures
Yeah.
#ConferenceAdventures
September 26, 2024 at 9:05 AM
The person giving the talk just quoted Elon Musk. In a complementary manner.
Yeah.
#ConferenceAdventures
Yeah.
#ConferenceAdventures
At a Pro-AI talk.
Speaker: "In the future, we won't value thinking as much as we do now."
This is somehow presented as a good thing!?
#ConferenceAdventures
Speaker: "In the future, we won't value thinking as much as we do now."
This is somehow presented as a good thing!?
#ConferenceAdventures
September 26, 2024 at 8:37 AM
At a Pro-AI talk.
Speaker: "In the future, we won't value thinking as much as we do now."
This is somehow presented as a good thing!?
#ConferenceAdventures
Speaker: "In the future, we won't value thinking as much as we do now."
This is somehow presented as a good thing!?
#ConferenceAdventures
The computing "expert" giving the talk seems unaware that Moore's law is no longer aplicable #ConferenceAdventures
September 26, 2024 at 9:05 AM
The computing "expert" giving the talk seems unaware that Moore's law is no longer aplicable #ConferenceAdventures
He saw my face and corrected himself. "Oh, I meant atypical. That's what they call THOSE people now, right?"
It's not the word, you fucker. It's the utter contempt in your voice. #ConferenceAdventures
It's not the word, you fucker. It's the utter contempt in your voice. #ConferenceAdventures
June 5, 2026 at 11:53 AM
He saw my face and corrected himself. "Oh, I meant atypical. That's what they call THOSE people now, right?"
It's not the word, you fucker. It's the utter contempt in your voice. #ConferenceAdventures
It's not the word, you fucker. It's the utter contempt in your voice. #ConferenceAdventures
At an extremely corporate event organized by an extremely corporate consultancy firm, and the main speaker starts talking about how the growing inequality is a bad sign.
What... What is happening? #ConferenceAdventures
What... What is happening? #ConferenceAdventures
February 19, 2026 at 9:04 AM
At an extremely corporate event organized by an extremely corporate consultancy firm, and the main speaker starts talking about how the growing inequality is a bad sign.
What... What is happening? #ConferenceAdventures
What... What is happening? #ConferenceAdventures
Alright, beautiful people, from today till Thursday I shall be skeeting about the bullshit conference.
If you want to mute that/follow along, remember I will be using the hashtag #ConferenceAdventures, as last time
If you want to mute that/follow along, remember I will be using the hashtag #ConferenceAdventures, as last time
November 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Alright, beautiful people, from today till Thursday I shall be skeeting about the bullshit conference.
If you want to mute that/follow along, remember I will be using the hashtag #ConferenceAdventures, as last time
If you want to mute that/follow along, remember I will be using the hashtag #ConferenceAdventures, as last time
"Our company offers mental health services aimed at women..."
"Oh, cool."
"...powered by AI."
#ConferenceAdventures
"Oh, cool."
"...powered by AI."
#ConferenceAdventures
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Alt: Blonde little girl looking disgusting and leaving
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September 26, 2024 at 12:01 PM
"Our company offers mental health services aimed at women..."
"Oh, cool."
"...powered by AI."
#ConferenceAdventures
"Oh, cool."
"...powered by AI."
#ConferenceAdventures
The goal for today is to get the IG of any cute girls who compliment my rainbow pin, instead of, as last time, realising six full working days later that they were, in fact, hitting on me.
Oh, also, to crush my talk, but y'all know that's a given ;) #ConferenceAdventures
Oh, also, to crush my talk, but y'all know that's a given ;) #ConferenceAdventures
June 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
The goal for today is to get the IG of any cute girls who compliment my rainbow pin, instead of, as last time, realising six full working days later that they were, in fact, hitting on me.
Oh, also, to crush my talk, but y'all know that's a given ;) #ConferenceAdventures
Oh, also, to crush my talk, but y'all know that's a given ;) #ConferenceAdventures
Arrived to the corporate event I had been invited to very proud of my H&M blazer only to discover it had more of a Louis Vuitton vibe #ConferenceAdventures
March 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Arrived to the corporate event I had been invited to very proud of my H&M blazer only to discover it had more of a Louis Vuitton vibe #ConferenceAdventures
November 7, 2024 at 8:28 AM
68% of companies surveyed feel people are taking more sick days.
Gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with how we let a virus that affects the immune system and increases disability rates run rampant #ConferenceAdventures
Gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with how we let a virus that affects the immune system and increases disability rates run rampant #ConferenceAdventures
February 19, 2026 at 9:18 AM
68% of companies surveyed feel people are taking more sick days.
Gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with how we let a virus that affects the immune system and increases disability rates run rampant #ConferenceAdventures
Gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with how we let a virus that affects the immune system and increases disability rates run rampant #ConferenceAdventures
First AI conference of the day: the speaker can't get his microphone to work.
Call me crazy but before we start claiming AGI is just around the corner we should make sure basic tech works #ConferenceAdventures
Call me crazy but before we start claiming AGI is just around the corner we should make sure basic tech works #ConferenceAdventures
November 6, 2024 at 9:26 AM
First AI conference of the day: the speaker can't get his microphone to work.
Call me crazy but before we start claiming AGI is just around the corner we should make sure basic tech works #ConferenceAdventures
Call me crazy but before we start claiming AGI is just around the corner we should make sure basic tech works #ConferenceAdventures
Aaand we're back to the bread and butter of these AI conferences: grifters trying to convince a room of professionals to automatize away their jobs so they can be easily fired #ConferenceAdventures
November 6, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Aaand we're back to the bread and butter of these AI conferences: grifters trying to convince a room of professionals to automatize away their jobs so they can be easily fired #ConferenceAdventures
Alright, friends, today is conference day! I'll use this thread to comment on it. Feel free to mute it and/or follow along, depending on what you're into #ConferenceAdventures
April 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Alright, friends, today is conference day! I'll use this thread to comment on it. Feel free to mute it and/or follow along, depending on what you're into #ConferenceAdventures
Doesn't matter if they work in engineering, HR, accounting, education, healthcare, operations, management, sales, or chick sexing.
All AI advocates are convinced that AI will make their profession the Most Important Profession Ever (2/2) #ConferenceAdventures
All AI advocates are convinced that AI will make their profession the Most Important Profession Ever (2/2) #ConferenceAdventures
November 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Doesn't matter if they work in engineering, HR, accounting, education, healthcare, operations, management, sales, or chick sexing.
All AI advocates are convinced that AI will make their profession the Most Important Profession Ever (2/2) #ConferenceAdventures
All AI advocates are convinced that AI will make their profession the Most Important Profession Ever (2/2) #ConferenceAdventures
Love when I ask vendors what their AI products have to offer and the answer is "the same analytics your old platform already give you automatically, but more expensive."
#ConferenceAdventures
#ConferenceAdventures
November 6, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Love when I ask vendors what their AI products have to offer and the answer is "the same analytics your old platform already give you automatically, but more expensive."
#ConferenceAdventures
#ConferenceAdventures
I checked the conference's schedule. Two days, 130+ talks, and the only two talks about crypto are about:
- How to recover your money if you fell for a crypto scam
- How to deduct losses on taxes if you've invested in crypto
Crypto is well and truly over #ConferenceAdventures
- How to recover your money if you fell for a crypto scam
- How to deduct losses on taxes if you've invested in crypto
Crypto is well and truly over #ConferenceAdventures
November 6, 2024 at 7:51 AM
I checked the conference's schedule. Two days, 130+ talks, and the only two talks about crypto are about:
- How to recover your money if you fell for a crypto scam
- How to deduct losses on taxes if you've invested in crypto
Crypto is well and truly over #ConferenceAdventures
- How to recover your money if you fell for a crypto scam
- How to deduct losses on taxes if you've invested in crypto
Crypto is well and truly over #ConferenceAdventures
They're presenting the results of a survey on AI usage. 75% use it, but only 20% say it makes a real difference in their output.
Wish they'd asked that 20% if that difference amounts to "I write emails faster" #ConferenceAdventures
Wish they'd asked that 20% if that difference amounts to "I write emails faster" #ConferenceAdventures
March 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
They're presenting the results of a survey on AI usage. 75% use it, but only 20% say it makes a real difference in their output.
Wish they'd asked that 20% if that difference amounts to "I write emails faster" #ConferenceAdventures
Wish they'd asked that 20% if that difference amounts to "I write emails faster" #ConferenceAdventures
At this point I've attended about 30+ pro-AI talks and they all have one thing in common.
Every single speaker is always convinced that The Era of AI will finally bring their profession the Prestige and Respect it deserves (1/2)
#ConferenceAdventures
Every single speaker is always convinced that The Era of AI will finally bring their profession the Prestige and Respect it deserves (1/2)
#ConferenceAdventures
November 6, 2024 at 9:39 AM
At this point I've attended about 30+ pro-AI talks and they all have one thing in common.
Every single speaker is always convinced that The Era of AI will finally bring their profession the Prestige and Respect it deserves (1/2)
#ConferenceAdventures
Every single speaker is always convinced that The Era of AI will finally bring their profession the Prestige and Respect it deserves (1/2)
#ConferenceAdventures
I feel like any analysis that doesn't take into account that we're pouring literally trillions of dollars into tools that will never be able to produce that amount of value can be safely ignored tbh #ConferenceAdventures
March 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I feel like any analysis that doesn't take into account that we're pouring literally trillions of dollars into tools that will never be able to produce that amount of value can be safely ignored tbh #ConferenceAdventures