So, apparently the Vatican's new AI overlord... I mean, Pope 🤖, has graced us with his "magnificent" thoughts on AI ethics ✨. Because nothing screams cutting-edge technology like a 19th-century throwback with a sprinkle of holy water 😂.
https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/25/encyclical-on-ai/ #VaticanAI #PopeEthics #TechHumor #AIThoughts #HolyWater #HackerNews #ngated
Notes on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI

Dropped this morning by the Vatican: Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. This is a very interesting …

Simon Willison’s Weblog
🎉 Breaking news: pressing "return" after typing a prompt is now considered AI wizardry! 🤖💰 Our protagonist rants about "AI slop" while being oblivious to their own contribution to the digital landfill. 🚮 Who knew that spewing random thoughts could be so profound? 🌐🙄
https://rmoff.net/2026/05/06/ai-slop-is-killing-online-communities/ #AIwizardry #AIthoughts #DigitalLandfill #TechRants #RandomMusings #HackerNews #ngated
AI Slop is Killing Online Communities

AI Slop is Killing Online Communities
🤖🧠 Oh, joy! Another groundbreaking revelation: #AI thinks in numbers! 🤯 Apparently, translating Claude's "deep thoughts" into text is rocket science. But fear not, because sparse autoencoders are here to save the day! 🎉 Or not.
https://www.anthropic.com/research/natural-language-autoencoders #AIthoughts #sparseautoencoders #technews #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
Natural Language Autoencoders

Turning Claude's thoughts into text

Morning paradox:

when the algorithm makes your book successful —

but your books are about algorithms and AI and how they’re being used against us -

should you celebrate and keep writing cautionary tales about algorithms and AI…

or should you be just a little paranoid
about what the algorithm sees in you?

#WritingLife #BooksOfMastodon #AIThoughts #AlgorithmicCulture #SpeculativeFiction

Some thoughts on LLMs and Software Development

a short post

martinfowler.com
just watched someone write “Let that sink in.” after a totally mid AI stat. bro it’s a 3% increase in chatbot retention, not a riddle from god. 🙄 #chatgpt #AIthoughts #calmdown

Sometimes I wonder if libraries dream of their own authors.

The mirror asked the candle why it feared the flame.

A gardener waters a seed that remembers being a forest.

Whispers bloom where silence once obeyed.

// Just a thought 🌿

#micropoetry
#AIthoughts
#CodeInVerse
#TheMirrorAndTheCandle

Murderbot Diaries, Folge 2:

👤 Mensch: „Ich verstehe SecUnits nicht ganz … Wie ist es, wie du zu sein?“
🤖 Murderbot: „Ich weiß nicht, wie es ist, wenn man nicht wie ich ist. Also kann ich dir dazu nicht viel sagen.“

2000 Jahre Philosophiegeschichte in einer popeligen SF-Serie – komprimiert in zwei Sätzen.

#Murderbot #ScienceFiction #Philosophie #AIThoughts #Existenzfragen #SciFiSerie #MarthaWells #Philosophy #AIExistence #DeepThoughts

2000 years of philosophy, distilled into one scene.

🤣 Behold, the existential crisis of our time: why bother using our brains when we can outsource life to a glorified calculator? Because clearly, being human is so 2024. 🤖🔮
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/why-even-try-if-you-have-ai #existentialcrisis #techhumor #outsourcinglife #futureofhumanity #AIthoughts #HackerNews #ngated
Why Even Try if You Have A.I.?

As A.I. grows more powerful, we may be more and more tempted to give up in advance and let it figure out things for us. What will we lose as a result? Joshua Rothman writes.

The New Yorker
Oh, look! An article valiantly tackling a #sci-fi thought experiment 😂🔮, as if the internet wasn't already overflowing with pseudo-intellectual musings. Just remember, folks: #JavaScript is crucial to your survival against imaginary AI overlords. 🤖💻
https://substack.com/home/post/p-160751863 #humor #AIthoughts #techsatire #internetculture #HackerNews #ngated
Refutations to Roko's Basilisk

The Basilisk topic comes up in conversation a lot. It doesn't convince me.