Mastodawn

I've been thinking about the many reports of people claiming LLM chatbots are actually self-aware. In some cases it makes the news because the person thinking this did something newsworthy (usually something terrible) and claimed their imaginary friend put them up to it. In other cases it was because some well-known person was making the claim; ranging from Social Media 'influencers' to scientists like Richard Dawkins.

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#AI #LLMs #HumanCondition

Magandjin AAP 2d ago

Endless Swarm (SCO), Skirmisher, Human Condition, Leaker

Backdock Arts, Sunday, May 17 at 06:00 PM GMT+10

Grindhead Records presents Scotlands powerviolence punishers Endless Swarm - Body Hammering Australia 2026 at BackDock Arts, Brisbane.

https://brisbane.askapunk.au/event/endless-swarm-sco-skirmisher-human-condition-leaker

WIST Quotations Apr 24

A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.

Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-10-03), “Social Gains and the Public Welfare,” Franklin Co. Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio

More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #adlaistevenson #generalwelfare #help #humancondition #needs #solutions

Stevenson, Adlai - Speech (1952-10-03), "Social Gains and the Public Welfare," Franklin Co. Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio | WIST Quotations

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.

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Protyus A. Gendher Apr 23

I. THE HUMAN CONDITION: TOO MUCH WORLD, NOT ENOUGH NERVOUS SYSTEM #humancondition #humanity

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/04/23/cultural-gaslighting-the-emotional-economy-of-systems/

CULTURAL GASLIGHTING & THE EMOTIONAL ECONOMY OF SYSTEMS

I. THE HUMAN CONDITION: TOO MUCH WORLD, NOT ENOUGH NERVOUS SYSTEM Every human begins life in the same position: overwhelmed. The world arrives as noise, force, unpredictability, and scale. Long bef…

Survivor Literacy

WIST Quotations Apr 22

A quotation from Phyllis McGinley

For high is the price of parenthood,
And daughters may cost you double.
You dare not forget, as you thought you could,
That youth is a plague and a trouble.

Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978) American author, poet
Poem (1952-03-15), “Homework for Annabelle,” st. 4, New Yorker, Vol. 28, No. 4

More about this quote: wist.info/mcginley-phyllis/406…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #phyllismcginley #adolescence #child #daughter #homework #humancondition #parent #parenthood #parenting #perspective #teenager #trouble #work #youth

McGinley, Phyllis - Poem (1952-03-15), "Homework for Annabelle," st. 4, New Yorker, Vol. 28, No. 4 | WIST Quotations

For high is the price of parenthood, And daughters may cost you double. You dare not forget, as you thought you could, That youth is a plague and a trouble. Reprinted in Love Letters (1954). Full poem.

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WIST Quotations Apr 20

A quotation from Einstein

The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.

[Die Majorität der Dummen ist unüberwindbar und für alle Zeiten gesichert. Der Schrecken ihrer Tyrannei ist indessen gemildert durch Mangel an Konsequenz.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 5, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/8350…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #concentration #distraction #focus #folly #fools #humancondition #humannature #inconsistency #majority #stupidity

Einstein, Albert - Essay (1953-05-23), "Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 5, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962] | WIST Quotations

The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency. [Die Majorität der Dummen ist unüberwindbar und für alle Zeiten gesichert. Der Schrecken ihrer Tyrannei ist indessen gemildert durch Mangel an Konsequenz.] (Source (German)) Leo…

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WIST Quotations Apr 20

A quotation from Edmund Spenser

Death is an equall doome
To good and bad, the common Inne of rest.

Edmund Spenser (c. 1552-1599) English poet
The Faerie Queene, Book 2, Canto 1, st. 59 (1589-96)

More about this quote: wist.info/spenser-edmund/83479…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #spenser #edmundspenser #death #doom #equality #eternalrest #humancondition #mortality #restinpeace

Spenser, Edmund - The Faerie Queene, Book 2, Canto 1, st. 59 (1589-96) | WIST Quotations

Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common Inne of rest.

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pcwartist Apr 14

The Human Core
https://zurl.co/WoIJM

#Poetry #Poem #Poets #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #PoetsOfInstagram #InstaPoetry #PoetryIsNotDead #IGPoets #PoetsOfIG #LifeStruggles #Impermanence #ReflectivePoetry #HumanCondition

#WritingCommunity #PoetryTwitter

The Human Core

Explore the hidden landscape of the human experience. "The Human Core" uncovers the buried truths of love, fear, ego, and memory that shape our inner lives.

The Human Core Collection

Magandjin AAP Apr 13

Mindrace (VIC), Scram (NSW), Raw Impact, No Allegiance, Human Condition

Black Box Theatre, Sunday, May 17 at 02:00 PM GMT+10

Bad Habit, Team Glasses, The Omission & Life.Lair.Regret. Present:

Melbourne’s MINDRACE come to Nambour this May with their own take on classic melodic hardcore. With nods to the sounds of Turning Point, In My Eyes, Side by Side & Bold, MINDRACE are on the road in support of their brand new self-titled LP (out now via Life.Lair.Regret & The Omission).

Joined by SCRAM (Yamba), RAW IMPACT (Brisbane), NO ALLEGIENCE (Redlands) & HUMAN CONDITION … this one’s for the moshers.

All Ages / 2PM

TICKETS

https://brisbane.askapunk.au/event/mindrace-vic-scram-nsw-raw-impact-no-allegiance-human-condition

WIST Quotations Apr 11

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

The superior man is the man that loves his fellow-man; the superior man is the useful man; the superior man is the kind man, the man who lifts up his down-trodden brothers; and the greater the load of human sorrow and human want you can get in your arms, the easier you can climb the great hill of fame. The superior man is the man who loves his fellow-man.
And let me say right here, the good men, the superior men, the grand men are brothers the world over, no matter what their complexion may be; centuries may separate them, yet they are hand in hand; and all the good, and all the grand, and all the superior men, shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, are fighting the great battle for the progress of mankind.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Speech (1876-10-20), “Hayes Campaign,” Exposition Building, Chicago

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #assisting #excellence #goodman #goodperson #helpfulness #humancondition #humanity #love #loveyourneighbor #lovingkindness #progress #superiority #compassion

Ingersoll, Robert Green - Speech (1876-10-20), "Hayes Campaign," Exposition Building, Chicago | WIST Quotations

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