Charlie StrossJul 23, 2023

@sneerclub

Greetings!

Roko called, just to say he's filed a trademark on Basilisk™ and will be coming after anyone who talks about it for licensing fees which will go into his special Basilisk™ Immanetization Fund and if we don't pay up we'll burn in AI hell forever once the Basilisk™ wakes up and gets around to punishing us.

Also, if you see your mom, be sure and tell her SATAN!!!!—

Show threadLars Marowsky-Brée 😷Jul 23, 2023
@cstross @sneerclub I dislike how AI hell is something that actually is a thing in the Culture universe that mattered. (badum-tish)
Show threadgeriksonJul 23, 2023
Frankly one of the weakest Culture novels tho.
Show threadselfJul 23, 2023
I remember liking it a lot, but I need to start that read through all of Banks’ sci-fi sometime and see if it still holds up
Show threadgeriksonJul 23, 2023
So do I, it’s been a while. I’ll keep quiet about it though so I don’t get comments like “oh it’s those books that Musk and Bezos love!”. Fuckers ruining SF for me.
Show threadselfJul 23, 2023
oh bezos tried to posthumously claim Banks too? musk saying he was a socialist because he liked the Culture novels still pisses me off, and the bad taste from the tech assholes in my life just nodding along to that probably contributed to me not returning to the novels
Show threadDavid Gerard
they are Veppers and think they’re the Minds
Jul 23, 2023 at 10:43pmWeb
Show threadLars Marowsky-Brée 😷Jul 24, 2023
@dgerard @self Elon Veppers is how I'll refer to him henceforth.