Ben Curthoys

@bencurthoys
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In an exciting new direction, Nexus LLC is pivoting to AI.

MatrixTorment (coming Q2, 2027 subject to regulatory approval for the DC modular nukes) will deliver 10x pain at unprecedented scale.

Classic TormentBlox are no longer supported. Users wanting a local backup can download their Blox as 75TB JSON files until Feb 29 2026.

RWTB: BUT BUT VOYAGER WASN'T WOKE!!

Average Voyager Episode: The Doctor travels to a capitalist society where he teaches the people about the need for universal health care as the Captain is holding a hearing on whether Q has a right to bodily autonomy.

RWTB: Yes but look at all the fighting and war in Deep Space Nine! That's not woke!

Average DS9 episode: The Black captain is having visions from the prophets about fighting racism and his canonically trans best friend is talking with the first officer and chief engineer about their polycule.

RWTB: Oh but surely Picard's Enterprise wasn't like this.

Average TNG Episode: Will Riker is falling for a trans person from an agender society. Meanwhile, the genius Black disabled chief engineer and his autism-coded android best friend just saved another planet through science education.

Right wing tech bros: we love Star Trek but it's too woke nowadays. Too preachy. Kirk's show wasn't like this.

Average TOS episode: AI is bad and should never be allowed to run a society. Also, make peace because nationalism kills and every life form must be respected equally.

Toilet rolls are not chiral

Toilet roll holders are not chiral

Yet the toilet roll, toilet roll holder complex is chiral

I'm also finding myself altering my style to make it less GPTlike. Any time I can coin a phrase or construct a compoundnoun I jump at the chance. Red wiggly lines under the text are a badge of honour: I have written something that I know a human can read but which looks wrong to a machine.
One thing I didn't have on my bingo card was that the turning test would get harder over time. The first time I saw ChatGPT doing its thing I thought it was indistinguishable from a human. Now I can smell it a mile off.
Advance warning: from tomorrow, I'm going to start sharing a poem each day again; so, if you were ever thinking about closing down your social media accounts, now might be a good time.