RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116688039071746650

Archive.org link to this Ted Chiang article on LLMs (I had to stop the page loading once the text appears, or the Atlantic forces it to jump to an error page)

Worth the read.

'In writing this essay, I have spent more time indulging [Anthropic's fantasies about Claude] than they deserve, in the hopes that it will keep you from spending your time indulging them.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260604082158/https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/

The rsync story is, as usual, more nuanced than social media might have it. Sigh.

https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0

Warning: robot kangaroos

https://macropoddynamics.com/

PSA:

1. If you are not silly, it is vital you become silly

2. If you are silly, you must stay silly

2. If you used to be silly but have stopped, you must make all efforts to return to silliness

I feel like not enough people have seen this drawing I made some years back

#mastoart #fediart #illustration #messengerbag #fashion

Ok, maybe this is the indica talking, but... I should run for US President. And my VP and all my cabinet will also be menopausal women. Cranky, put upon, tired of people's shit, just freaking done performing niceness, menopausal women.

And our campaign slogan will be "Just get out of the damn way so we can fix it" and our logo will be an exasperated eye roll. (tagline: I can see you.)

Our campaign will basically be the New Deal, only Newer. And with Tribunals. There must be a reckoning.

Sure, there will be a messy transition as we drag the reprobates to their timeout corners, but these things happen. That's why stain blocking paint was invented.

Vote MissConstrue's Cantankerous Coven: Let's Give Matriarchy a Try

(this is really good indica)