Obviously, this would be contingent on wedging his ass out of the throne he's currently building.

Maybe not a likely outcome, but if Trump and/or Musk misused government data *and it can be proven* it would be pretty hilarious to watch one or both have their fortunes vaporized by the largest class action lawsuit in history.

I'm involved in many discussions with artists, and it's sometimes shocking how easily they turn on those who even obliquely question the dominant narrative.

That's bad. We need our artists asking hard questions and creating new paradigms of thought, even--especially!--if they make us uncomfortable.

The ground was so fertile for fascist infection that I don't know how we didn't see it coming.

We live in a golden age of negation.

It is far easier to take down a burgeoning line of thought with a few googled facts than it is to formulate it. Social media promotes herd orthodoxy by brigading anyone who steps out of existence. Earnest belief is easily mocked.

People get paid to write memos like this.

Gotta buy that Falaise Pocket dip.

Mine provided a roadmap and KPIs for a thief, but clearly I'm a treasure hunter.

Cliff Claven is not a bad comp: has a wide variety of facts but is lacking on context or insight. You definitely don't want to trust what he says without looking it up to confirm.

Trump "I'm interested in overthrowing the Republic and installing myself as god-king to enrich myself and help out the hostile foreign power that helped me take the throne."

Headline: Trump Eyes Government, Fiscal. Foreign Policy Reforms

He bought me a soda
He bought me a soda
He bought me a soda

Yeah, I think it's the analyst in me that wants there to be another at least plausible scenario... but I'm at a loss and there's no way it's the former so 🤷‍♂️

I've been really wracking my brain, looking for an explanation for the board's behavior aside from

"They actually believe Tesla will be the most profitable company in history"

Or

"It's a scam and they need Elon to keep the stock price up."

And I can't seem to come up with anything plausible.

Same thing with all this these raging alphas that feel like they have to irradiate their taints or drink whale penis smoothies to get their testosterone up and be masculine. Like, maybe masculine just isn't for you?

It's kind of a touchy thing because I don't want to imply that there's anything wrong with being gay or that every homophobe is just closeted, but every time I hear rhetoric like "heterosexuality must be cultivated," I scratch my head.

I've found it to be quite easy, even with no formal training.

Instead, because I had a brainfart and couldn't remember the word "API"I had to fight New Google to describe it because it now thinks it knows what I want more than I do.

It's enraging. Google used to be predictable and efficient. Now it's a fight to try to get the results you need.

The products we need are gateways, things like dynamic APIs that can speak both to a user and another machine to get you what you need.

All because these fools could make the less exciting (but still cool!) truthful claim: that LLMs represent a way to allow regular people to use natural language to interface with computers.

But we've only just begun to see the backlash against AI in the consumer sphere. Some of that was inevitable with a radical technology, but most of it is just over-promising a product that would, right out of the box, transform your life.

The reality is that in many cases it makes the product work.

Maybe they are hiring the mark on the research side. Dedicated, domain-trained AI research agents have massive potential when used properly, but I can't say I have a good sense on how far they've come thus far.

But they are just not delivering... at least on the consumer side. General purpose chatbots can be entertaining and even useful, but I struggle to think of a single time I've had "AI" crammed into an existing product and enjoyed the experience.

Between early returns on AI-ifying everything and the general hype storm that they built up, they've created these massive valuations that have been leveraged into absolutely unheard-of investments in hardware and facilities.

And people wanted AI. They were excited about it!

But Silicon Valley disrupters got high on their own supply (of ketamine) and convinced entire industries that if they didn't split an AI-enhanced product, all the other toaster manufacturers would leave them in the dust.

I am fascinated by the tech and think it could absolutely be a major positive to humanity, but whenever I get a product with an AI gimmick, I'm looking for a way to disable it.

When it's all said and done, the consumer launch of AI is going to be seen as one of the most awful flops in history.

The technology will certainly end up making a very big impact, but it's crazy how fast these people turned everyone against the idea of AI by shoehorning it into the dumbest places.

Can't get the idea from @jamellebouie.net that Trump is the white Idi Amin out of my head.

I mean, big, menacing, book dumb but with a dangerous cunning. Both have an unrequited pathological need to be loved by Scotland.

Yes, his ability to exploit empathy in people who are able to feel it.

Anyway, I'll keep watching, because the subject matter is interesting and I want the show to stay on the air. For that reason, I'm glad it seems like people like it a lot more than I do.

But I really hope it hits its stride soon.

Last complaint: there's a character that's 11 years old that (for yada yada plot reasons) she's played by an adult.

But she talks like she's 6. It just doesn't feel like the dialogue is coming from someone who has recently been around kids of that age, and it makes some of those scenes painful.

And while there's definitely some well done stuff of that type, a major plot point revolves around one of the biggest flashy lights techno-magical hand waives that you'll see in SF, and that feels like it violates something foundational to the Alien ethos.