This is a poorly drawn illustration of a rectangular pig. The background of the image is cream, the pig is brown and is standing on yellow hay. Above the pig is text which reads: "Don't let your dreams be dreams. Become rectangle. Embrace the hog."
so i've been thinking about The Hog a normal amount. @themerl.bsky.social
LA Times: Elon Musk company bot apologizes
Newsweek: Elon Musk's Grok Apologizes
International Business Times: Grok Issues Apologies
The Hill: Musk's AI chatbot Grok apologizes
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
The one who knocks • Chalk on paper #breakingbad #bryancranston #art
It’s true. This is the largest transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richest in our nation's history.
Alicia from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 • Chalk on paper
#expedition33 #clairobscur
The AI boom requires massive data centers that consume enormous amounts of water and energy.
Tech CEOs have plans for hundreds more hyperscale facilities in the coming years, but activists around the world are fighting back and forcing us to ask who really benefits from Silicon Valley’s future.
When I did the podcast on how DOGE is destroying science, too many people responded with "We should let Elon know, I'm sure he'd be appalled!"
Huge amount of resistance to acknowledging what is really going on, and the motivations behind it.
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...