the number of smart people (including people in tech) I've talked to who genuinely think their chatbot is sentient (or very close) is WAY more unsettling than the distant threat of Skynet

It really cannot be overstated that COVID happened, suddenly a bunch of absentee tech dads were forced to stay home where they saw their kids playing Animal Crossing while talking on Discord, then collectively decided to light a trillion dollars on fire to make Snow Crash IRL.

We can all thank Artemis II for giving us the delightful phrase 'donate liquid'

The God-Emperor of Mankind is a solid #2 pick for Worst Dad in Science Fiction, but i feel like Worf still clinches the title.

For those who celebrate

Kid Rock says he didn't lip sync at his halftime show
He is correct - Milli & Vanilli would both be ashamed

if you can't accept that great authors were creeps and weirdos you simply can't be a fan of science fiction

You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity

Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.

They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.

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the fact that the NRA is offering even this incredibly mild level of resistance is significant.

People do not like what they are seeing.

a skilled ER nurse with a deep sense of civic responsibility is exactly the kind of person you want carrying a firearm.

every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.

'Chariots of the Gods' author Erich von Däniken dies at 90 Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him both fame and scorn, has died at age 90

The Girlboss Daddy of Fake History has finally logged off. Erich von Däniken spent a lifetime selling the idea that brown people couldn't stack rocks without ET's help. He’s gone, but the brain rot he planted lives on... abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...

Shit like this is why they'll lose, in the long run. It's just a question of how many of us survive their defeat.

I just don't think that anybody understands what humanity is. I think the most common and most intuitive models might just be super wrong.