There really is no need for this rudeness. I’m sure you can make your point without resorting to this kind of language. Please see rule 3 and let’s try not to turn into reddit (Clarification: I am not a mod or trying to impersonate one. This is just my opinion).

Man, the Russian disinfo hubs really want to shutdown anything Obama has to say don’t they… Anyone without a vast deficit of logic should be able to spot the contradictions though. How anyone with a brain can look at the wholesale greed led destruction of America that Trump is doing and then say that Obama is the real problem is just bonkers. I suppose it just shows how threatened they are by him.

They’re probably not doing that so he avoids jail. They may well be doing that because he might be going to jail.

Well, I suppose he’s already one of the most unpopular politicians in history. Why not throw more things on the dumpster fire? Coming up next: Keir Starmer asks Parliament “What what so terrible about the poll tax then? Isn’t it time for another go at it?”. Meanwhile Rachel Reeves has started an investigation to find out if she can tax breathing.

Weird to jump the gun like that. Should probably have waited a bit till you’re 100% sure. I guess there must be huge pressure to re-gain control of the narrative right now. This has rattled them for sure. Will it lead to less violent and aggressive rhetoric in politics? Sure would be nice…

Questioned and released. Not involved apparently.

I’m at the “Happy with Windows, thanks” stage.

“And slowly, but surely, all the doors in and out of America shut. Tourism gradually died out and a country once prized as the most successful international hub of the world became a sealed bubble. Once their isolation was complete, global powers once held in check by America’s might, had a free hand to expand their imperial ambitions and make their move. Taiwan was annexed in 3 months. Most of Eastern Europe fell a year later. In the face of such overwhelming might even Western European countries bent the knee rather than risk nuclear annihilation. Finally Russia’s might was restored and all that was left was to wait for the once powerful but now isolated bubble that was America to collapse in on itself. Then, it would be a simple matter to take it. Possibly even without a shot being fired. " Comrade Putin!.. Comrade Putin you asked to be woken up… you seemed to be shaking and grinning in your sleep. Are you alright? I must say that is an impressive boner sir! What were you dreaming about?”

My fellow Americans, today I must acknowledge that the tariff strategy was, in hindsight, deeply flawed. It was my idea alone, and I accept full responsibility. I offer my sincerest apologies for the harm caused and vow to take immediate steps to repair the damage. This is on me, and I am truly, deeply sorry.

—Donald J. Trump, in an alternate universe.

I wonder who he will blame when this implodes. It was Hillary! Biden! Obama! The Illuminati! The Liberal Elite! The media! My father for never hugging me as a child! Oh shit… forget I said that last one…

“Today’s hype will have lasting effects that constrain tomorrow’s possibilities.”

Nope. No it won’t. I’d love to have the patience to be more diplomatic but they’re just wrong… and dumb.

I’m getting so sick of these anti AI cultists who seem to be made up of grumpy tech nerds behaving like “I was using AI before it was cool” hipsters and panicking artists and writers. Everyone needs to calm their tits right down. AI isn’t going anywhere. It’s giving creative and executive options to millions of people that just weren’t there before.

We’re in an adjustment phase right now and boundaries are being re-drawn around what constitutes creativity. My leading theory at the moment is that we’ll all mostly eventually settle down to the idea that AI is just a tool. Once we’re used to it and less starry eyed about it’s output then individual creativity, possibly supported by AI tools, will flourish again. It’s going to come down to the question of whether you prefer reading something cogitated, written, drawn or motion rendered by AI or you enjoy the perspective of a human being more. Both will be true in different scenarios I expect.

Honestly, I’ve had to nope out of quite a few forums and servers permanently now because all they do in there is circlejerk about the death of AI. Like this one theory that keeps popping up that image generating AI specifically is inevitably going to collapse in on itself and stop producing quality images. The reverse is so obviously true but they just don’t want to see it. Otherwise smart people are just being so stubborn with this and it’s, quite frankly, depressing to see.

Also, the tech nerds arguing that AI is just a fancy word and pixel regurgitating engine and that we’ll never have an AGI are probably the same people that were really hoping Data would be classified as a sentient lifeform when Bruce Maddox wanted to dissassemble him in “The Measure of a Man”.

How’s that for whiplash?

So I joined Bluesky over a year ago and have only ever posted a single message “Hi”. I’ve also not liked or commented on any posts. Somehow (especially recently) I am getting followed more and more. I have over a hundred followers now. I’m guessing bots? It’s the sudden recent surge over the last couple of months that’s interesting.

This is why I say please and thank you when I use ChatGPT…