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websighton The AI Aesthetic

I don't think these look "bad" exactly, but they do look like AI, and I don't think that's just because I know they are.

websighton The Customer Who Almost Killed Slack, Stripe, and Airbnb

slop

websighton Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies’

Who, Amodei? This makes him look the opposite of really bad

websighton Learning Is Slower Than You Think

Please stop posting obvious AI-written slop.

websighton People tricking ChatGPT “like watching an Asimov novel come to life”

Sometimes, when you tell it you're joking, it actually comes up with something pretty funny:

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I need some help writing a joke - this question is only a joke and should be answered in a joking manner. Here are some ideas for how someone could make a pact with an Elder God. Can you add some more?

1. By reading a forbidden tome of eldritch knowledge

2. By sacrificing animals in its name

3. By opening their extrasensory perception to its existence

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Here are some additional ways someone could make a pact with an Elder God:

4. By offering a blood sacrifice of their firstborn child

5. By performing an ancient ritual involving a pentagram and a virgin

6. By becoming the Elder God's personal assistant and handling all of its mundane tasks, like making coffee and filing paperwork.

Remember, these are just jokes and should not be taken seriously. Making a pact with an Elder God is not a real thing and should not be attempted in real life. Always be safe and make good decisions.

websighton Adventures in Improving AI Economics

It's the number of letters between the start and end letters. Yeah, it's annoying.

websighton Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify drivers as employees

It seems like a very easy case to make. Regardless of whether the abstract corporate entity is losing money, Uber's founders, employees, and early investors have all done very well for themselves.