Alex, Sweetheart of the Internet

Get it? Like an atom smasher, except a name. Not my name though, I'm Alex. 38 year old they/he in Philly.

[adamsmasher]

[wizardelf]

[enki2]

[thebdelliumlady]

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Here's a link to an article about the study from the Stanford Report: link.

[chapscher]

Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.

Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).

[depsidase]

[free-my-mindd]

[summerbluelily]

New philosophy unlocked 💖

[teaboot]

Today I got to say out loud “I am recommending that we do not press charges because they apologized, nobody was hurt, and it was objectively very funny” and contractually speaking that is the absolute most I can say on the matter, but suffice it to say I am in fact living the dream

[teamrocketgender]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[adamsmasher]

There's a pokemon for that!

[elbiotipo]

we don't hate J.J. Abrams enough

[elbiotipo]

Branson Reese, whoever you are, I keep your words in my heart all the time.

[kaijuerotica]

"branson reese, whoever you are" put some respect on the smooth sharks one fear man's name

[emil]

man i thought the name on one fear was Beanson. for eleven fucking years. Beanson.

[adamsmasher]

Also check out his DND podcast, Rude Tales of Magic!!! One of my favorites

[schroedingerssillyrabbit]

[thegaymertrainer]

Ribbon dancing I was not aware of your evolution 🤯

[were--ralph]

Okay this makes sense now actually. Kristen should have been able to fly, I think Brennan wasn't being realistic or was just unaware.

[were--ralph]

@samreich I feel like Brennan owes Ally an apology

[zegalba]

Katamari Damacy: CD Soundtrack (2004)

[suppermariobroth]

In the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, driving too wildly within the tube near the beginning of Lap 3 of the 3DS Rainbow Road track may cause the driver to clip through the walls and get ejected into space, as seen in the footage.

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[adamsmasher]

God forbid women do anything

[dragongirlbunny]

you don't like mourning dove? hwoo hoo hoo hoo?

[adamsmasher]

I was really funny on Instagram and I wanna talk about it

[dogpuppy]

[deanwinchesterapologist]

just found out you can do more than one thing each day. i was just doing the one

[tuckyourshirt]

this literally isn't true please stop spreading lies

[tsunderrated]

Oh you thought I would be your golden retriever boyfriend? Sorry I’m your husky boyfriend. AWOWOOOOOROTOTOOOOOOAUAUAUAUAUAUAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAWAWAEAEAEAEAWAWAWAWAWAAAAAAAAA