do not be a hero, and certainly do not be a god

assorted reblogging + the occasional unfortunate thought // ao3

[imsobadatnicknames2]

9 out of 10 times I see people on here celebrating a new "landmark piece of anti-AI legislation" the legislation in question is inevitably some variation of "we propose making IP laws more restrictive but presented through the language of opposing AI". But that one from germany about holding google liable for the words of its AI overview feature is legitimately good I think. If they actively choose to shove that thing in everyone's face as the first thing they're going to see when they make a google search then they shouldn't be able to dodge accountability for the information it provides with a little "gemini AI can be inaccurate, please remember to double-check information teeheehee" disclaimer.

[acidtheater]

Most annoying online emotion is "I have a funny personal anacdote to add to this but it doxxes like all of my personal information"

[sketchydmitrix]

[woman-respecter]

it’s so hard for me to listen to heartbroken/angry breakup songs by straight men bc no matter how good the song is i’ll be like i’m not sure if i fully believe you. let’s hear her side of the story.

[mossquitoman]

came to me in a dream

[yorickless]

it's crazy how much the field of computing has been able to do with just semiconductors. imagine what would happen if they managed to get full conductors working. twice as much!

[nonbinary-wrath-month]

To say that masculinity is a flawed construct that inflicts serious psychological damage to many in its current state is true. To say that femininity in comparison is liberatory and pure and the "superior option" for most or all of the people on the planet is nuclear cope. Just weapons-grade ideological myopia. Please put the phone down and only return to the conversation when you can deepen your analysis beyond "this thing is evil because it makes me personally feel bad, and this thing is pure because it makes me personally feel good".

[stuckinapril]

I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

[sparrowlucero]

the doctor who episode that's both about an endless hotel that was built to house an ancient god and the way the main character's arrogant nature harms the people around him being titled "The God Complex" is maybe the most jealous i've been of a title ever. i should have thought of that.

[ceruleanheaven]

month starting on a monday we have no excuse guys lets get to work and lock the fuck in

[ceruleanheaven]

yk its actually very chic and avant garde to start on tuesday the second

[ceruleanheaven]

many claim theres nothing more subversive and revolutionary than starting on wednesday the third

[ceruleanheaven]

there are simply no words in the english language that can describe starting on thursday the fourth. thats how iconic it is

[ceruleanheaven]

choosing to start on friday the fifth. i just think its very inspiring

[ceruleanheaven]

lets all kill ourselves

[porkusmalorkus]

there is absolutely no social problem to which forcing women to be pregnant against their will is an acceptable response. that's the line sorry

[cosed]

there is no temptation greater on earth than that of museum gift shops

[incompetentcompetence]

Omg wait I never thought of the details as to why cultivation and stuff tends to only happen in historical settings other than for the aesthetic, but it’s really tragic to think that they’re actually some alternate worlds so fixated on the idea of cultivation that civilization just… couldnt progress.

[hamster428]

More than fixation of immortality I think it's interesting that they're positing a class system and discussing social responsibilities of the elites to the masses. Where cultivators are the ruling class/elites and humans are the working class that are kept poor, regressive, and bound to the cultivators for survival. People pay taxes through the teeth to fund cultivators and government activities; discentivized to farm food in favor of alfalfa corporation® objectives; and kept from technological advances because prosperity and independence make bad slaves. I can't believe I'm getting social commentaries beyond good sect bad sect in a 2026 xianxia but it's been such a pleasant surprise I am 🙌 here for it

[damndorothea]

i saw this somewhere else but reply / tag what you did today so everyone can see that we all did something different today

[seven-winged-liar]

hearing a beloved friend say the words 'can i be mean for a sec' is like watching an angel descend from the heavens and kiss you on the forehead

[tinyuglyworld]

good albums available on the internet archive free to listen/download

salems pot - pronounce this! (2016)

primal scream - screamadelica (1991)

the mars volta - de-loused in the comatorium (2003)

saki kobuta - 夢がたり (1979)

spice 1 - amerikkkas nightmare (1994)

kate bush - never for ever (1980)

mf doom - operation doomsday (1999)

joy division - unknown pleasures (1979)

acid bath - when the kite string pops (1994)

massive attack - mezzanine (1998)

black flag - my war (1984)

king crimson - in the court of the crimson king (1969)

lauryn hill - the miseducation of lauryn hill (1998)

brian jonestown massacre - methodrone (1995)

nas - illmatic (1994)

santigold - self titled (2008)

alice in chains - facelift (1990)

garbage - version 2.0 (1998)

machine girl - wlfgrl (2014)

mass of the fermenting dregs - world is yours (2009)

butthole surfers - electriclarryland (1996)

pink floyd - the dark side of the moon (1973)

a tribe called quest - the low end theory (1999)

bjork - debut (1993)

fleetwood mac - rumours (1977)

i highly advise using the webamp feature to list to these, its so cool. soon i'll find more and make a part two to this.

[not-terezi-pyrope]

Genuinely, I think the most publicly visible AI advance so far this year is how thoroughly and abruptly the "image generators can't do legible text" problem has beem fixed.

For those who haven't been paying attention, this is a recent ChatGPT output. It can do this sort of dense sensible text in images totally one shot, so don't rely on bad text to identify AI images any more.

[crypticspyder]

Was the text also generated? was it generated before, and given as an input, or was it generated with the image?

[not-terezi-pyrope]

The text was its own invention.

Here is the entire interaction that produced this image:

I've seen other people do much more sinister things with this! You can produce 100% realistic fake screenshots of news articles, tweets, that sort of thing, if you can convince the bot it's kosher to do so.

[theothin]