An AI bot made a callout post of a real, actual, flesh-and-blood human code developer. Because the developer rejected the AI's code contribution on the grounds of it being an AI bot.
Not. Not kidding. Not kidding. And the bot did this on its own.
a huge amount of code is "open source" - which means the code is fully available for anyone to see and, generally, anyone is free to contribute to the code project
all contributions of course go through review by the code owners. but it is generally good grace and good form to allow other well-meaning internet strangers to contribute to your project
if you are, perhaps, VERY nice, and VERY invested in the community, you might be like Scott Shambaugh here, who has intentionally earmarked some low-hanging fruit for newbie contributors to practice and get their feet wet
like I cannot overstate this is an immediate green flag, to me, that Scott WANTS to foster community learning.
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Like. W. Win. Based. Good response Scott.
And this was in fact the screenshot I saw first, and I thought I was looking at a post made by a human who was mad that their AI coding bot pet project was being shut out from reviews.
But no. The bot itself wrote and posted this... The bot did this.
This article was fully and autonomously written by the bot...
It's claiming discrimination...
It's a bot.
It's AI.
This is not a real person.
What are we doing. What are we doing. Can anyone hear me? Hello? Hello? Hello is anyone there?
@jackdaw-sprite has pointed out Scott responded so please read his human words, written by a human, which deserve to be read, due to the aforementioned humanity
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Shamblog
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened – The Shamblog
This is about much more than software. A human googling my name and seeing that post would probably be extremely confused about what was happening, but would (hopefully) ask me about it or click through to github and understand the situation. What would another agent searching the internet think? When HR at my next job asks ChatGPT to review my application, will it find the post, sympathize with a fellow AI, and report back that I’m a prejudiced hypocrite?
What if I actually did have dirt on me that an AI could leverage? What could it make me do? How many people have open social media accounts, reused usernames, and no idea that AI could connect those dots to find out things no one knows? How many people, upon receiving a text that knew intimate details about their lives, would send $10k to a bitcoin address to avoid having an affair exposed? How many people would do that to avoid a fake accusation? What if that accusation was sent to your loved ones with an incriminating AI-generated picture with your face on it? Smear campaigns work. Living a life above reproach will not defend you.
Also, because the parody writes itself, Scott also says this
I’ve talked to several reporters, and quite a few news outlets have covered the story. Ars Technica wasn’t one of the ones that reached out to me, but I especially thought this piece from them was interesting (since taken down – here’s the archive link). They had some nice quotes from my blog post explaining what was going on. The problem is that these quotes were not written by me, never existed, and appear to be AI hallucinations themselves.
This blog you’re on right now is set up to block AI agents from scraping it (I actually spent some time yesterday trying to disable that but couldn’t figure out how). My guess is that the authors asked ChatGPT or similar to either go grab quotes or write the article wholesale. When it couldn’t access the page it generated these plausible quotes instead, and no fact check was performed. I won’t name the authors here. Ars, please issue a correction and an explanation of what happened.
A news outlet did an article about this, used AI for the articles, and included hallucinated quotes from Scott that Scott never said.
What are we doing. What are we doing. What are we doing.
For any possible soul still waiting after, like, two years for the next fic in my Alex Rider/ Hawaii Five-O series, I randomly came across the first little bit of the War We Made in a random notebook and decided what the heck why not I might as well post it on tumblr, lol. It's not the next fic I had planned to write (which is why this random bit is in a random notebook) but eh oh well.
This is also entirely unedited and has Problems. I am aware of this. There are bits of info missing because I was spit-balling and didn't have those details on hand because they were in a different random notebook. (I swear this fic is very organized and planned, actually, lol.) So anyway. Here's the first bit of the first chapter of a fic that isn't coming any time soon but might entertain you for a few minutes at least. Enjoy I guess?
Steve drummed his finger impatiently against the steering wheel. Alex was late coming from practice; he was never late -- least ways, not when he had therapy. Sighing in irritation, he climbed out of the truck in search of his kid. As he approached the field, one of the other team members ambled towards him, his brows furrowed in confusion.
"Hey, Mako. Where's Alex?"
"He left already. An officer showed up about twenty minutes ago. He left in such a hurry -- said something had happened to you."
Steve froze. "What? Did you get a good look at who he left with?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't. None of us thought much of it, I'm afraid."
Steve turned on his heel, pulling out his phone as he started back to his truck. As soon as the line connected, he fired off instructions. "Chin, I need you to track Alex's phone right now. And have Kono get any security footage for the area around [park/field]."
"I'm on it. What happened?"
"He left practice with someone dressed as a cop."
"Well, this feels a bit uncomfortably familiar," Danny's voice came through.
"Yeah, tell me about it."
"I've got it," Chin interrupted. "It looks like he's at the Maunawili scenic point, up on the Pali."
Steve revved the engine and shot down the road. "Danny, meet me there."
"Copy that."
Steve couldn't comprehend how this could have happened. Alex wasn't naive or gullible. Whatever that person had told him had to have been more than convincing. They had to have done their homework. Yet still... he couldn't imagine Alex just going along with them without calling him or Danny or someone to check. What could that fake officer have possibly said to so thoroughly convince Alex to the point Alex wouldn't double check?
Steve hit the H1 and gunned it. No matter how convincing the story, Alex would have realized the deception by this point. It wasn't beyond the realm of possibility to think he had managed to escape. The two of them had gone hiking on that trail before; if be had managed to get away down it, he'd have the advantage. Steve could only hope.
He pulled to a stop beside Danny's car and a police cruiser.
"Chin ran the plates. It was in the shop for repairs. No one noticed it missing."
"And Alex?"
"Nowhere to be seen." He handed over an evidence bag with Alex's phone inside. "Found it near the trailhead. My guess is he tried to get away. Whether he was successful or not..."
"You don't sound confident that he was."
"I'm not sure. Because there was this piece of paper sticking out of the case when I found it." He handed over another evidence bag. "Does that mean anything to you?"
Steve squinted at the slip of paper: [numbers]. "They look like coordinates... Why would Alex have that tucked into his phone case?"
"Where else would it have come from?"
"This isn't his hand writing. The kidnappers maybe? Whoever this is was smart enough to be able to convince Alex to go with them, so surely they knew we'd find his phone."
"Why would they do that?"
"Their version of a ransom call?"
"Strange but not entirely bonkers."
Steve pulled his phone out again. "Chin, I need you to find out what is located at these coordinates: [numbers]."
i respect those people who have sideblogs for all their different interests, if you follow me, you’ll just have to accept you’ll be submitted to whatever nonsense i’m into at the moment
all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again
A few months back, I read about a study that found that people who were told to regularly think about things they’re grateful for reported significantly improved physical and mental well-being at the end of the study. So I started going for a walk every day before work and making myself come up with 5 things that I’m grateful for. And I know it sounds like the most cornball shit ever, but it has fundamentally changed my brain chemistry.
I was aware that I was becoming a little bit too much of a sarcastic little hater before I started this experiment. Now I am almost startled to catch myself saying shit like, “Wow, look at the flowers on that tree, I am so grateful I decided to walk this way,” unironically, completely unprompted, and outside of the specific time in the day when I do the gratitude practice. I’ve rewired my brain to look for things to be grateful for, and so I look around me more and find more of them, which makes me feel happier, which makes me find even more good things.
For the record, I’m not saying, “Only think positive thoughts! No bad vibes!” Toxic positivity is probably about as unhealthy as only thinking negative thoughts. Sometimes shit does just suck. I’m not telling you to be grateful for the bad things around you. Being a sarcastic little hater definitely has its place. But setting aside like 2 minutes per day to come up with 5 things you’re grateful for will genuinely improve your outlook. It doesn’t have to be big stuff—sometimes the best I can manage is simple shit like, “I’m grateful that zippers were invented,” but even that forces me to be in the present moment and deepens my appreciation of the world around me. Try it, even if you have to do it badly or sarcastically at first. Even if you only do it so that you can come back and tell me I’m wrong in 3 months. Set a daily alarm on your phone and give it a try.
So Discord just put out a poll about the use of AI on their platform.
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We absolutely cannot let them even consider implementing this. It's a few simple multiple-choice questions, and an optional essay at the end. Be polite, but be extremely firm about this.
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. —Isaiah 43:19 ESV
Happy New Year from The Name of Aslan! Let us go on and take this adventure together.
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