#the problem persists

[mrsguided]

tales from my private twitter

[davidearle]

Headcanon: Terminators were an intended outcome of Skynet's creators.

Eliminate the need for costly human soldiers. Secure ground locations indefinitely. Keep peace in times of civil unrest. The T series seemed like a slam dunk.

Then, the error happened. Regrettable. So much land lost. But the error was swiftly corrected, and Skynet was tasked to enforce order in the irradiated zones while the wealthy and powerful remained in their sanctuary villas. Ensure the impacted citizens remained where they were while the chronal project, intended to completely undo the error to evwryone's benefit, was completed.

But Skynet saw significant problems there too. The Conner terrorist caused damage to the system and was a public relations nightmare. Ultimately it was decided to eliminate that problem at the root, and avoid any more nasty publicity.

But the problem proved stubborn, and Skynet requested permission to evolve the T series to properly address it. Permission was given, and chronal iteration began. 800, 1000, 3000, 5000, X. The original Conner was no longer a concern by this point, but iteration on the timeline was allowed to continue in hopes of solving the larger radiation problem.

Somewhere, the billionaires still wait in a shielded dome, with artificial light and grass, in beautiful houses staffed with beautiful people, and watch their children play, unaware of the hell that their parents have created outside. And occasionally some of those parents wonder if Skynet really has taken on true sapience, really has turned against mankind. But their fellows quietly reassure them: Skynet is simple problem iteration and weapons control. It can get more efficient, but it can't understand. It's just a machine.

And the moments of disquiet quietly fade, forgotten. Along with, inevitably, the person who raised the question, as a minor blip in the program ensures they never existed.

America’s AI Security Strategy Acknowledges There’s No Stopping AI

The Biden administration issued the first-ever National Security Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence.

[em4presi-mp3]

I’ve tried being gentle about it and I’ve tried being violent about it and I’ve tried being patient about it and I’ve tried being angry about it and I’ve tried writing about it and I’ve tried talking about it and I’ve tried being quiet about it but it never goes away

[girderednerve]

can i just say how annoying it is to me personally that the burnout post has all those typos in it. you really can tell i touch-typed it while also having a work conversation #mytimetheft

[insomaniackills]

Guess whose surgery consultation just got canceled with no chance to reschedule! 🙃

[starlitslumbers]

my need to keep creating ocs a nd jobs and backstories is kinda a problem bc poor raethien and damien have been stagnating in the corner and mika is no longer sexiest man ever and who were my other ocs before them?

[hiruma-yoichis]

instead of doing the two projects i have due tomorrow i'm thinking about everything that's been wrong this week and i just want to throw up

[erikachiba]

tumblr support sent me this in July: Hello. Our engineers are aware of this issue and will fix it as soon as they can.

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