Out of all the robo-cult grifters, Kurzweil is an authentically tragic figure
A prompt enjoyer does eschatology. Along the way he abuses mathematics, Ohio, and a chinchilla.
Sorry this is tiktok but it feels very relevant: https://www.tiktok.com/@keegantindall/video/7324804303376436526
Do you reckon it was a net negaive for them? It's heartening (to me) that it was such a damp squib, and it's always entertaining to witness the civillians' reaction to their first taste of TPOT.
Seeing these dingdongs in the sunlight helps observers get over the "It cant be that stupid" barrier, in my experience.
Btw, been appreciating your posts lately!
AAaas: Arthur Anderson as a Service.
patio11 and tptacek are experts on daycares in Minnesota. This is very on topic for a technology website that eschews politics.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46915587
It's a real fuckin scum scrum over there(1). Between these dorks and Mozilla Jake, it seems like every nerd-ass fash clown in tech got the memo to talk like an emotionally abusive ex with dying wizard characteristics.
(1) even more so than ususal
Are you a bird watcher?
In Great Depression 2 news...
Goldman Sachs taps Anthropic’s Claude to automate accounting, compliance roles:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/anthropic-goldman-sachs-ai-model-accounting.html
This could be its own post. Very nice!
Axios publishes an ad for Anthropic. tptacek bravely defends a corporation from unimpressed fellow hackers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902909
Edit: tptacek implies that Ludic no longer stands behind Contra Ptacek's Terrible Article On AI, which I don't believe.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46906403
tptacek explains that the one armed bandit addiction loop is good actually:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46905142
Edit2: He took off to his Xafe space. Getting Mozilla Jake vibes. lol at tptacek calling it the orange site:
A cursed idea:
North Koreans futzing around and trying to train a model on Juche Thought.