I can only offer my solidarity and sympathies. If I were still living in the US, I’d probably have started taking firearms training and bought some by now.

You're welcome!

How much of this is the AI bubble collapsing vs. Ohiophobia

I had heard a bunch of positive press about him (the trees stuff, etc.) but didn’t look into him because why should I care about a youtuber? Then I found out he was part of the ghost kitchen craze and was selling candy bars. I saw his face on a supermarket standee and thought: that is mason verger after consulting a PR firm. That’s the pre-evolution of mitch mcconnell. Of course he does squid game shit to entertain children.

gibberish.awful.systems, to form GAS

You’ve probably just spoken it into existence, friend

His LinkedIn has no background in tech beyond serving on the board of google health. He’s essentially just some guy!

jurisdictional polymath

To borrow a term from the podcast "Scam Goddess", a "serial entrepreneur", which in turn is just a scam artist.

Apple fanboys: "Apple has a singular, perfect vision for how people should interact with technology. I would get all my sensory organs replaced by Apple peripherals if I could. They should be allowed to trample us."

NB: apple has trampled over me but not my spirit

I’ve started noticing what might be described as “filler art” being done by AI. For example, while a local restaurant was being constructed, it had boards up to obscure the goings on with AI art on it- easily distinguished by bad hands, disturbing looking noodles, and amorphous blobs resembling, uh, more morphous blobs. I didn’t take any photos because I didn’t want to ruin the sanctity of my phone.

Once they finally opened I tried their food and it sucked.

Why does it always have to be fascists? Can't it be an eldritch force without a scrutable motivation?

Are there OpenAI employees who aren't already in a TREACLESian cult? That's the only way I'd believe them thinking that any cult rituals that their "spiritual leader" performs are strange.