Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.
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The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
House of Saud (publication, not the royals) asks if the Iran war was caused by AI sycophancy.
I'm reminded of the Kremlin reality distortion field that appears to have informed the decision to invade Ukraine.
Worthy read, but it smelled like it had been drafted by AI too. Lots of the tropes and a bit repetitive.
Also importantly, WAY too praising of Anthropic.
A) At this point I would be more surprised to learn that AI psychosis wasn't infecting the upper tiers of the white house tbh. Like, at this point we could get a leak that Hegseth had been developing a literal god complex alongside his LLM mistress and I wouldn't bat an eye.
B) It seems like a particularly bad sign that this is coming from thr Saudis given that they've been a consistent ally that the US has spent a lot of material resources and political capital to support. Ed: not actually an official Saudi government source. When you assume you make an ass of yourself, etc.
Not the Saudis, just a Saudi focused outlet.
That this comes from the Saudi Royal Family is especially rich because of the amount of plain-ol' sycophancy around Neom.