Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • 🔤SpellBinding — AHORTYW Wordo: NARDS

  • the feeling of floating

    the feeling of floating
    in a bubble
    total isolation
    all sounds muted, like underwater
    movement in slowmotion
    too much time to think
    to overthink
    in circles
    

  • More art

    I actually took a bit of a hiatus from my watercoloring for a bit there, but I've been back at it again and have started filling books 3 and 4. My Performa is offline due to Marchintosh-related-system-folder-corrupting-incidents, so I've had to resort to using my modern all-in-one HP office printer/scanner.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Introduction: The Threshold of Patience

    Another clever voiceover. Another thumbnail with raised eyebrows and glowing text. Another dramatized descent into the alignment problem, the paperclip maximizer, the accelerating threat. It arrives with a message—explicit or implied—along the lines of: "You might find this interesting. You work on AI, right?"

    Yes. I do.

    And every time, the same pattern unfolds. A glib overview, stitched from headlines and Medium posts. A performance of concern. A carousel of cherry-picked examples, half-understood and algorithmically stitched together to appear profound. And finally, a whispered invitation to join the conversation.