ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
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If we met an alien species, would any of our units of measurement be the same?
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It's #SmallBusinessSaturday! I have a very small business: a jewelry shop run by me with help from my husband. (Sometimes my mom and dad take me to the post office.)
I do simple gemstone work as well as fused glass, which I make in a tiny tabletop kiln.
https://www.nora.jewelry/ HOLIDAY23 for 10% off.
Boosts help me out!
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“It’s time to turn off this car accident of a tech future, and get on with reclaiming the world from this new generation of robber barons. These are not the demigods we’re looking for.” @Rushkoff brilliant article.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/25/we-will-coup-whoever-we-want-the-unbearable-hubris-of-musk-and-the-billionaire-tech-bros
#books
#socialmedia #technology
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I came across this cartoon/meme this morning and literally spit out my coffee. 😂 #AlienHumor
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I'm a disabled artisan and I have built my artistic practice around my limitations. I'm not able to sit or stand for extended periods of time, so I spend time looking for interesting parts to put together for assembled pieces from bed. And I rest while the kiln runs.
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you're reading that right - duct tape levels are at 90%
(90%) ■■■■■■■■■□
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With the OpenAI clownshow, there's been renewed media attention on the xrisk/"AI safety"/doomer nonsense. Personally, I've had a fresh wave of reporters asking me naive questions (as well as some contacts from old hands who are on top of how to handle ultra-rich man-children with god complexes). 🧵1/
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NaNoWriMo 2023, day 24: 50,067 words and pretty much done!
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silly AI dream
Had a dream in which I took a photo of several everyday objects on a table (keys, diver's license, etc.) and then asked GPT-4 to describe the contents of the picture.
It got pretty far, but then made up a story about the driver's license holder being an international spy, and interpreted everything in the rest of the photograph to fit the theme.
Since the dream itself was made-up, does this count as a meta-hallucination? 
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Anyone in the UK collect or have an interest in old hand operated sewing machines? I've had this in my shed for years and it needs to go to a new home.
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November 24, 1974, the fossils of the first Australopithecus afarensis specimen, known as Lucy after the Beatle song "Lucy in the Sky with 💎💎 , found by Don Johanson & his team 💀
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Not only was it not a terrorist attack, the model of Bentley that ran into a barrier and exploded at the Rainbow Bridge crossing, killing the occupants, was subject to a recall in 2021 due to a "stuck accelerator" problem.
Incoming negligence lawsuit (against Bentley) ahoy ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/border-incident-erroneous-reporting-1.7036978
Turns out that my #nanowrimo novel needs a reasonably accurate timeline of pregnancy and labor. The research I'm doing is going to get me like ads for diapers for the next three years, isn't it?
You call it The World Tree, I call it a menace to aerial navigation!
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Two reviews for the price of one!
Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species is a detailed and even-handed analysis that convincingly argues why Wallace deserves recognition as the co-discoverer of the theory of evolution.
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/11/24/book-review-wallace-darwin-and-the-origin-of-species/
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Evolution #Darwin #Wallace #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @bookstodon @royalsociety @harvard_press
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
