How much of that is the difference between creating and consuming, rather than a difference between the two media? For example, it's a lot more fun to make something with image generation yourself than to look at AI generated imagery made by someone else.
See also the Bluey episode "Faceytalk".
The movie Timecode (2000) appears to do this, with the whole thing playing out in four simultaneous streams. However, if you look closely, it's actually using clever sound editing to direct your attention to one of the streams at any given moment, with the others giving at most peripheral context.
alright, I found my first genuine shuddery evil done with AI writing.
a post about how to prepare when a parent is diagnosed with dementia. written by AI. but most importantly, *replies* also written by AI, insisting in an aggressive 'tough love' tone.
substack.com/@naomialderm...
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, gazed up at the enormous face. Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Ebenezer Scrooge.
And now for some great news. New Murderbot book coming. Thank you Martha Wells (@marthawells.com)!!!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMSC5S4...
That's what TeX and Metafont have (successive digits of π and e, respectively).
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech but it's Ellen Ripley
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
So you're sceptical that winning Celebrity Traitors will lead to sustained growth?
Best. Freemium model. Ever.
I've found usetapestry.com a good way to keep up with the subreddits I'm interested in without getting pulled into their attention machine. Also great for keeping on top of Bluesky, Mastodon, and various others in a single place, with more control.
Even Disney uses this one (Moana, when Maui traps her in the cave), so has a good track record of getting past the gates.
Alas, if there's one thing guaranteed to drive my children into the arms of the AI slop machines, it's my singing.
Serenity: dizzying video-within-a-dream-within-a-recording quickly followed by a long single shot introducing all of the main characters and the ship, setting the stage without feeling clunky or expositional.
Watchmen: so many details and Easter eggs set to Times They Are A-Changin'.
Great reviews — I'll give the Clegg one a miss (it just sounds depressing), but have ordered the Tim Berners-Lee.
I've been programming Python for 25 years and I didn't know you could pass a tuple of strings to .startswith. (When was it added? Maybe I didn't know BECAUSE I've been programming Python for 25 years...)
USBORNE INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE CODE FOR BEGINNERS
I loved all of the Usborne picture fact books (wildlife, paranormal, everything), but this one sticks in the mind due to the combination of kiddie presentation with surprisingly hardcore subject matter:
![The wonderful Stanislaw Petrov Day xkcd cartoon
[Megan is looking at her phone while Cueball stands in front of her.]
Megan: Hey, Wednesday was Stanislav Petrov Day. We missed it.
Cueball: Oh, shoot!
Cueball: I got a calendar alert for it, but I assumed it was a false alarm.
Alt Text from the incomparable:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2052:_Stanislav_Petrov_Day](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dcug5hr3622ym4zaueassqao/bafkreiajm2nm5ca6xfedatrdwojctqvmn5ybqabvm2tz7kmv7ymazvwloe)
The wonderful Stanislaw Petrov Day xkcd cartoon [Megan is looking at her phone while Cueball stands in front of her.] Megan: Hey, Wednesday was Stanislav Petrov Day. We missed it. Cueball: Oh, shoot! Cueball: I got a calendar alert for it, but I assumed it was a false alarm. Alt Text from the incomparable: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2052:_Stanislav_Petrov_Day
Just checked, and yes:
26th September is indeed Stanislav Peteov Day!
Thank you, Stanislav…you’d probably have views on current use of automated systems
🖤
xkcd.com/2052/
My hands down favourite is Lords And Ladies, which *could* work as a standalone, but you're probably better off starting with Wyrd Sisters to get in to the witches on the ground floor.
"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
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"Do you like horses?"
A) No
B) YES!
C) How many legs does it have?
Everyone has their own favourites, and Lords and Ladies is definitely atypical, even compared to the rest of the Witches books. When it comes down to it, hard to go wrong with any of his.
+1 — Our eldest (now 12) recently started these and loved them. She's now picked up Wyrd Sisters, which is all part of my master plan to get her to the best Pratchett book, Lords and Ladies.
Mrs Mangel
@patrick.risky.biz Google-Mandiant portmanteau? "Mangle"
The mistake here is applying a theory of mind to Wall Street Journal headline writers
The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.
Correction: it was actually Grok 3 that had spent the day endorsing Hitler. I'm sure Grok 4 is fine.
"And more" is doing a lot of work in this sentence.
The 4th of July has put a big dent in my podcast queue. Any suggestions for things to bridge the gap?
