I’m seeing the Grok “apology” screenshot circulating and being misunderstood as an official statement. It was not. It was a post generated by a prompt *telling* Grok to write an apology. There’s even a community note that’s been added to a viral post on X featuring a screenshot of the Grok reply:

I would argue we have really good reasons to believe human brains are computable physical systems. (By which I mean they can be simulated to a sufficient level of precision to replicate human behavior using finite space and time.) To my mind there are two classes of objections to deal with:

Grifters going after DoD dollars is always so funny to me.

Using end notes should be a capital offense.

pour one out

everyone who cooks has a favorite spatula, spoon, and set of tongs if they're willing to be honest with themselves

I was born in the wrong century. I bet in like the 2300s I could be a housewife who does math for fun. RETVRN to the future.

I am one again asking for an anesthetist to put me under while I get through this cold.

She's right. There is no place for anti-Na'vi racism.

On the issue of "if it's irrelevant, why write it?" AIUI, judges are basically kings in their courtrooms. They get to say whatever they want. And so they often do. Some get so used to it they also start writing whatever they want. So yeah, he was probably venting.

Imperial officers at Disneyland are space nazis at the happiest place on Earth.

I love that this guy basically said "I may be stupid and evil, but I have a license to drive big boats, so there!"

That whole space marine chapter is getting purged by the inquisition.

I don't buy that she "really screwed up". The documentary did not air. CBS still owns the rights so nobody can legally show it. The people watching the pirated copies already knew CECOT is a torture camp. A revolt at 60 minutes is an opportunity for her to purge people.

Unironically cannot wait to see what he comes up with.

This is still my all time favorite Twitter post. Just… Imagining this guy dropping that line, and then, confidently making an illegal move with her pieces.

I don't think it's a change. The fact that they want to brag about their cruelty does not mean they welcome people turning a critical eye towards it.

A lot of the AI discourse is very silly. LLMs can obviously be used productively. People do it. Maybe that won't be economically viable when hype-chasing investors stop subsidizing its use, but we have to retire criticism that has been shown false.

Basically pleasant bureaucrats posting their Ls.

I take it all back we should absolutely let AI run the vending machines

Never forget Newsom got into politics because he got mad when a city inspector told him to install a mop sink in his wine bar. A petulant child with no principles.

Also, the 9/11 attacks did not cause a rise in islamophobia. The Russian invasion of Ukraine did not cause a rise in russophobia. Pearl Harbor did not cause a rise in anti-Japanese racism. Evil is always an uncaused cause and all who disagree seek to legitimize evil.

I for one am glad that somebody is alert to what will happen when 5 year olds ask their plushies to weigh in on geopolitical issues. We can't let the sneaky Chinese propagandize to our toddlers when they inevitably ask about the status of the Senkaku Islands.

"To stop the far right, I must do everything that the far right would do."

I think it's very unfair that if I were to offer this treatment it would be fraud, but other people are allowed to simply because they're too stupid to realize it's bs.

"People keep saying we murdered a bunch of shipwrecked people. But that's so unfair. The shipwrecked people wanted to get rescued!"

Posters are mad that the mods are mean to them.

A new front opens in the worm wars.

The Secret to politics.

Losing your citizenship latæ sententiæ has got to be weird.

a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit

mid-21st century etiquette guide: 1. a gentleman never openly goons to his waifu 2. a gentleman has his servant communicate with the rabble on X, he does never do so himself 3. a gentleman instructs his waifu how to recite Tennyson, play the piano, and sketch portraits bsky.app/profile/aelk...

This is, like, a minor disagreement and I'm completely fine with the person living their own life as they see fit so don't wanna put them on blast or be annoying in their mentions. But also I do disagree, I feel like this is a bit of a puritanical attitude tbh. It's ok to have some fun sometimes.

The conspiracy theorists are all wrong. If this is what my emails sounded like and they were about to be leaked, I would also kill myself. (Except for "memebrane". That one slaps.)

I don't super care about this person, but people constantly argue for policies that would undeniably cause physical harm to people without bans. (Military action or criminal enforcement are the most obvious.) It's an interesting microcosm about how "legitimate" violence is not seen as violence.

So, are we supposed to pretend to be sad again or no?

If losing things was an Olympic sport, I would have misplaced so many gold medals by now.

Your honor, what even is a crime?

My favorite fantasy is going back in time and jump starting technology. Mostly because it would be funny to explain to some guy in 500 BCE that it's called Algebra after a future mathematician. And he thinks I'm crazy, but I'm the only one who knows how to make guns, so he can't just kick me out.

Along similar lines, it's good to see how many people are rightfully outraged by Trump claiming he can order the assassination of anyone he designates a terrorist. But how many of them know this was the official policy of the Obama administration as written in a memo by Eric Holder?

At the end of the day, the talking head class finds this unacceptable because this is an example of political violence targeting one of them. Political violence that targets protesters, professors, activists, etc may be an interesting story. But it's only an emergency when it affects them.

I'm seeing a resurgence of Reddit atheism debates and so I want to say the phrase "burden of proof" should be prohibited outside legal contexts. Evidence is something you provide because you want to persuade. You can't replace it by claiming someone else has the burden of proof.

We're not going to persuade conservatives. That's simply not going to happen. That's why the pro-Palestine movement has been focusing on more realistic goals, like persuading liberals and private companies.

the american jewish establishment has made it transparently clear that you can hate jews and wish for jesus to come back and convert and kill us all, so long as you’re pro-israel. conversely, it doesn’t matter if you’re an observant jew—if you’re anti-israel you’re as good as david duke to them.

Whom among us has never wanted to ask their friends "do you like me?" Social anxiety is no joke.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" Well, I asked the High Priest to consult the Urim and Thummim on his breastplate to divine the will of the Holy One but they stopped giving answers after King David’s reign so I had to go use actual research skills instead to get the answers I needed.

Did another check in and not only still permanently furious but now also posting a bit about the dangers of "low IQ immigration". Oh dear!

I feel like this is a good moment to remind everybody that Gavin Newsome got into politics because a building inspector wanted him to install a mop sink in his wine bar. I don't think that guy knew he was setting California on a path to secession.