Old pal @benriggs.bsky.social had me on his podcast to interview Chris McDowall of Mythic Bastionland, a new fave indie ttrpg! We talk about improv, Arthurian myth, and of course, the Higgins Armory Museum. Listen: readingdndaloud.libsyn.com/the-ring-kni... Watch: youtu.be/pyxt_y9oV5I

It's true: I’m serious about pay what you can. If you're interested in the class, check the link, send me a message and we'll work something out. I want to see you in class! jeremybent.com/podcasting-c...

First I’m hearing of this?

A reminder my online class that will teach you the fundamentals of home podcast recording and editing starts in just two weeks! More info here: jeremybent.com/podcasting-c...

Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

You can’t even befriend British men these days because of blokes

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

Gonna need to see a lot more politicians call for removing “A.i.” from government and education and defunding OpenAI and ChatGPT.

LAPD choppers are a malignant nuisance. They're harbingers of surveillance, operated *continuously*—yet the city's own data show they raise stress, impair cognition and burn 100,000s of gallons of gas. The best part? there's no evidence they deter or reduce crime at all. It's time to ground them.

Hey I got a headline for you: millions of humans are suffering right now, no question mark needed, while dipshit takes like these get published instead

My friend Marty has upped my flyer game for podcasting class! More info at jeremybent.com/podcasting-c...

Baby I'm not lookin for Miss Forever I'm lookin for

I'm teaching the basics of podcasting in a six week online class starting September 20th! Podcasting's given me a lot over the years, and I knew essentially nothing about it when I started. Check out the link for more info. jeremybent.com/podcasting-c...

A friend of mine is connected to the family in this absolute heartbreaking story about utter absence of any kind of oversight re: AI chatbots. This is surely not the last time this is going to happen, and we ought to be calling for regulation immediately. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

If you have not played Citizen Sleeper, it is currently $6 on Steam, a positive STEAL. If you have played Citizen Sleeper, the sequel is $19 and just as engrossing as the original. Did I start the sequel last night? Yes. Am I already four hours in? Yes. store.steampowered.com/bundle/48671...

Has truly no one ever thought to do this before or is my brain just this cooked. This one's for you, Janet!

*young me, developing a strong sense of justice* This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane

Deeply inessential Friday hot take: Planters Honey Roasted Peanuts are an incredible disappointment. Trader Joe's Honey Roasted Peanuts are the new honey roasted peanut gold standard.

My Cousin Vinny: Ace Attorney Had to finally release this from my head

Please, I beg you to stop trying to convince me that you have at last made a healthy soda, they all suck, I’m so sorry

No cheating. Post your lock screen.

I understand why podcast media so rarely touches fiction pods. The best (messy) metaphor that I've arrived at is that of a theater critic suddenly faced with the task or reviewing an episode of a TV show. "Whaddya mean I need to go through 30 hours of content to understand this? I'm on deadline!"

I picked up my guitar and messed with my pedalboard for the first time in a couple months last night, and as I usually do at some point when noodling, I turned on the octave fuzz and played some Paranoid. #RIP to an absolute icon

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" yeah well I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake, they said it was fhqwhgads

With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport? www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

Oh hellll yeah

Broke. Unemployed. Might have to start advertising commission work here— lettering (like return addresses) and Mad Men Yourself avatar updates are the easiest to sell, I think Would you want it?

I'm back on Shut Up I Love It talking about one of my all-time favorite movies, Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior! Brutal, beautiful, brilliant, and a seminal piece of post-apocalyptic media. blubrry.com/shutupilovei...

there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3

The conductor of the Stanford Prison Experiment himself!

"You say you only used AI for placeholder text, but in that text was a response from the AI saying 'here's a revised version'. Here's what I don't understand - why revise placeholder text? You see my problem? It just doesn't make sense to me. Why revise something nobody was meant to see, unless..."

If you like pop culture journalism and hate garbage clickbait sites, check out @popheist.com - obviously I'm biased as an occasional writer for the site, but I sincerely believe they've got better & more interesting stuff than most everywhere else

As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger. www.wired.com/story/genera...

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

This is how I find out Zohran's mom is MIRA NAIR?! Elect this guy already!

America just trying to see how deep we can jam our arm into the blender, apparently

People who use AI think that they’re skipping to the success when they’re skipping to the failure. You begin and end your life as someone who has not written the novel, you did not teach yourself to express what was inside of you, you died without making something that no one else could make.

I good comment can change our day, our year, our lives, it can make all the difference in the world.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

SIMPSONS FAN DETECTED

My favorite sign at the Westerly, RI, #NoKings protest was this one held by a former Marine.

toughest battles strongest soldiers etc etc

we do not need your help www.esquire.com/news-politic...

i don't even think Sam Altman will have novel insights next year

This is like drake and kendrick lamar but they’re both bubba sparxxx