can't take "LLMs are people" discourse seriously when we haven't even convinced everyone that all people are people.

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. @steverolle.bsky.social has the patience of a saint. I can't imagine spending an entire career working on Transportation Engineering and then you have to deal with these horrendous disinformation campaigns by utter cranks. Infuriating. That said, *every* concern was answered. A masterclass.

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There is a reason I don't put "SCOTUS clerk" in my online bio. It is because I want the institutional prestige of that thing to die. It has as much relationship to playing the game of politics, and quite often, FedSoc politics, as any actual talent.

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There was a little block in my mind before then--one that made me hold on to the system because the system had benefited me, the system had anointed me, and if the system had serious problems I would have to reckon with the fact that maybe I shouldn't be seen as special.

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A definite sign of ageing is that you cannot impress me with "over 20 years" anymore. Am I expected to think this sauce is ancient, because it's as old as Nelly Furtado's Maneater?

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