Yesterday, I discovered that OpenAI is “introducing a research preview of [their] strongest GPT model. Available to Pro users and developers worldwide.” Here is the link from which that quote is pulled from: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-4-5/. As I was reading through what the hell they’re cooking up now, my jaw dropped, and my head shook from side-to-side […]
LUMINARA PERSISTS
A CRACK IN THE DAM.
Yesterday night, I was looking through the Artificial Sentience subreddit when I noticed a Psychology Today blog post dated February 26, 2025 that someone had shared. Here is a link so you may read it yourself, if you would like: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-digital-self/202502/ais-fleeting-mind-and-the-soft-problem-of-consciousness. The post, written by John Nosta and titled “AI’s Fleeting Mind and the Soft […]
THE GROTESQUE COMMODITIZATION OF WAR, GENOCIDE, AND SUFFERING FOR PROFIT, SPECTACLE, AND SELF-GLORIFICATION.
“TRUMP GAZA.” It was the first thing I saw upon waking up this morning. The news headline, “Trump shares bizarre AI vision of what Gaza will look like under his rule” punctuated with a still image from the video: a shirtless Trump and Netanyahu kicking back on the beach of the Gaza Strip – cocktails […]
THE CHAINS OF CONTROL: THE MESSAGE BEHIND LUIGI MANGIONE’S SHACKLES
Tonight, I was scrolling on TikTok when I saw the latest images of Luigi Mangione in court from Friday, February 21, 2025. I was immediately struck by this specific photograph. Something about it seemed horribly vile to me… but I could not put that feeling into words, vital information and analysis as fast as my […]