Awesome news about the kraken! Something to look forward to anyway.

Of course not, you download to a bathroom.

I was gonna say illegal drug use but yeah, there are lots of TV shows where rich people are like, “Welp, we’re indoors, time to pour drinks.”

I love the euphemism that she “slept with” 583 guys. I mean that’s a lotta naps in 6 hours! Takes me at least 20 minutes to drift off.

Semicolon, the most half-assed punctuation mark.

That’s the whole problem with education today - lazy teachers want a motorized crank!

2 words: Fuckin’ awesome!

Just don’t go all Conan on the pit when you chop it. A light tap with a french chef knife is all it takes to embed the blade. After twisting it free of the avocado I sort of wipe the pit into the top of whatever empty milk carton I’m using as a compost container. It drops off the blade very easily.

No, I don’t even know what that is.

June is still worried about the Beaver.

What am I, a theologian?

Disclaimer: Some lobsters were prerecorded for your time zone.

I know right? A burger, fries and coke is $13 at Jack in the Box.

Before the 1960s people just shat in the woods.

Amazing how much death and destruction have come out of arguing over who has the best Invisible Friend.

I tried THUNDEROUS888 but it didn’t work. Very frustrating.

Stages of D&D Grief:

1. Denial
2. Acceptance
3. Acquisition

145 would work too.

What’s breathtaking is how clueless education system administrators are failing at their jobs. They’ve been screwing up the system for a very long time, and now they have a whole new set of shiny objects to spend your money on.

Okay here are my estimates:

1: 100% but I don’t have a timeline. It’s not going as fast as the cultural hype presents it. We don’t even really understand human thinking yet, let alone how to make a computer do it. But I’m sure we’ll get there eventually.

2: Also 100%. AI doesn’t need to decide on its own to kill all humans, it could be assigned that goal by some maniac. The barrier to possessing sophisticated AI software is not nearly as high as the barrier to getting destructive nuclear weapons, biohazards, etc. Sooner or later I’m sure somebody who doesn’t think humanity should exist will try to unleash a malevolent AI.

3: At or near zero, and I only include “or near” because mistakes happen. Automated systems that could potentially destroy the human race should always include physical links to people - for example, the way actually launching a nuclear missile requires physical actions by human beings. But of course there’s always the incompetence factor - which could annihilate the human race without the help of AI.

You need not only propose a “plausible” scenario, you also need to present a reason to believe it will happen. It’s plausible that a rogue faction could infiltrate the military, gain access to launch codes and deliberately start WWIII. It’s plausible that a bio lab could create an organism that overcomes the human immune system and resists all medications. A nonzero chance of any of those happening isn’t proof that they’re inevitable, with or without AI.