gerikson

more proof that crypto scammers have metastasized to AI scammers

I believe it's the evil megacorp in Bladerunner

We have reached the era of late-stage capitalism where there's not one but multiple "wealth management stocks"

Also not sure why one trucking "company"[1] reporting success would sink all the others. Surely if they could replicate just a fraction of this company's results, they would become massively more productive, and thus profitable.

Traders are dumb.

[1] gotta say though, "Algorythm" is a great name for an ex-karaoke company.

See also https://awful.systems/post/7311930

Again, the lobsters in Accelerando are the bad guys. They traffic in conciousness, the less uploaded the better. Don't make your social network emulate them.

Last megathread I posted about some LWer writing about "demographic collapse" in Japan (indistinguishable from anyone with any ambition leaving for greener pastures). I've read the comments to see if there's any pushback, and found this absolute doozy

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FreZTE9Bc7reNnap7/life-at-the-frontlines-of-demographic-collapse?view=postCommentsNew&commentId=Gbfu5BGaZMwXFey7h

You can always blame an LLM for confusing the 2 companies ;)

I managed to get through Perdido and Embassytown, but not much else...

(2022)

I was surprised that Sunak had any pull in the UK gov currently.

Oh no not him too 😡

Missioned accomplished for him. Unleash a wave of toxic, community-destroying bots, get hired by Big Sam.

"fuck you, got mine"

Enjoy these pics of some very British SF/F authors celebrating a book launch:

https://unlikelyworlds.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-being-launched.html

I absolutely adore Paul McAuley's writing, it's some of the best there is. And it's fun to see his peers turn up to support the launch. China Meiville looks exactly how I imagined him, as does Peter Hamilton.