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[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago

Where's the bisexual badass who comes in to save the day?

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

And then there's Grok, the sound that Pigs make.

[–] Miiirx@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

And Musk is the smelly guy. His AI is named Grok, as a smelly Troll.

[–] wunami@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Is Grok a reference to a troll?

I've only know of this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 minutes ago

I hate that he ruined this word

[–] RobotFK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

Not even the drink grog?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

it's funny because Stranger In a Strange Land was counterculture at the time it was published (still is tbh) that had strong messaging promoting polygamy and a unifying religion. two things MAGA clearly wants.

Not only that but the author, Heinlein, also wrote Starship Troopers. you know...the one that glorifies fascist policies and borders on Nazi propaganda. also something MAGA clearly wants.

Knowing what I know about both Musk and Grok, I'd say the name is spot on if his goal was to assimilate the ideals of fascist polygamist christians. those three words pretty much sum up a perfect observation of MAGA members.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I've vaguely heard that Heinlein just took a whole bunch of different premises and ran with them in different novels. Although what I've gotten around to reading of his stuff so far, sounds very 1950s in style.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 54 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Gemini is the twins, Janus is the Roman two-faced god.

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago

Gape Inghol

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 7 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, it would have been more mythologically accurate to say that Gemini is produced by a company that's constantly trying to drag you down into hell.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Huh, TIL. I thought every Roman god had a Greek counterpart.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Bit more complicated than that.

It’s not one-to-one, and the Romans didn’t just adopt Greek gods.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 11 hours ago

Thanks for sharing! Will watch later tonight.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

That's one unique hairdo

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 12 points 14 hours ago

This whole AI side-plot is getting out of hand.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

I will say this about Kojima's naming... I never forget their names.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 56 points 20 hours ago

OpenAI, which is completely closed.

I don’t know why I laughed at this one in particular, the way it was worded was just funny to me.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 65 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Didn't google drop the no evil thing when they rebranded to Alphabet?

[–] SystemDisc@piefed.world 6 points 13 hours ago

“Don't be evil“ remains as the final phrase in the Code of Conduct. It was removed from the preface only.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 55 points 22 hours ago

No, it was several years before that.

[–] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 22 hours ago

The La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo strike again!

[–] sanbdra@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This reads like a late-night conspiracy theory mixed with a Kojima pitch 😂 oddly entertaining though.

[–] BogeyTheSwear@lemmy.zip 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

And thats without mentioning Palantir, named after the seeing-stones that Saruman use in lord of the rings, and... Gotham? A company that does about the same as the program Lucius Fox had Batman shut down in The Dark Knight.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 16 points 20 hours ago

"Deepseek" does sounds like what Psycho Mantis will do

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Who's writing this??

Someone that doesn't know German.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 19 hours ago

I don't think Kojima knows anything other than Japanese and maybe some English, so that tracks.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 9 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Fortunately Skynet has no negative connotations whatsoever. Sky: where peaceful gods live that brighten your day every morning and symbol of pure joy and love. Net: global togetherness brought by instant communications of love and unity.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 18 hours ago

Behold, the sky net (is this shit co-written by Oda?):

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

A net in the sky makes me think of us as prey being caught, like if Skynet was a spider or fisherman. Granted, I really had to look for that meaning.

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Granted, I really had to look for that meaning.

I just realized this wasn't an evil name across cultures as I have always thought.

Its Chinese translation 天网 (literally sky + net) is a word used for at least for 2,000 years and is still very actively used among the daily vocabulary. It's a metaphor for law enforcement (especially the destined punishment for going against the "good natural order" i.e. the sky).

Traditionally, it's neutral or commendatory, but nowadays due to the association with surveillance networks (both metaphorically and literally), it's more derogatory.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

That's a good interpretation from the Chinese point of view. Ancient China is obsess with "heaven". Their philosophy and mythology is chock full of reference to heaven, like the "mandate of heaven".

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

Be more patriotic. It's selfish to be afraid of all the winning that skynet brings America.

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 18 hours ago

If Claude Code was (as Anthropic claims) 100% written by Claude, then it's not copyrightable. It's not open sourced, it's public domain.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

They villains are to corny for high school writing.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 points 20 hours ago

Genius Kojimbo

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nick Cage 've done it again!

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

I thought Britney Spears did it again? Oops.