dgerard

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago

Because after RW got fucking hammered to shit by AI bots, I put an anti-bot javascript trick that fools 100% of bots, but also crawlers. This is a compromise so the site is fucking usable by humans.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago

They should, but they won't.

You're still arguing with a file that's for humans.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 3 days ago

yeah note that people should get creative for this reason

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I recommend the renamed file gets a mention in the project docs so humans can find it

you did read this bit right, its name is for humans

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 4 days ago

they too slurp at the slop sewer

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

every vibe coder insists they're shooting up krokodil responsibly

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 6 days ago

I've started going to the movies with the kid - they like psychological horror, video game or internet style, and their mum hates that shit. But I'm a fan of it. So we saw Backrooms on Monday. https://rocknerd.co.uk/2026/06/03/backrooms-2026/

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 18 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I commend to you jonny's thread on the tests:

https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116666900898570791

It keeps turning out that when you look at the AI output, it's shit.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 6 days ago

wow that guy really went for it huh

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 6 days ago (7 children)

It literally is slop. It's always correct to call slop slop.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 6 days ago

Anna Salomon, long time rationalist and cofounder of CFAR

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

yeah remember that it's a LW tenet that Ashkenazi Jews are of unusually high IQ. Coincidentally a group containing both Eliezer and Scoot

 

‘Artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed’

by Amy Castor and David Gerard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtE4YzbPt1U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260526-pope-leo-to-ai-bros-just-stop-it - podcast

time: 5 min 16 sec

 

They have played us for absolute fools

https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260525-stop-doing-searches - podcast

time: 1 min 54 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/25/stop-doing-searches/ - blog post, but you want the audio

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