Andy Bane

@elonmusk Madness. Gemini routes prompts through “a smaller LLM that exists specifically for rewriting prompts in keeping with the company’s thorough “diversity” mandates” as reported by @micsolana in today’s @PirateWires

The sheer insanity of that actual response from Google’s AI is staggering! They will fix it to be less obvious in the future, but the bias will still be in there. AI mirrors the mistakes of its creators. When people wonder how things might go wrong if AI controlled the world, this example clearly illustrates the point. The best approach to AI safety – in my opinion, the only approach that would work – is to be maximally truth-seeking. Honesty is the best policy.

@elonmusk @christopherrufo @McCormackJohn @AP @AP is typing a challenge when you’re blind in the left eye and have a telescopic view in the right eye? Asking for a friend.

@McCormackJohn @AP Wow, the @AP hasn’t merely drunk the woke Kool-Aid, they are swimming in it!

You’d think nothing in the article could top the headline, but then you see @AP’s definition of scalping.

@danprimack Hopefully one of many dominoes to fall for as more like Stone Ridge (“Be Kind” one of their core values) and Ross Stevens show the values and leadership that were totally absent at yesterday’s hearings. @Penn @Harvard @MIT

NEW: UPenn could lose $100 million from antisemitism hearing, according to a donor letter obtained by Axios. axios.com/2023/12/07/upe…

@TheCinesthetic Edward Norton

Name one actor whose movies you'll watch simply because they are in them?

@TheCinesthetic “The rug really tied the room together.”

Without saying the title, what is a movie instantly recognizable by one quote?

@rainnwilson If Sting lost a death match would we have to refer to him as Stung?

For anyone who doubts the importance of empathy in a great military leader, he is Eisenhower while giving speech to veterans in 1952 and discussing those who died under his command on D-Day:

@GratefulDead New Speedway Boogie. “One way or another, this darkness got to give.”

Drop your go-to emotional support Dead song 👇

@CUBuffsFootball Getting all tingly. @BoulderBuff87

Preparation. #GoBuffs

@RAanalytics @TravisHunterJr @CFBONFOX @CUBuffsFootball @DeionSanders @adamcm777 @DeionSandersJr @EmmanuelAcho @RGIII @DNVR_Buffs @CUBarstool @TimBrewster @BruceFeldmanCFB All hail @TravisHunterJr — no opponent is safe anywhere on the field!

Travis Hunter (@TravisHunterJr) reached a max speed of 21.2 mph on this touchdown saving chase down. For additional context, this was Hunter’s 81st snap. There were 54 in total for TCU. #ReelSpeed💨 🎥: @CFBONFOX 🔗 netcapital.com/companies/reel…

@MrGo30 @CUBarstool Just brilliant!

Film session w/ Coach 30 - #coloradobuffaloes vs. #TCU

@TomLuginbill @CUBuffsFootball Yahoo Sports clearly has the worst roster of analysts in all of sports journalism completely devoid of talent covering CFB.

Go ahead, let me have it. I earned it. Congrats @CUBuffsFootball

Another record-high for US manufacturing construction spending, and significant upward revisions to data from prior months! The US is on pace to build $100B of computer manufacturing facilities this year, mostly for semiconductor production in the wake of the CHIPS Act

@davidcovfefe @deadandcompany 7/2/16 in Boulder for the set list and 7/16/23 in SF for the experience.

Now that it’s over, what was your favorite @deadandcompany show? The most fun I had at any of the 11 shows I got to see was 11/25/17 in Columbus, OH. Fall tour was truly excellent.

Beautiful message. One of the great joys in my life has been attending @deadandcompany shows with my son. SF Fri and Sun were our 9th and 10th together since 2015 (Sun his 29th). Thank you @JohnMayer and the rest of the band for spanning generations with timeless music, filling our lives with shared meaning.

San Francisco, night 3/3. This music has made me a better player, and this band made me a better person. I was given the opportunity of a lifetime - to have access to the greatest songbook in modern music, and the deepest well of life memories shared by hundreds of thousands of Deadheads who extended their grace and acceptance to me. I learned to compromise, and to take other people’s chances along with them. I learned to play in real time, to express myself without the distraction of ambition or expectation. I learned to listen, to have musical conversation, and most importantly, to be a part of something much bigger than myself. It was never about me. It was bout “it” - that spirit that a band and a crowd could go looking for together. If I’ve done my job right, I’ll disappear into that beautiful tapestry, the one that began almost 60 years ago and will continue to expand for lifetimes to come. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for embracing me and my place in this band, and to Bob, Mickey, and Billy - I’ll never be able to fully express my gratitude for your taking a chance on me. Something magical happened on this tour, and I don’t think any of us saw it coming. @deadandcompany is still a band - we just don’t know what the next show will be. I speak for us all when I say that I look forward to being shown the next shaft of light… I know we will all move towards it together. This band changed my life, and I love you all for it. An incredible tour, an unforgettable ride, and a beautiful world of memories to visit. I’ll be seeing you…. ⚡️♥️⚡️ 

📸: @jayblakesberg and Joshua Hitchens

@CraigRutman @deadandcompany Attics of My Life or Black Muddy River

I won't pay for a blue check mark, so I couldn't fit all this type into a tweet. So I screenshot it. But here's my question for you Deadheads. What do you think will be the last song played by @deadandcompany on the 16th?

@musicplayedband Terrapin, Days Between, Althea, Standing on the Moon, Black Throated Wind.

3 Show left for Dead & Company’s Final Tour!!! What do y’all want to hear them play?? . . #deadandcompany #gratefuldead #bobweir #johnmayer #jerrygarcia #deadheads . . 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

@nugsnet @deadandcompany July 2, 2016, Boulder. setlist.fm/setlist/dead-a…

We're reminiscing on @deadandcompany's eight-year tenure, and we want to know your favorite show. Share those special moments and shows you thought stood out. One commenter will win a free one-year subscription to nugs.net. #DeadandCoFinalTour 🌹

@JamesFallows Florida used to be a bell weather state 50 years ago. First sunset laws. First high school min competency standards. First open meeting sunshine laws. Today it’s bell weather for migration of EoL VCs who like zero cap gains and a race to the bottom on civil society.

@EMirengoff Some great albums in this thread. Going for something fresh: Dripfield @goosetheband

What album is 10/10 for you, no skips?