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Cake day: October 3rd, 2023

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  • so the fun thing about the history of the english language is -

    writing got standardised just around the same time the printing press was invented, since everyone now had access to the same resources more people learnt to read and write in a similar way. and all was well :)

    and then something that linguists call “the great vowel shift” happened. where vowels of the oral english language just kinda, did a flip. but because of the printing press thing, you couldn’t just update the ortography… and now because of that (and many other things too, but this is a significant one) english is the way it is :)






  • the physical places that house AI are destroying communities and environments

    the AI is being trained on stolen works of artists, writers, and honestly everything that exists online

    AI when it works damages critical thinking, and uses human psychology against us

    yeah i’m not excited about AI either, i used to be. but seeing the reality of what’s going on just makes me sad about how - what could’ve been a wonderful tool, and potentially, one day, even a sapient companion to humanity - it’s being used