Doug Hanlon
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thread in the forum Small Talk 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Fellow Unbelievers:
There’s Bobby Brainworm’s and MAHA’s denial of The Germ Theory of Disease…
Then, there’s Bernie Sanders’ Socialistic disdain for the Bourgeois choice of “23 kinds of deodorant”…
There are sundry and various Unabomber wannabes such as Anarcho-Primativists, Midievalist Romanticizers, and Eco-Wacko-ists who disdain the bath…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks agoReg and Jake:
“Rebels with too many causes.”. That is genius! May I borrow that when suitable?
Perhaps what social media and AI need is an algorithm that detects and mines for opposing viewpoints and fallacies as well as provides fact-checking. It couldn’t save everyone from the rabbit hole, but could guide users to watch their step.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks agoI think that Ferguson has characterized the mechanism correctly. Social Media rarely creates extremism from nothing. I like the term “activating” and it is aptly used. The algorithm finds susceptible people and supplies them with validating material and then connects them to communities in which their prejudice is normalized. “You have found…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks agoJake and Fellow Unbelievers:
Here’s a video where historian Niall Ferguson explains how AI has been weaponized by the algorithms of social media and AI geared toward rage-baiting, by the contrarian drift of youth towards older generations, and the ability to spread a message worldwide in seconds. The end result is what we see every day. Leaving…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks agoJake:
I had to look up Ghibli. Dont think i have seen an anime film.
I’ve only seen still-lifes of Ghibli. They are just sickeningly sweet, not at all like humans even in good times, especially during workplace injuries.
Ghibli will not replace us. Here is a pretty safe bet. if AI begins to send us to a dystopian hell the Jews will be…
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks agoJake:
Reg,
Curious to know how you see AI’s impact on us in near and long term.
Well, I seen a T-shirt promoting workplace safety whose imprint was created by AI. It showed a big-eyed Ghibli person smiling in obliviousness as they slipped on a wet floor, destined for a head concussion with said floor.
In an AI-produced promo on the break r…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks agoReg:
Great video on data poisoning as a line of defense against data scraping. (I say this as one of millions of signatories of John Perry Barlow’s “A Declaration of the Indepence of Cyberspace.”). Combined with hostile takeovers by shareholders who don’t want suits from creators eating into profits, this is a good strategy.
Now aren’t you glad…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks agoHuman: “Our time of 40 math professors spent fourteen months checking the proof.”
Lean: “I spent 14 seconds.”
Human: “Yes, Lean is correct.”
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Reg:
Fascinating new findings from JWST! Also, the first time I ever seen an acronym embedded in another acronym.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks agoOpenAI just solved a 90 year old math problem in 88 hours. Here.
For me, the remarkable part is not the solution, but the ability of how 10,000 concurrent AI agents were split into groups, each exploring different variants and approaches and then sharing everything. Basically, the AI agents cross checked each others findings. I suspect their…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Update on our Cosmic Dawn.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thread in the forum Small Talk 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Fellow Unbelievers:
Here, Crow T. Robot founds and announces a new organization that would be a boon to censors, propagandists, Pseudoscientists, and Revisionist Historians worldwide–The Film Anti-Preservationist Society:
As tempting as it may be to take up Crow’s suggestions with some really rotten films, videos,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Fellow Unbelievers:
He’s very good at identifying the problems of Roman and Medieval life back then as well as urban life in the U.S. and the West today…yet he falls so short on the causes:
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Is Dragging America Back to the Dark Ages
Victor Davis Hanson
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Reg:
When I was a child and spake as a child, I thought Waylon Jennings was what The Devil looked like.
Now that I have given up foolish things, I just think Waylon is what The Devil would look like if such a Supernatural Being existed.
See the MST3K video on some things that will never be relational. 🤠🎼🪕🎻😭
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Syd Barrett and Roger Waters don’t determine my sanity.
I’ve been mad for fucking years, absolutely years
Been over the edge for yonks
Been working with bands so long, I think crikey
I’ve always been mad
I know I’ve been mad like the most of us have
Very hard to explain why you’re mad
Even if you’re not mad………Don’t let Waylon Jennings a…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 1 month, 2 weeks ago
When I put ‘September’ in the title of the post I had to double check. I always remember August lasting a month but apparently it did not this year…… 🙂
My latest sign of growing old is when my cellphone notifies me that my “face is not recognized” and I find myself in agreement with it 🙂
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Third Man Syndrome in the forum Atheism 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Jake:
Staying active is great and taking risks are unavoidable in life. But the rational act with thought and take the calculated risk, so they can live to do it all again. A backup chute and plan when things fall apart is always a must.
I hope your finger heals well. That sounds awful and painful just to imagine it.
There is hope for both…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Third Man Syndrome in the forum Atheism 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Jake:
Enco,
I am not sure your advice in this matter is spot on. “Obliviousness to injury is not good, as it can lead to infection and further injury or amputation.”
Had i been not 100 percent focused on surviving as opposed to a slew of superficial cuts i would not be here to enjoy Palestinianism and Trumpian Glorification.
Well, nat…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Reg and Strega:
@ Strega – She was fine with not knowing because with Pink Floyd blasting, she could think about it.
I, for one, like Richard Dawkins, am never content with not knowing. The only thing that gets me to sleep some nights is knowing that there are infinite combinations of 8 musical notes givn enough time plus the fact that Syd B…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 1 month, 3 weeks ago
@ Strega – She was fine with not knowing because with Pink Floyd blasting, she could think about it.
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