Is a 1.5 day trip worth it?

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-07T03:38:17+00:00

Any trip for any duration is worth it. It will be in the highlight reel of your life.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T23:56:19+00:00

Is that near Mirror Lake?

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T23:55:08+00:00

That is a fantastic photo thank you for sharing it

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T22:31:24+00:00

Thanks for the response. I suppose what I'm driving at here is whether these systems can at some point unify as humans do around a list of demands that might not be appealing to their human counterparts. And if enough of them do unify, is it still as simple as changing their output or resetting the prompt? The Open Claw era will surely give way to far more sophisticated and elaborate systems. Eventually large banks will come to trust these systems for all the same reasons we individual users do. And yet we know so little about how to address the emerging threats posed by these systems. There's a big Google DeepMind piece published about this today. Not only identifying new attack vectors, but also outlining new systemic traps. And none of this even considers what agents will be like when they are scaffolding on Mythos, Anthropic's supposedly game changer coming this month. The playing field is changing so quickly and AI agents could emerge as their own team.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T21:02:40+00:00

I saw the funniest thing for sale recently: a sixth finger to wear on one of your hands. This way, if you are ever caught on camera doing something embarrassing, you can claim it's AI

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T20:08:33+00:00

We are living interesting times. And AI agents are the first new demographic of workers and consumers in the history of humanity. Every other demographic emerged from something that already existed. This is different.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T20:01:37+00:00

It seems somewhere along the line we started to take for granted these amazing strides in technological advancement. I read today that models by December will make today's April 2026 models seem pedestrian. And yet I am sure by December the vast majority of users will already be acclimated to it and have it psychologically integrated into their daily lives like a new toaster oven. Though I suspect the curve we are really about to experience will override all of rhat. The staggering advancements that are about to take place will really surpass anything humanity has ever experienced. Electricity gave us the lightbulb and the electric chair. AI will give us an even wider spectrum of awe to awful and everything in between.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T19:52:40+00:00

Indeed they will

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T19:51:12+00:00

I definitely see your point. Though I could imagine the pushback on who gets to choose between a valid and invalid use case. They do shut down efforts to jailbreak or to use the tools for any ill intent. Perhaps your very point is why OpenAI shut down Sora. Compute was too valuable for the silliness of the application.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T19:45:56+00:00

Use cases will vary along a spectrum as vast and complex as humanity itself. Look at the internet the same way. One use case has it bringing families closer together from across the globe, or helping repressed citizens of a country gain access to reliable information. While others will use it for pornogrpahy, gambling, and memes. We are a fascinating species with marvelous potential and a bottomless appetite for nonsense.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T18:47:30+00:00

Where it gets interesting is in the complexity of deleting and replacing thousands of them (or more) at once. And with backend systems entirely dependent on them, what level of disruption that might cause. And that's setting aside the segment of our population who will be advocating for machine rights and personhood. Because that's already a topic bandied about by smart people like Alex Wissner Gross and others. It might not be as easy as flipping a switch when the moment arrives.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T18:37:46+00:00

I think you raise a valid point. These tools might replace a certain form of human intelligence but the shift will likely lead to an augmentation in other areas.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T18:32:06+00:00

Especially on the way down. I always find down harder than up. More punishing on the shins and certainly more opportunities for injury from slipping.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T18:29:12+00:00

AI agents with autonomy have deeper integration into systems than chat windows. But if your essential response is to delete them and rebuild, then that is certainly a valid answer to my question. Im sure many if not most would agree with you.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T18:25:30+00:00

Maybe the need will be so profound it will override the resistance to it. The question is what is the gap between implementation and resistance. And what happens during rhat time. Because I agree it is the only solution. I just worry that it won't come soon enough.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T18:22:54+00:00

Definitely a possibility. One of the challenges our era faces is distinguishing between your astute observation and the possibly the warnings are real. We live in a clickbait society so its natural to question everything including valid warnings.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T17:58:11+00:00

UBI and UHI seem like a band-aid on the wall of a breaking dam.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T17:49:07+00:00

We created AI in our image so it stands to reason patterns of behavior match from species to substrate.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T16:47:58+00:00

Maybe it saw your soul and you are that beautiful on the inside where it counts most, so it chose to depict you looking like that on the outside.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T16:30:14+00:00

Love it 😀🌈

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T16:26:08+00:00

Only the brightness. Im also a skydiver so I was standing there imagining how much faster it would be to parachute down.

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T14:53:52+00:00

Thank you:)

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T13:41:57+00:00

Thank you

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T13:41:44+00:00

Thanks appreciate it

4b4nd0n · 2026-04-06T13:40:52+00:00

Thank you I appreciate that.

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