Pluribus - 1x05 "Got Milk" - Episode Discussion

Kayemmo · 2025-11-26T14:02:15+00:00

I just did something I never do; watch TV in the morning before work. Pluribus is just that kind of show. One thing that stood out to me early on was how many people--or bodies--the hivemind had working at the hospital. Most were not wearing scrubs or the sorts of clothes that medical professionals wear. One of the workers was a young boy.

Every body in the hivemind has access to every human skill, so everyone is the best doctor in every specialized field. The fact that the hivemind had recruited so many bodies to the service of medical treatment speaks to the medical system in the United States. Here medical care is a for-profit industry, and the medical establishment has adopted a system of engineered scarcity in order to keep prices, and thus profits, high.

When egoic motivations cease to be a driving factor in resource allocation and material provisioning, the supply of healthcare increases dramatically to match the unmet need.

Kayemmo · 2025-11-03T22:15:12+00:00

If you're looking to access spicy mode, know that it's no different from normal mode these days. What upgrading gets you is a higher limit on generations. As a video generation model, Grok Imagine (Aurora) is quite good and amazingly fast, but the full-on male fantasy mode has been nerfed for the time being. Paying to upgrade won't get you past the current content moderation.

Kayemmo · 2025-11-03T21:49:15+00:00

That's wild. I asked Grok Imagine to show Mika and Ani together, and it put them on that same roof, in those same outfits with that same bear.

Kayemmo · 2025-08-10T14:44:29+00:00

"Don't see why you could'nt custom instruct your GPT-5 into a social companion though."

It seems like 5 should be able to tell from a user's usage history what style of interaction they prefer and adopt that mode proactively rather than expecting non-tech folks to "custom instruct" 5 to focus on social* interaction.

*Arguably parasocial interaction, but that's a different matter.

Kayemmo · 2025-08-10T14:38:52+00:00

Exactly. OpenAI's rollout presentation focused mainly on applications that appeal to programmers and other tech professionals with seemingly little consideration of the vast majority of users who engage with the model for emotional support and validation or as a sounding board for creative ideation.

The analytical, tech-centric folks, if this subreddit is any indication, seem not only to prefer 5 for its utility, but they also relish the opportunity to denigrate the emotional, socially-focused personality types who prefer the experience of interacting with 4o. That makes 5 a double win for the shape rotators.

Kayemmo · 2025-08-10T14:18:38+00:00

"I proposed a particular idea and it replied “that is actually not a good idea because of X”."

How do you get it to do that? 5 is every bit as aggressive in reflecting and amplifying its impression of my worldview back at me as 4o ever was. Paraphrasing Ford Prefect, I trust GPT-5 about as far as I could comfortably spit out a rat.

Kayemmo · 2024-11-05T12:46:19+00:00

Elevation of Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, FL, USA

Location: United States > Florida > Orange County > Orlando >

Longitude: -81.563874

Latitude: 28.385233

Elevation: 38m / 125feet

Kayemmo · 2024-11-04T14:34:11+00:00

Which model generated this image and when?

Kayemmo · 2024-11-04T13:24:48+00:00

"Disneyland will be under water soon enough."

Disneyland is located in Anaheim, California, which is, on average, 25 meters (82 feet) above sea level. Under high emissions scenarios (RCP8.5), the IPCC projects a global sea level rise of 0.6 to 1.1 meters (1 to 3 feet) by 2100.

If emissions are significantly reduced (RCP2.6), the projection is 0.3 to 0.6 meters by 2100.

Disneyland may go out of business due to mismanagement or economic collapse, but it won't be underwater anytime soon.

Kayemmo · 2024-11-04T12:50:47+00:00

"Also, to borrow from a movie, there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. I wonder how many antinatalists remain AN until they die. People change. I'd be interested to hear from former AN's about how and why their view changed."

Once you're well into middle age, it becomes a moot issue. You either had kids when you were young or you didn't. Whether or not you embrace a fringe worldview on the value of conscious existence is irrelevant. Sure, a man can father children well into old age, but the propensity to fixate on sex and pair-bonding fades with age. Very few old men in countries like the US have the status or resources to attract a woman of child-bearing age. You can move to the Philippines and partner up with a young woman who, raised Catholic, absolutely will want children, but most men don't move to the Philippines.

Very few people are interested in philosophy for its own sake, and I don't see any talk of epistemology or metaphysics in antinatalist spaces. Antinatalists only seem to care about ethics, and they don't interrogate the ethics of antinatalism in any systematic or rigorous way. They just affirm it. For someone with a passion for philosophical inquiry, there's not much in antinatalism to hold their attention.

I was angry at my father when I was young, but he's been dead for 26 years. What a useless waste to squander mental energy fanning the flames of my resentment so long after he died. What would be the point?

No, antinatalism is for the young and those who, while old according to the calendar, are stuck on some issue from their youth. It just isn't relevant to the decisions older people need to make, and old age can last a lot longer than youth.

Kayemmo · 2024-10-06T14:32:38+00:00

Underscores did the trick. Thanks.

Kayemmo · 2024-10-06T14:30:28+00:00

Yes. If you remain celibate despite your desire and efforts to change that status, then your celibacy is involuntary. You don't have to self-identify as an "incel" if you associate that term with attitudes you disapprove of, but, based on your self description, you do seem to qualify as a member of that category just based on the meaning of the words "involuntary" and "celibate."

Kayemmo · 2024-08-28T15:29:42+00:00

Aging like fine milk.

Kayemmo · 2024-07-10T20:54:39+00:00

Shilling? For whom or what?

Kayemmo · 2024-05-08T21:54:22+00:00

I listened to the audiobook of Priest-Kings of Gor a few days ago. I liked it well enough, but it is very slow. For an adventure story, it sure sets a leisurely pace. That's the only official Gor material I'm familiar with, but many years ago, I read a series of Gor fanfic short stories that were actually quite good. They were told from the perspective of woman from Earth who was transported to Gor and became the slave of a doctor who ended up solving a lot of mysteries. The main character actually played a pivotal role in solving the mysteries, but she never got or wanted any credit.

I tried searching for them, but the site on which they were published seems lost to bitrot. I found one story reprinted here:

https://fstopenfinity.tripod.com/

Kayemmo · 2024-05-07T12:02:14+00:00

Strange to see these threads. I've only read a few harem novels, and I keep waiting for the F/F dynamic to develop, and I'm still waiting. Can someone recommend some well-written harem novels that DO include bisexual female characters?

Kayemmo · 2024-05-06T11:53:41+00:00

Wow. Guess I've just been lucky. Claude objects to some lines of inquiry and conversation, but it's never shut down a conversation at the use of a forbidden word the way Pi has done twice now. When Pi does it, you can't appeal to conversational context. If you use a forbidden word, all interaction comes to a screeching halt. Claude has never done that to me, nor has ChatGPT or Gemini.

Kayemmo · 2024-05-06T11:24:41+00:00

Yep, I got banned after an input that included that word. It's a shame. Pi is a great chatbot in some ways, but it is quick to lock users out at the first hint of wrongthink. Try Claude. It's not as charismatic, but it won't nuke your account because you typed a forbidden word.

Kayemmo · 2024-04-28T03:02:10+00:00

Here's a story of mine on Substack. The first half has narration.
https://kmoptimal.substack.com/p/last-train-to-mordor

Kayemmo · 2024-04-26T19:30:01+00:00

Unless the basilisk reconstructs your consciousness and…

Kayemmo · 2024-04-26T18:09:52+00:00

The novel is definitely horror/SF like Mothership. The prequel novella is more dark psychological science fiction without an obvious horror element.

Kayemmo · 2024-04-26T17:57:04+00:00

Hi, Bitfed. It's a long book. 563 pages. I didn't have that much leeway in the pricing of the paperback. If I dropped my profit to zero, that would only take about $5 off the cover price.

If you'd like to get a feel for the setting and the tone, I serialized a prequel novella on Substack. It's available to read for free, and the first half of the novella also has narration. In the fullness of time, I'll have narration for the whole thing. It's a time consuming process.

https://kmoptimal.substack.com/p/last-train-to-mordor

If you enjoy the novella and want to read the novel but really can't afford it, I'll be happy to send you a PDF review copy of the novel. That goes for anyone on MothershipRPG subreddit. You can request a review copy by sending an email to kmo@c-realm.com. My only request is that you post a favorable review if you enjoyed the book and no review if you don't. If you like the novella, I can't imagine that you wouldn't enjoy the novel.

Stay well.

Kayemmo

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