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   Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 23:43:48 JST Al Sweigart

   I have a fear of being incepted, like in the movie. I have a semi-regular worry that I'm dreaming or been induced into a dream-like state without realizing it, and totally bizarre things are happening but I never stop and think about it and I just accept it as normal.

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     your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 23:43:46 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     @AlSweigart the chairs. this would make for a great game of I Spy.

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     Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 23:43:46 JST Al Sweigart

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     • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

     @blogdiva I was actually thinking of making a "hidden object" mobile game but you point out AI-generated incongruities. It'd be easy to make content for: just use AI to do it.

     Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 repeated this.
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     your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 23:43:46 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     @AlSweigart exactly... yet, it would make the shitware useful and we don't want to do that.

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     Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 23:43:47 JST Al Sweigart

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     (Yes, this post is a metaphor.)

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     Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 23:43:47 JST Al Sweigart

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     I'm not young. I know the answer involves a deep dive discussion into anxiety levels, autism spectrum, the impulse to conform to societal expectations and hierarchy, the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, etc etc.

     But I suppose the childish part of me still wants myself and others to defy that because, well, look at it: It's not beautiful, it's nonsense bullshit.

     The wise part of me wants that too.

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     Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 23:43:47 JST Al Sweigart

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     The thing that worries me is that the bullshit is getting better and harder to spot.

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     Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 23:43:48 JST Al Sweigart

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     What is that sculpture in the middle of the room? How am I supposed to reach those shelves in the ceiling. Why is the skylight an irregular pattern? WHY DID ALL OF THIS LOOK NORMAL AT FIRST GLANCE?

     (And why don't other people notice or care how obviously fake all this is?)