Charles Bergquist

Half my feed is celebrating election wins and saying 'look there's hope!!' and the other half is quoting the Mayer AI 3-words-about-my-daughter piece and saying 'look we're doomed!!'

Initially read this as "nuclear lifestyle innovation campus" and was trying to imagine what sort of innovations this admin might support

I am confused, it looks like a real fence to me

sir you are driving a Big Rugged Manly Truck with extra-knobby tires and bonus Big Rugged roll bars, why are you swerving to avoid every manhole cover on this street

Leela: Didn’t you place bets in the 20th century? Fry: Well sure, but not on our elections. Only on TV and radio. And on sports. And movies. And on ball games and on buses and military actions and t-shirts and on political coups. But not on elections. No siree!

Why do they call it patching vulnerabilities and not computer therapy

Opinion: every PowerPoint presentation should by default make the elementary school filmstrip projector 'advance strip now' BONK noise

Very grateful that this hotel bar of soap comes with instructions -- apparently I'm supposed to gently massage my skin to create a cleansing lather, then rinse it off?? Explains a lot

Today in misdirected email: Margaret, your order of a six pack of 'rechargable' wax candles is on its way. (maybe it is just a bad translation from Swedish but I am curious about rechargeable candles)

"Sometimes our steamroller just goes rogue and drives down the city sidewalk on its own. Oopsies!" "Sometimes our new chemical just goes rogue and dissolves everything into goo. You know how it is." "Sometimes our microwave oven goes rogue and decides to emit neutron radiation instead. Oh well!"

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Audio editor: dramatic pause to.... heighten tension

Having a family debate: is stuffing a 'savory bread pudding'?

Your honor, since it appears that companies can get away with crimes by saying they were done by rogue AI agents, I would note that every browser company is shoving AI into their products so when I use a browser to commit fraud I am really just a rogue AI agent agent and cannot be blamed

Dear publicist- while I of course totally trust your judgement, sending an invite to a book launch event with no mention of what the book is, who the author is, or even a topic area feels like it could use some clarification?

Computer just autocorrected 'Harborside Avenue' to 'Herbicide Avenue,' but yes, let's definitely call it 'super intelligence,' why not

Will Kid Rock perform at the halftime show?

From my childhood reading/viewing, I was given to understand that there would be SO MANY children/teens going around solving mysteries. Like, all the time. Where are the young detectives I was promised

TIL: there is a specific word for the leafy stems and other aboveground parts of a potato plant (also used for beanstalks and the leafy bits of pea plants etc): HAULM

Uncanny valley: called the phone company and their robot voice read my number back to me as 3 digits- 4 digits - 3 digits YOU ARE THE PHONE COMPANY, SURELY YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF HUMANS READING NORMAL US PHONE NUMBERS

Theory: if you are marketing a 'self-driving' car, it should not be able to go faster than the posted speed limit

I got my flu shot yesterday. Often they make me feel kind of meh afterwards, but I feel completely fine. EXCEPT - the injection site is hot enough to cook pancakes on. I can feel the heat through 2 layers of clothing. The immune system is so weird

Yesterday when searching for a family tree of bat species, Google would not stop giving me information about Batman and his associates, but yes let's all call this 'Super Intelligence,' why not

So if I am following this right we are all talking about whether it is ok to listen to a song about choosing iced coffee during a job interview

It's decorative gourd David, m'fers

Showing up to my job interview in appropriate respectful dress, with 2 iced coffees

These are multipurpose!! If you get one of these and start opening on Saturday Oct 10, you can have a Snail Fact every day to help count down to Election Day

At the string request of the United States military, and for national security purposes, I have agreed to convert the torch in the Statue of Liberty to an AI-powered flamethrower

If "artificial intelligence" is allowed to slurp down every song, every book, every movie for training purposes surely I, a real intelligence, should be able to swap a couple albums I liked online *this is not a real argument, do not argue here

Things that apparently exist in 'tranches': --files/records/documents --funding

Have they considered 'Reverend Who'

We have also seen alarming reports that as weather gets colder, people have been noticing similar effects when they breathe outdoors. Mouthchemtrails, we're calling them

Missed a chance to use "You may tell yourself, 'This is not my beautiful house!'"

If you are in line to quit the Ed Sheeran tour, STAY IN LINE

what a multicultural world we live in where "Shanghai Ravioli Corporation Buffalo Chicken Rangoon"is a product that exists to be recalled www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-aler...

I walk into the drugstore. Clerk: where did you park? Me: um, in the lot? Clerk: they're paving today. Me: there's no cones or signs Clerk: they said it might be today Me: ok, well they're not there now and I'm just picking up a script, I'll be gone in 5 Next customer walks in Clerk: where...

Many people suggested changing the name of Mar-a-lago to Mar-a-merica

Whereas, the very old and useless Statue of Liberty is made of copper, And Copper is deemed an essential component of today's modern computer infrastructure, And Computing is essential to National Security We are going to recycle the Statue and build a very beautiful Data Center

Hunting AND gathering? In this economy??

Have we considered returning to a silent barter system

Somehow given the armor plating my brain had filed armadillos under 'slow.' Mr. Wilson here is... Not slow.

Mystery: neighbors have been storing a car (newish looking Honda van) in their driveway for several weeks while its owners are overseas. Last night one window fully opened by all itself. Car still locked, all other windows up. ????

A naval officer wants to see Montana

Attention: the North American Ice Cream Association has a conference for frozen dessert professionals. Conecon. That is all.

Renaming 'Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake' to 'America Lake' when?