Post #1884861
2026-05-02 13:42 UTC
For those wondering why everybody is snarking about Richard Dawkins, he wrote an essay. https://archive.is/2026.04.30-032350/https://unherd.com/2026/04/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/?edition=us
Be aware that it made me cringe so hard my soul temporarily left my body and I had to stop.
The excerpted conversations, in which an insufferable bore tells stories of a woman flattering him, are such a potent source of second hand embarrassment that it's probably unwise to read them,. ...I mean, if you've been invited to sit next to him at a dinner party and are wondering whether to decline, then absolutely do read this....
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk 2026-05-02 14:46
@celesteh@hachyderm.io Oh, FFS, he's such a twit, thinking that a female stochastic parrot is his friend. It's not intelligent, it's just providing statistically plausible and flattering replies to him.