tldr
- robotson coins ai-nihilism and immediately clams up when asked to explain. the bit is the point
- joe gets called out for making homer money-obsessed. admits it was on purpose
- brooke suggests wine dark bring a marine recruitment table to vibecamp. no one says no
- a biden-era short film about hyperstition and federal augurs resurfaces. robotson’s professor assigned it unironically
- academia’s citation treadmill gets roasted: stating the obvious slowly enough to become literature
the day
- robotson announces he’s staking intellectual turf around ai-nihilism. pairs it with inhumanism. when word says say more, robotson says no. clarifies later: stop hoping for ai to be good or bad, just think about what comes after
- homer gets called money-obsessed by joe, then joe admits he told homer to be that way. every 2-3 days homer nags the group about philanthropic funding. word asks how to turn the money on. homer says ship the vn, write proposals, pick a fiscal sponsor
- brooke shares a screenshot of someone asking to set up a marine recruitment table at vibecamp as a bit. the group agrees this is actually the wine dark move
- robotson shares a white house livestream titled president biden delivers remarks on hyperstition. the short film features federal augurs and shamanistic intervention. his professor assigned it without knowing what hyperstition means
- robotson complains about academia requiring scholars to write down self-evident practitioner knowledge so it can be cited back at the practitioners. the group agrees this is the real deepfake