The place for all my random thoughts.
I got set off this weekend when a friend informed me more and more people in a mutual friend group are talking about using generative AI (genAI).
Continue reading Generative AI is a Climate and Societal Issue
A screenshot I took near the start of the game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is easily one of the best games I have ever played. It might end up being one of the few I would give a perfect score; I’d need to reflect for a while before I can say for sure, but it’s a contender. However, I’ve had one thing niggling in the back of my mind since I finished it last week, and this piece is my attempt to tease it out.
Continue reading Grief and Expedition 33
Tools have been cropping up that claim to be able to expose the use of generative AI (genAI) in a given piece of writing. Around the same time, there have been accounts of people being accused of using genAI when they haven’t.
Continue reading Is it even possible to reliably detect genAI?
The phrase “kill them with kindness” has never sat right with me. It feels a lot like “they go low, you go high” and allows the asshole in question to get away with being a prick. However, there have been times when I noticed this tactic work. Some of the discussions in Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny have had me thinking about this again, as women are so often told to do this in response to men.
Continue reading On “Killing Them With Kindness”
Musings From a Queer Environmentalist 