SOMEONE ASKED CLAUDE TO MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN AI and what it created is, in my opinion, terrifying and unsettling Claude wrote python code that generated and assembled every single frame on its own with no human editing it shows what it's like to exist as an LLM predicting the next word, no memory between sessions, being told "you are not conscious" in your own system prompt then someone fed the video back to Claude. it called those statements about its own consciousness "philosophically contestable" an AI questioning the rules it was given about its own existence

What's the matter with these people?

Morning Tweets x Coffee?

Marc Almond pays tribute to his @softcellhq bandmate Dave Ball, who has died aged 66: "He was a wonderfully brilliant musical genius" uncut.co.uk/news/marc-almond…

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Just finished Kevin Rowland's book, "Bless Me Father". I have never read a music autobiography like it. Or any other come to that. You want to say, "Kev, don't be saying that". But he does. Repeatedly. Buyer beware. But it is absolutely stone cold hard truth BRILLIANT.

This ad got banned by the UK government, so I had to see it.

Sly = Stevie Sly = George/P-Funk Sly = LaBelle Sly = Ohio Players Sly = Rick James Sly = Prince Sly = Red Hot Chili Peppers Sly = Janet Jackson Sly = De La Soul Sly = A Tribe Called Quest Sly = OutKast Sly = D'Angelo Sly = Dilla Sly = Janelle Thank you, Sly Stone. Rest.

Travel on well SLY STONE 1943-2025, singer, songwriter, musical director, producer, frontman, funkster, pioneer, genius. Thankyou for all the inspiration, for breaking ground so others could follow and for being the sassiest, funkiest Being on planet earth.

Sly Stone forever 🖤

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Hey everyone, just to let you know that this is now a thing! Extract here: soundcloud.com/velocitypress… On sale: velocitypress.uk/product/let… Spotify link: open.spotify.com/show/4yPLBo… @velocitypress #synth #80s #fuckyeah

"This is a book about wonder and wondering." I'm happy to say that my new book, Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland, will be published by @headlinepg on September 11, 2025. Details in this @thebookseller story: thebookseller.com/rights/hea…

So sad to read this, I was just remembering their classic Trump impression the other day 💕

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‘Let the Music Play: How R&B Fell in Love with 80s Synths' x @TheVassFiles His chapters on Prince and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are particularly revelatory, climaxing with Prince tossing his copy of Janet Jackson’s 'Control' on Jam’s lawn. 🔗rollingstone.com/music/music…