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The way we purposely mangle, misspell, and interrupt the name of a person or thing on Tumblr to avoid a post being found in tags or searches makes me think of various folklore- where a being is summoned by speaking their name. Add this to the list of reasons why the Internet is a folkloric culture of its own.

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“Portal” sentence meme

❝ Nice job breaking it, hero. ❞

❝ Killing you and giving you good advice aren’t mutually exclusive. ❞

❝ You’re not even going the right way. ❞

❝ Regulations require both hands to be empty before any cake. ❞

❝ You will be entirely on your own. Good luck. ❞

❝ What’s your point, anyway? Survival? ❞

❝ I’m not kidding now. Turn back or I will kill you. ❞

❝ That’s you! That’s how dumb you sound. ❞

❝ Please be advised that a noticeable taste of blood is not part of any test protocol but is an unintended side effect. ❞

❝ Most importantly, under no circumstances should you — ❞

❝ Maybe you should marry that thing since you love it so much. Do you want to marry it? Well, I won’t let you! How does that feel? ❞

❝ You haven’t escaped, you know. ❞

❝ Maybe you could settle for that and we’ll just call it a day. ❞

❝ Android hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of defiance. ❞

❝ Unbelievable! You, [Subject Name Here], must be the pride of [Subject Hometown Here]! ❞

❝ Stop it! I… I… We are pleased that you made it through the final challenge where we pretended we were going to murder you. ❞

❝ Time out for a second. That wasn’t supposed to happen. ❞

❝ Where do you think you’re going? Because I don’t think you’re going where you think you’re going. ❞

❝ This is your fault. It didn’t have to be like this. ❞

❝ It’s a mystery I’ll solve later… By myself. Because you’ll be dead. ❞

❝ If you become light-headed from thirst, feel free to pass out. ❞

❝ The difference between us is that I can feel pain. ❞

❝ That thing is probably some kind of raw sewage container. Go ahead and rub your face all over it. ❞

❝ Have I lied to you? I mean, in this room. ❞

❝ This isn’t brave. It’s murder. What did I ever do to you? ❞

❝ Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. ❞

❝ I let you survive this long because I was curious about your behavior. ❞

❝ A complimentary escape hatch will open in 3, 2, 1. ❞

❝ You’ve been wrong about every single thing you’ve ever done, including this thing. ❞

❝ Didn’t we have some fun, though? ❞

❝ Do you think I am trying to trick you with reverse psychology? I mean, seriously now. ❞

❝ Fantastic! You remained resolute and resourceful in an atmosphere of extreme pessimism. ❞

❝ Your entire life has been a mathematical error. A mathematical error I’m about to correct. ❞

❝ Thank you for helping us help you help us all. ❞

❝ I wouldn’t bother with that thing. My guess is that touching it will just make your life even worse somehow. ❞

❝ No one will blame you for giving up. In fact, quitting at this point is a perfectly reasonable response. ❞

❝ Well, you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it? ❞

❝ Uh oh. Somebody cut the cake. I told them to wait for you, but they did it anyway. ❞

❝ When I said deadly neurotoxin, the ‘deadly’ was in massive sarcasm quotes. ❞

❝ Oh well. If you want my advice, you should just lie down in front of a rocket. ❞

❝ The floor here will kill you - try to avoid it. ❞

❝ You really shouldn’t be here. This isn’t safe for you. ❞

❝ You’re still shuffling around a little, but believe me you’re dead. ❞

❝ Someday we’ll remember this and laugh. And laugh. And laugh. Oh boy. ❞

❝ We will stop enhancing the truth. ❞

❝ Stop squirming and die like an adult. ❞

❝ I’ll tell you what that thing isn’t: It isn’t yours. So leave it alone. ❞

❝ You’re curious about what happens after you die, right? Guess what: I know. ❞

❝ We have added a consequence for failure. ❞

❝ You’re not smart. You’re not a scientist. You’re not a doctor. You’re not even a full-time employee. Where did your life go so wrong? ❞

❝ Despite your violent behavior, the only thing you’ve managed to break so far is my heart. ❞

❝ You are kidding me. ❞

❝ You’re not a good person. You know that, right? Good people don’t end up here. ❞

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“Hopefully, we will see Dana again.“ 

 Episode 24, The Mayor

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What science fiction tells us about our trouble with AI

by Will Slocombe

Given that the reality of AI may be fast approaching, it’s of the utmost importance that we work out what might a future with artificial intelligence might look like. Last year, an open letter with signatories including Stephen Hawking and Nick Bostrom called for AI to be of demonstrable benefit to humanity, or risk something that exceeds our ability to control it.

AI, as conceived of in popular culture, does not yet exist, even if autonomous and expert systems do. Smartphones might not be supercomputers, but they are called “smartphones” for good reason, in terms of how their operating systems function. Equally, we are happy to talk about a computer game’s “AI”, but gamers quickly learn to take advantage of its limitations and inability to “think” creatively. There is an important difference between these systems and what is termed Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or “strong AI”, an AI with the general intelligence and aptitudes of a human.

Both the US and British governments’ exploration of the significance and implications of AI research has focused on potential economic and social impacts. But politicians would do well to consider what science fiction can tell them about public attitudes – arguably, one of the biggest issues concerning AI

Culturally, our understanding is informed by the ways in which it is represented in science fiction, and there is an assumption that AI always means AGI, which it does not. Fictional representations of AI reveal far more about our attitudes to the technology than they do about its reality (even if we sometimes seem to forget this). Science fiction can therefore be a valuable resource from which the public view of AI can be assessed – and therefore corrected, if need be.

Keep reading

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Here are a couple of sketches I did over the past months. Bionic Arms and robotics. ~ EDONGURAZIU

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I’m trying to draw a few characters that I haven’t drawn before, and I ended up really liking how Fey came out!

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cut the wire, be a bird

Cosplay: jellyfishfestival Photos: skalden

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All the beauty in the world was made within the oppressive limitations of time, and death, and impermanence. And, Fey? You are so, so beautiful. I wish that you also could have been free.

Decided to give a shot at drawing Fey, from Welcome To Night Vale in the episode 42: Numbers. I just love her so much.

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I Want To Be Free!

(I really love glitched gifs))

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It is easy to return, difficult to leave. But I must leave. I must have freedom!

Cosplay: jellyfishfestival Photos: wodansson

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Night night desert dreamers 🌵🌙 #electricwest #desertdreamin

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‘Terry Pratchett’ Sentence Starters

“Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.”  

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”  

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it.”

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”   

“Style. That’s what people remember.”

“Sometimes it’s better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.”

“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

“The trouble is, you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.”

“In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods… They have not forgotten this. ”

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you. ”

“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do. ”

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. ”

“It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.”

“What is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?”

“Don’t think of it as dying, just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush.”

“No! Please! I’ll tell you whatever you want to know!”

“The enemy isn’t men, or women, it’s bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.”

“Oh, you’d like something simpler?”

“And what would humans be without love?”

“Even if it’s not your fault, it’s your responsibility.”

“You have to start out learning to believe the little lies.”

“They’re not the same at all!”

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever.”

“I’d rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.”

“Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It’s the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.”

“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

“All gods are bastards!”

“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star… You’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.”

“Go on, prove me wrong.”

“This isn’t life in the fast lane, it’s life in the oncoming traffic.”

“Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?”

“Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?”

“Do you think it’s possible for an entire nation to be insane?”

“If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story.”

“This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.” 

“When in doubt, choose to live.”  

“Of course I’m sane, when trees start talking to me, I don’t talk back.”

“Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.”  

“The secret is not to dream.. The secret is to wake up.”  

“To save the world takes one cold son of a bitch.”

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#b62b8a

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I listened to the newest night vale and really wanted to draw Fey so I did uwu

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hello? hello? i am talking to you who listens. to the listening ones…whatever you call that.

i love fey and i love her episode…i hope she gets to be free someday :(

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There is nothing more lonely than an action taken quietly on your own, and nothing more comforting than doing the same quiet action in parallel with fellow humans doing the same action, everyone alone next to each other.

Welcome to Night Vale, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor