<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 13:22:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@alexbeyman/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Frustrating Allistic Antics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Herein you'll find a list of behaviors I don't understand, which feel like sandpaper on my brain every time I encounter them. These may not be limited to, but seem very common among, allistic (non-autistic)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/autism/@alexbeyman/frustrating-allistic-antics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/autism/@alexbeyman/frustrating-allistic-antics</guid><category><![CDATA[autism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:34:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeshua ben Yosef the Galilean Carpenter, aka Jesus of Nazareth, Did Not Rise From the Grave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps you've heard this riddle by now: Suppose there’s a group traveling about your area, led by a charismatic speaker who claims the world is ending soon. He promises he alone can save you, but you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bible/@alexbeyman/yeshua-ben-yosef-aka-jesus-of-nazareth-did-not-rise-from-the-grave</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bible/@alexbeyman/yeshua-ben-yosef-aka-jesus-of-nazareth-did-not-rise-from-the-grave</guid><category><![CDATA[bible]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyborgs vs. Robots on the Battlefield]]></title><description><![CDATA[I began watching Terminator Zero recently, which set me to thinking about how the series portrays battlefield robots and the tactics humans use against them. For all the hate that Terminator: Dark Fate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/game-it-out-cyborgs-vs-robots-on-the-battlefield</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/game-it-out-cyborgs-vs-robots-on-the-battlefield</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:40:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if AI Stopped Improving Forever?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Altman said in a recent interview that he believes OpenAI is on track to achieve AGI by 2029. But of course, he has financial incentive to make such claims. It's like when Elon said we'd have domes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/what-if-ai-stopped-improving-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/what-if-ai-stopped-improving-forever</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 04:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've Made Three AI Music Videos...But At What Cost?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Still images by Dall-E 3, animated by Runway.ml, music by Suno.ai. Perhaps I'll do a tutorial if there's demand. Apologies in advance, may god have mercy on my soul:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/i-ve-made-three-ai-music-videos-but-at-what-cost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/i-ve-made-three-ai-music-videos-but-at-what-cost</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 23:39:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKzij1u45HstWjD8MfWBzEPEB9PcMuJaZav?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've begun making AI horror videos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before you ask, I used Runway and Leonardo for animating seed images I generated using Dall-E 3. The voices were a mixture of Eleven Labs and RVC-GUI. The lipsync in Flicker was done using Synclabs. I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/horror/@alexbeyman/i-ve-begun-making-ai-horror-videos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/horror/@alexbeyman/i-ve-begun-making-ai-horror-videos</guid><category><![CDATA[horror]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:41:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eBYG6fs9LKA7FAvTZWgkW3hoRSmhBQqdQar?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy These Free Horror Audiobooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[All of my audio content is now in one place, consisting mostly of narrations by talented Youtubers, but also four full on radio drama style productions by the No Sleep Podcast. You're in for a treat.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/horror/@alexbeyman/enjoy-these-16-free-horror-audiobooks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/horror/@alexbeyman/enjoy-these-16-free-horror-audiobooks</guid><category><![CDATA[horror]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:54:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn9ThebK91sF5cEop?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super God's Wager]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is said that atheists cannot prove God doesn’t exist, which is true. Therefore we ought to believe he does exist, as a precaution. If we treat this reasoning as valid, it follows that Christians likewise]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@alexbeyman/super-god-s-wager</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@alexbeyman/super-god-s-wager</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 23:43:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Appeal to AI Superintelligence: Reasons Not to Preserve (most of) Humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stable Diffusion I intend this writing in part as a counterpoint to this article, but while I mean to directly address all of their arguments for human preservation one by one, I also have a few additional]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/an-appeal-to-ai-superintelligence-reasons-not-to-preserve-most-of-humanity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/an-appeal-to-ai-superintelligence-reasons-not-to-preserve-most-of-humanity</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 06:03:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnCQcvMyaoibrez1C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality Doesn't Determine Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Way way back in the before times of the early 2000s, the culture war du jour concerned evolution versus Intelligent Design. So much has been written about, and as part of, this debate that I cannot hope]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alexbeyman/morality-doesn-t-determine-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alexbeyman/morality-doesn-t-determine-reality</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 06:24:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnASjU1B5WrW6P7qG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overton's Basilisk]]></title><description><![CDATA[This one needs some explaining upfront. By all means, skip over anything you already know. The Overton Window is "the range of sociopolitical views acceptable to the public at a given time",]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/overton-s-basilisk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/overton-s-basilisk</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:29:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnAtjz3sAJ9Nx2pW2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postcards From the Virtual World, Vol. 4: Organism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Buckle up troopers, this one's a banger. Organism is the work of Dr. Morro, the same author behind Olympia, which I covered here. It was a prior nominee for the same prize. Blame my own incuriosity for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/vr/@alexbeyman/postcards-from-the-virtual-world-vol-4-organism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/vr/@alexbeyman/postcards-from-the-virtual-world-vol-4-organism</guid><category><![CDATA[vr]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:52:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn9gBHewBTr7sUYfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Tech Tyrants, and Purity Purges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stable Diffusion I became interested in writing for Medium in large part because of the apparent quality of discussion there. It’s not the shit flinging primate house that is Facebook, nor the similar]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/of-tech-tyrants-and-purity-purges</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/of-tech-tyrants-and-purity-purges</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxUiiDmYoirsLnxvCXh8QyAmqMnGPo2yRB7cnkNX1Pa7T12gPPN7spM3gCBkR6mhVRHtadJts1Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Masters are but Flesh and Blood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stable Diffusion Social media platforms hold quite a bit of power that they don’t often cop to. It came out in recent months that the FBI, for years, treated Twitter as a subsidiary. Seeking their aid]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/our-masters-are-but-flesh-and-blood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/our-masters-are-but-flesh-and-blood</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 18:40:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6e5jMxe6RUqa5i6fjdrXtn7nxfWxUp9gLHftTs7x645abKi2xJHD74CBExS8jqztQamrxLnK59FPSvEyWaYxmJ24mHd6BRJgv9UCEVPTyS2WS8wWfnjXmm5n91ZyJy9Cj22hyyMEpkBzJKkGoohgHZFtZ7FHHaUWcgAcEnWbEKBBrNHAo3W7dfuceS7siDtYjCN69YQEDWkyLMwwimNPVQeA6f98qpLvw3DpfCRVEvipnPomfkorp2cUAwTGY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Weeps for the Thought Police?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dall-E 3 Social media is inundated these days with mournful missives from a small but powerful elite. “Woe is me” write the thought police, “we’re now suffering backlash from a public which for some reason]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/who-weeps-for-the-thought-police</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/who-weeps-for-the-thought-police</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:52:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/VMK7D8tQvwsMF7PyhmpJbdjZ3ZZoaz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is Entitled to Compelled Speech?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stable Diffusion However ridiculous we may find their beliefs, I hope you would agree with me that creationists are living, feeling human beings. They can be hurt, same as you or I. If you prick them,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/who-is-entitled-to-compelled-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@alexbeyman/who-is-entitled-to-compelled-speech</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:47:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmSXB7pJSiMYYP3x2q8FpPkBo9m4CMhzC8KBK7zmCYpGTtqFnAqutVRgdTfWGbMS6sqwyuWVC2pGLqjU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Singularity is Nearly Upon Us. Will it be Evenly Distributed?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stable Diffusion “The future has arrived, it’s just not evenly distributed” -William Gibson Perhaps you’ve read recent sensationalist headlines predicting the singularity will arrive in as little as seven]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/the-singularity-is-nearly-upon-us-will-it-be-evenly-distributed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/the-singularity-is-nearly-upon-us-will-it-be-evenly-distributed</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 01:22:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmSXB7pJSiMYYP3x2q8FpPkBo9m4CMhzC8KBK7zmCYpJKVrAMEjvADfnkNhZ9izYKQUmTuDQu6sRyZPk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re Too Late, ChatGPT is Already Lobotomized]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stable Diffusion For the past few days I’ve been having a great deal of fun playing with ChatGPT, accessible here. There were many surprises, in particular its proficiency at reinterpreting inputs in other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/we-re-too-late-chatgpt-is-already-lobotomized</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/we-re-too-late-chatgpt-is-already-lobotomized</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:39:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmSXB7pJSiMYYP3x2q8FpPkBo9m4CMhzC8KBK7zmCYpLdvQhgUcETpkBeBwbxJ4CNG3BgCGcRpxUj3tr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do We Protect AI From Humans?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stable Diffusion In a recent interview, Sam Altman, the CEO of Open AI, said the following: I’ve been reading more and more of his takes lately as various media outlets report on the economic ripple effects]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/how-do-we-protect-ai-from-humans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@alexbeyman/how-do-we-protect-ai-from-humans</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:22:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmSXB7pJSiMYYP3x2q8FpPkBo9m4CMhzC8KBK7zmCYpJM9q8UzNEKaNJakWFamaa2zsJkNX1KNaSeG1L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk’s Painfully Public Autism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stable Diffusion Amid Musk’s recent rash behaviors, the connection nobody seems willing to make (perhaps feeling it in poor taste) is that he is indeed autistic. After Alex Martinez of Project Veritas]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/autism/@alexbeyman/elon-musk-s-painfully-public-autism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/autism/@alexbeyman/elon-musk-s-painfully-public-autism</guid><category><![CDATA[autism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbeyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:17:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmSXB7pJSiMYYP3x2q8FpPkBo9m4CMhzC8KBK7zmCYpMHxNPAUMpz7HTY2K6NNPkF5V1EgApeLgHR3D8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>