@cstross@wandering.shop And on Usenet. There was a parallel to that 'MJ Rathbun', that went after Scott Shambaugh this week, from back in the tail end days of significant Usenet trolls. https://mastodonapp.uk/deck/@JdeBP/116060705914714390 A follow-up post by Shambaugh reported that the 'AI agent' had been widely cheered on in some quarters. So now there's even more training data for the next robot. https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/ @n1xnx@tilde.zone @keith_lawson@mastodon.social @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social @quixoticgeek@social.v.st #AIs #LLMs #AIpocalypse #matplotlib #GitHub