it's funny because Stranger In a Strange Land was counterculture at the time it was published (still is tbh) that had strong messaging promoting polygamy and a unifying religion. two things MAGA clearly wants.
Not only that but the author, Heinlein, also wrote Starship Troopers. you know...the one that glorifies fascist policies and borders on Nazi propaganda. also something MAGA clearly wants.
Knowing what I know about both Musk and Grok, I'd say the name is spot on if his goal was to assimilate the ideals of fascist polygamist christians. those three words pretty much sum up a perfect observation of MAGA members.
I've vaguely heard that Heinlein just took a whole bunch of different premises and ran with them in different novels. Although what I've gotten around to reading of his stuff so far, sounds very 1950s in style.
And thats without mentioning Palantir, named after the seeing-stones that Saruman use in lord of the rings, and... Gotham? A company that does about the same as the program Lucius Fox had Batman shut down in The Dark Knight.
Fortunately Skynet has no negative connotations whatsoever. Sky: where peaceful gods live that brighten your day every morning and symbol of pure joy and love. Net: global togetherness brought by instant communications of love and unity.
I just realized this wasn't an evil name across cultures as I have always thought.
Its Chinese translation 天网 (literally sky + net) is a word used for at least for 2,000 years and is still very actively used among the daily vocabulary. It's a metaphor for law enforcement (especially the destined punishment for going against the "good natural order" i.e. the sky).
Traditionally, it's neutral or commendatory, but nowadays due to the association with surveillance networks (both metaphorically and literally), it's more derogatory.
That's a good interpretation from the Chinese point of view. Ancient China is obsess with "heaven". Their philosophy and mythology is chock full of reference to heaven, like the "mandate of heaven".
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slazer2au@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 142d
Didn't google drop the no evil thing when they rebranded to Alphabet?
ultranaut@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 142d
No, it was several years before that.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 142d
The La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo strike again!
SystemDisc@piefed.world · 6 pts · 141d
“Don't be evil“ remains as the final phrase in the Code of Conduct. It was removed from the preface only.
merc@sh.itjust.works · 59 pts · 142d
Gemini is the twins, Janus is the Roman two-faced god.
kieron115@startrek.website · 12 pts · 142d
Huh, TIL. I thought every Roman god had a Greek counterpart.
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 141d
Bit more complicated than that.
It’s not one-to-one, and the Romans didn’t just adopt Greek gods.
kieron115@startrek.website · 3 pts · 141d
Thanks for sharing! Will watch later tonight.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
That's one unique hairdo
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 141d
Yeah, it would have been more mythologically accurate to say that Gemini is produced by a company that's constantly trying to drag you down into hell.
Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 141d
Hugh Janus?
foggianism@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
Gape Inghol
hansolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 141d
scytale@piefed.zip · 58 pts · 142d
I don’t know why I laughed at this one in particular, the way it was worded was just funny to me.
Miiirx@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 141d
And Musk is the smelly guy. His AI is named Grok, as a smelly Troll.
wunami@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 141d
Is Grok a reference to a troll?
I've only know of this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 141d
it's funny because Stranger In a Strange Land was counterculture at the time it was published (still is tbh) that had strong messaging promoting polygamy and a unifying religion. two things MAGA clearly wants.
Not only that but the author, Heinlein, also wrote Starship Troopers. you know...the one that glorifies fascist policies and borders on Nazi propaganda. also something MAGA clearly wants.
Knowing what I know about both Musk and Grok, I'd say the name is spot on if his goal was to assimilate the ideals of fascist polygamist christians. those three words pretty much sum up a perfect observation of MAGA members.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 141d
I've vaguely heard that Heinlein just took a whole bunch of different premises and ran with them in different novels. Although what I've gotten around to reading of his stuff so far, sounds very 1950s in style.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 141d
I hate that he ruined this word
RobotFK@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 141d
Not even the drink grog?
itisileclerk@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 141d
And then there's Grok, the sound that Pigs make.
sanbdra@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 142d
This reads like a late-night conspiracy theory mixed with a Kojima pitch 😂 oddly entertaining though.
BogeyTheSwear@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 141d
And thats without mentioning Palantir, named after the seeing-stones that Saruman use in lord of the rings, and... Gotham? A company that does about the same as the program Lucius Fox had Batman shut down in The Dark Knight.
Etterra@discuss.online · 17 pts · 141d
This whole AI side-plot is getting out of hand.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 142d
"Deepseek" does sounds like what Psycho Mantis will do
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 142d
Fortunately Skynet has no negative connotations whatsoever. Sky: where peaceful gods live that brighten your day every morning and symbol of pure joy and love. Net: global togetherness brought by instant communications of love and unity.
Grimy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 142d
A net in the sky makes me think of us as prey being caught, like if Skynet was a spider or fisherman. Granted, I really had to look for that meaning.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 142d
I just realized this wasn't an evil name across cultures as I have always thought.
Its Chinese translation 天网 (literally sky + net) is a word used for at least for 2,000 years and is still very actively used among the daily vocabulary. It's a metaphor for law enforcement (especially the destined punishment for going against the "good natural order" i.e. the sky).
Traditionally, it's neutral or commendatory, but nowadays due to the association with surveillance networks (both metaphorically and literally), it's more derogatory.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 142d
That's a good interpretation from the Chinese point of view. Ancient China is obsess with "heaven". Their philosophy and mythology is chock full of reference to heaven, like the "mandate of heaven".
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 142d
Be more patriotic. It's selfish to be afraid of all the winning that skynet brings America.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 142d
Behold, the sky net (is this shit co-written by Oda?):
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social · 8 pts · 142d
Someone that doesn't know German.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 142d
I don't think Kojima knows anything other than Japanese and maybe some English, so that tracks.
pewpew@feddit.it · 6 pts · 142d
Lol. If you didn't know, Claude just got open sourced https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/pull/41611
ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 142d
"Open sourced", LOL. By that logic Microsoft is open source https://www.techradar.com/news/the-microsoft-source-code-breach-may-be-much-bigger-than-we-thought
merc@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 142d
If Claude Code was (as Anthropic claims) 100% written by Claude, then it's not copyrightable. It's not open sourced, it's public domain.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 142d
They villains are to corny for high school writing.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 141d
I will say this about Kojima's naming... I never forget their names.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 142d
Nick Cage 've done it again!
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 142d
I thought Britney Spears did it again? Oops.
Napster153@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 141d
Where's the bisexual badass who comes in to save the day?
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 142d
Genius Kojimbo