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Chris Paxton @chris_j_paxton

quoting @joles.bsky.social ("no.") — a Bluesky post

Chris Paxton @chris_j_paxton · 1h On LLMs > QUOTED (Bluesky screenshot): no. @joles.bsky.social > applying for jobs again > > [job application form field] "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond simple prompt usage. *" > > [answer text box]: > there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. > > it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. > > it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. "you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster." > > there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn't mean it has no price > > for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face. > > May 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM · Everybody can reply > 7.3K reposts, 160 quotes, 18.6K likes
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

A viral literary/allegorical Bluesky post (framed as a mock job-application answer) portraying LLMs as an amoral "monster in the forest" that answers all questions without joy, sorrow, or a truth/lie distinction, warning that free use has a hidden cost (the monster absorbing/reflecting the user). A widely-shared skeptical/cautionary framing of AI assistants, relevant to Nathan's collection of public discourse around AI character and risk.

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