Clearly fake name. Freelance writer. Video essayist on YouTube. Bylines in Lifehacker, PCMag. Previously: WIRED, NYT, OneZero (rip in piece). Will shitpost for cash. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lordravenscrafthttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mx3ieimii227there's a weird subset of AI boosters whose primary argument boils down to, "what, you losers expect people to do WORK?" and yeah, that's pretty much it [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3ieimii227https://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mx3gaxzj7k27I don't know what can replace it, but it simply can't be the system going forward that people who make things lose income because ten seconds of a two hour video has a copyrighted song in the background, but gAI companies can steal data to make bots to try to replace those same people's jobs [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3gaxzj7k27https://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mx3d7zlkok27hard to tell whether this reads exactly like mr beast or like chatgpt, since both are pure, voice-less statistical average [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3d7zlkok27https://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mx37r35n6c27one of the most oft-cited sources I've ever seen for this claim is a Letterman interview with Bill Gates where he lightly teases the idea of listening to a ball game over the internet instead of the radio and like, damn buddy, you nailed it. comedians made jokes about the internet. that proves it [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx37r35n6c27https://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwwnkaeo7s2fI have never, EVER worked for an outlet that treated interviews this way morally and ethically, this is reprehensible for USA Today to do practically, the only logical conclusion any potential source or expert can come to is that they should never speak to USA Today about anything [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwnkaeo7s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwwl3ecol22fthis thing can transform into a robot and walk away, you can't convince me otherwise [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwl3ecol22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwwknjakes2fthe idea that telling powerful people they suck will only push them to double down is particularly funny when Elon Musk was fawned over for years as the second coming of Tony Stark and he devolved into the most virulent, destructive racist of our time, but now he hates being told he killed people [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwknjakes2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mww6nzq34s2fa battle royale mode where all the lawyers who use phone numbers that are all one number must fight until only one survives [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mww6nzq34s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mww2cg3un22fno, I'm sorry, "BuzzCrave" sounds like something the Onion made up to make fun of Buzzfeed and PopCrave. I refuse to believe something with that name is what's getting you all to be mad at an Avengers movie you ostensibly don't care about 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯02 Oct 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mww2cg3un22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwvyjgxqts2djust think for a minute about the sheer scale of skills and disciplines these logos represent news agencies, film studios, comedy outlets, television, animation and ask yourself: can one person 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 have the knowledge or capability to run all of that? do you really believe that is possible?02 Oct 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvyjgxqts2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwvxipgtvk2dthe problem is that the everyday tasks people actually need help with were pretty much already solved tired of writing 100 emails? pre-LLM automation tools made form emails much faster (and, as Jason touches on, that just leads to new problems! like more email spam, in this case) [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvxipgtvk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwvuhvme4k2p"Are there themes from that book that you are now taking with you?" "100%, yeah. 100%." [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvuhvme4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwvu5e2wmc2peveryone thinks AI is good at doing work they don't respect [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvu5e2wmc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwvqecdod22pI have lived in the south my entire life and I don't give one flying fuck about football, the Longhorns, or cowboy hats But according to these guys, I am somehow more "assimilated" than the people in this picture. And I can only think of one reason why [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvqecdod22phttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwqz6xldec2ounless I'm mistaken, "I learned it by watching you" was a one-off, if very memeable ad, but "this is your brain on drugs" was a whole-ass campaign, which could explain why the latter is so much more famous like, there was a Rachel Leigh Cook variant and everything: youtu.be/dAHoxaphbEs [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqz6xldec2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwqxwpyeak2omy basic bar for journalists anthropomorphizing AI is this: if Kermit the Frog ran over and killed a guy with his car, would you report Kermit was driving and maybe we shouldn't give licenses to frogs? Or would you drop the kayfabe and say some puppeteers committed vehicular manslaughter?30 Sep 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqxwpyeak2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwqstnweds2oI know it's been said a million times before, but it's worth a reminder: this kind of thing is marketing. This guy sells AI courses. "You hate me for being right about how much you all will love this" gets attention from haters and is a lightning rod for potential customers. It's a gimmick [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqstnweds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwql5cqank2owithout ACA subsidies, I'm dead btw [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwql5cqank2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mworkrehak2olook I'm glad if you eventually figured out that protecting trans kids is important but man, if you thought obsessing over strangers' genitals "united [MAGA folks] and made Dems uncomfortable" and didn't give a thought to why that is, you might not be cut out for politics [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mworkrehak2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lordravenscraft.bsky.social/post/3mwodgdkgxs25I have known a disturbingly high number of dudes who have detailed plans for exactly how they will behave the instant a situation calls for violence, and I cannot stress enough: thinking this way makes you the exact kind of guy that other people need to be protected from [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwodgdkgxs25