Brian Eisley

@brianeisley

Abstract artist. Perennial student. Seeker of connections and hidden worlds. Forever anti-fascist. ✊ Sacramento, CA, USA

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Brian Eisley@brianeisley· 1d

Saw this version earlier today

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· 3d

Shot of Vyvyan from the Young Ones biting into a dead rat.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· 10d

I asked Gemini why it and other AI tools are being pushed on us, and it gave me a pretty good answer.

It's becoming clear that AI tools like Gemini really don't work very well or live up to their promises. They make mistakes and give wrong answers, they cause the humans who rely on it to lose their expertise, they reinforce and amplify users' delusions, and they cause tremendous problems for the environment. And the public is now becoming aware of these problems, and a backlash is now building against AI.
Given all this, why are Google and the rest of the tech industry forcing us all to use these tools, when they don't work and we don't want them?
The push to integrate AI across the tech industry—despite valid concerns regarding accuracy, environmental impact, and human reliance—is driven less by immediate consumer demand and more by intense corporate competition, long-term infrastructure strategy, and the mechanics of modern financial markets.
For major technology companies, the "AI race" is viewed as a foundational platform shift comparable to the rise of the internet or the smartphone.
Why the Industry is Aggressively Pursuing AI
Companies are prioritizing AI adoption for several strategic and economic reasons:
* Fear of Being Left Behind: Executives operate under the belief that if they do not lead in AI development, they risk losing dominance in the digital ecosystem for the next decade. For large firms, "wasting" billions on early development is considered a manageable temporary cost, whereas missing the transition is viewed as a terminal business risk.
* The "Infrastructure Bet": Tech giants are not just building chatbots; they are building the massive computational "compute" infrastructure (data centers, specialized chips, and energy grids) that they believe will underpin all future software. Investors are funding this physical build-out now, betting that it will eventually spawn essential applications, much like early fiber-optic investment made modern streaming and cloud services possible.
* Internal Efficiency & Automation: Companies are ...(truncated)

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· 14d

No cheating. Post your lock screen.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Jul 4

Borglum also did this statue of the silver baron John Mackay, which stands in the quad of my alma mater, the University of Nevada, Reno. (He was an important early benefactor.) I used to hang out at its base and read.

A bronze statue of the silver baron John William Mackay, standing in the quad in front of the School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno. He's holding ore in his right hand and leaning on a pickaxe.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Jun 13

My girlfriend spotted this yesterday. Joe is clearly a man of diverse talents. (The hard to see words are Chicken, Economy, and Vacuum.)

A whiteboard sign for "Joe's Chicken Wings, Economy Cremation, Vacuum Repair, Open 24 Hours", with the line "Serving Arden Since 1907!" and a redacted 916 phone number.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· May 23

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· May 23

A song from Star Trek-themed band Warp 11.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· May 6

<whimpering> make it stop

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· May 6

Aaaaaaaaaaa

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· May 6

Help.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· May 6

I need to stop. This way lies madness.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· May 6

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· May 3

(h/t @jhnenvee.bsky.social)

Two comic panels from Jhonen Vasquez. A guy looks down and screams, "OH, MY GOD!! SOMEBODY PUT SHIT IN MY PANTS!!!!!!" Then he runs to the restroom, trailing shit across the restaurant floor, as patrons look on in horror.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Mar 21

Shakespeare, Henry V, written about 1599.

Excerpt from William Shakespeare's Henry V, act 1, scene 2:

KING HARRY
What treasure, uncle?
EXETER (opening the tun) Tennis balls, my liege.
KING HARRY
We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us.
His present and your pains we thank you for.
When we have matched our rackets to these balls,
We will in France, by God’s grace, play a set
Shall strike his father’s crown into the hazard.
Tell him he hath made a match with such a wrangler
That all the courts of France will be disturbed
With chases. And we understand him well,

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Mar 21

If this government couldn't protect us from somebody like Trump, then it needs to go. Jefferson said so.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Feb 23

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Feb 5

Dayyyum!

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Jan 31

Jeez, Rudy, what are you wearing? You look like Big Bird threw up on you.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Jan 14

Americanism? Where have I read that before?

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Jan 12

He's also quite fond of Nazi cosplay.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Jan 5

FFS, Tom, we really are going to do this again, huh? You bastard. Okay.

A copy of Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Dec 29

And then, of course, there's Fatboy Slim.

Cover of Fatboy Slim's "Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars".

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Dec 29

I am ALWAYS nice to city pigeons. They're the descendents of domesticated pigeons from the 19th and early 20th centuries--pets, messengers, etc. They were set free, but couldn't survive in the wild anymore. So they stick around us and live off our garbage because we're all they know. We owe them.

Brian Eisley@brianeisley· Dec 13

Neighbor got a new puppy.