Could an autonomous AI be prone to self-deprecation?

This Locus notice gives word that Algis Budrys has passed away. Among his accomplishments, it fails to note that in the 70s, Locus itself ran Budrys’s monthly column on the art of writing, which was highly technical, precise, and illuminating. These formative essays deeply colored the way I thought about the thing I most wanted to do with my life.

I saw this shirt in Berkeley several months ago, in a shop on Telegraph Ave. By chance I tracked it down this morning, only to learn that they are all sold out.

Anyway, Travis Pitt’s other designs are also awesome.

And this YTMND is suitably ubiq.

And don’t miss this beautiful variation on the theme.  The theme of Pac-Man.