It’s only technically a book, but I’m still going to recommend Homestuck. It’s one of the most “made for the internet” stories out there when that’s what you’re looking for.

https://bambosh.dev/unofficial-homestuck-collection/ is recommended since flash died.

“Trump is a clown but he won’t be defending himself”

When you’re on a budget, the emotional support clowns start looking real affordable and appealing

Youtube comments are still a meme. Useless vapid nonsense isn’t much better than mean comments. Looking at the YouTube comments section is always a mistake.

You said it perfectly, it’s his reputation as a good actor, not the good acting itself. Stars get payed a ludicrous amount of money, you can easily find a decent actor for less and have plenty to spare to train them up.

The face is everything, they plaster it all over the advertising and it works. People will talk about the new movie: “oh and it has actor C in it” “in that case I’ll take a look”

The Turing test was never meant to be a test of a machine’s ability to think. It was meant to boil that question down into a question that can actually be answered, but the original question remains unanswered.

In my opinion, when general AI arrives it will not be an “open debate”, the consequences will be dramatic, far-reaching and rapid.