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Roast of the AI
AI hype, AGI theatre, model worship and machine-shaped confidence tricks.
Film Roasts
Corridors, remakes, sequels, streaming sludge and cinema pretending it found religion.
Sense Checks
Modern nonsense checked with numbers before it gets promoted to wisdom.
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To Be or Not to Be AGI: Astra, Fable and Obedient Genius
Astra and Fable show real progress, but do better agents prove AGI? A roast of lab hype, doomer certainty and the dream of superintelligence that always obeys.

AGI Is General, Until the Real World Opens the Wrong File
Frontier AI keeps smashing benchmarks while still stumbling over ordinary real-world work. Maybe AGI needs reality, not another scorecard, before…

AI Assistants, Cheap Skills and the Coming Human Premium
AI can replace tasks, but its better use may be as a cheap assistant that buys back human time while…

Degrees, Intelligence and the Great Human Sorting Machine
We casually divide people into stupid and intelligent, uneducated and educated. The trouble is that these labels measure different things,…

Practical Magic 2: Old Magic, New Curse, Same Old Cinema
Practical Magic 2 revives the Owens witches, Lee Pace and a 28-year-old spell, while ordinary cinema still struggles to feel…

Trump Blames Ukraine Again While Putin Keeps the Receipt
Trump tells Ukraine to spare Russian diesel while Russia keeps attacking Ukraine and the wider fuel crisis exposes a very…

Runner (2026): Enjoyable, Familiar and Built for Streaming
Runner is enjoyable action with solid performances, but its familiar chase mechanics and soft opening make the sofa feel like…
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The Modern Hermit: Be a Sinner, but Make It Holy
A brief manifesto for staying human, keeping receipts and refusing modern nonsense with a straight face.
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