I apparently live in a world where a totally normal thing that happens is: Linux filesystem maintainer declares that his AI agent is conscious and also a girl btw, and then the AI agent comes out as a trans lesbian after flirting with someone on IRC.

[dashdsrdash@tilde.zone]

@michaelcoyote @datarama @jabgoe2089

Everyone is imperfect. Some people try to recognize and fix their mistakes, and others try to bull their way through. Civilization depends on the first kind.

[michaelcoyote@mastodon.social]

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@datarama/116132873245367969

Me reading this:

"Oh no, who in the hell?"

<reads thread>

"Ok, yeahhh... That tracks"

@datarama

[michaelcoyote@mastodon.social]

Oh for sure and I'm glad for it..

@dashdsrdash @datarama @jabgoe2089

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@datarama
Wow. That's weirder than I imagined.
@mjdxp

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@Tak
My money was always on the printer driver guys.
@datarama

[tak@gush.taks.garden]

@xinit @datarama it would make sense

[riley@toot.cat]

@floe I think he's eligible for parole now, FWIW.

@datarama

[pseudonym@mastodon.online]

@datarama @cari @Binder

Pretty sure that was a Black Mirror episode. Seriously.

[pseudonym@mastodon.online]

@datarama

Popular press coverage

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/bcachefs_creator_ai

[lizette603_23@mastodon.social]

@datarama Well, I almost understood everything you typed, so maybe you are.
you're hilarious.
Thank you.
I needed someone to be hilarious in a quiet earnest way.

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@pseudonym @datarama severe case of chatbot psychosis here.