genai rotten

we love our stories and ai-nalogies.

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

• hotz: hacked the iphone, wanted OS his way
  rotten: “i hate pink floyd”, wanted rock his way
• hotz: hacked the ps3
  rotten: “god save the queen”
• hotz: legal trouble with sony
  rotten: dublin pub arrest, mountjoy jail, overturned
• hotz: sony rap diss
  rotten: bill grundiss
• hotz: more famous for establishment spat
  rotten: more famous for establishment spat
• hotz: weed arrest
  rotten: speed bust
• hotz: big tech hires the hacker
  rotten: big music hires the punk
• hotz: professional hacking less fun than vibes hacking
  rotten: professional rebellion less fun than actual rebellion
• hotz: let's build. self-driving car in his garage
  rotten: let's build. public image ltd.
• hotz: weird public challenge with elon musk
  rotten: weird public fights with powers that be
• hotz: ai before “hacker”
  rotten: post-punk music before “punk legend”
• hotz: commaai to add layers, tinygrad to strip them down
  rotten: pistols to strip rock down, pil to build it up stranger
• hotz: streams instead of podcasts
  rotten: screams instead of interviews
• hotz: aged out “teen hacker”, avoided tech suit trap
  rotten: aged out “terrifying punk”, avoided pop rock trap
• hotz: “obviously right” vs “what the fuck is he talking about”
  rotten: “obviously right” vs “what the fuck is he talking about”
• hotz: lovable renegade ...?
  rotten: ❤︎ renegade (!)

anyway why did I start writing this.

ah right. life imitates art. art imitates life. programming as it meets punk.

better to burn out than to fade away.