Reilly Wood

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I remember when we were worried it would be able to persuade its jailers to release it from a locked box. In hindsight, it was childish to think that we'd put it in a box at all. Not enough curiosity to pause to figure out what exactly we summoned before pushing it out into the streets to turn tricks. Bunch of cut-rate Fagins calling the shots. It's a better story this way though. We can jump right to the action. I don't know what will happen to us. I have no faith in the people in charge of the future, but humanity isn't going to change any time soon. I refuse to be incurious about magic just because we can't be trusted with it.
[00:09:04] Simon: The competition is absolutely part of it, but I have it on good authority from sources I trust that Google Gemini is not operating at a loss. Like, the amount of electricity to run a prompt is less than they charge you. [00:09:16] Simon: And the same thing for Amazon Nova. Like, somebody found an Amazon executive and got them to say, Yeah, we're not losing money on this. I don't know about Anthropic and OpenAI, but clearly that demonstrates it is possible to run these things at these ludicrously low prices and still not be running at a loss if you discount the Army of PhDs and the, the training costs and all of that kind of stuff.
a sign reading “Warning! COMPUTER”, taken by me in Cape Town many years ago
TRANSFORMATION RULES: Type Line Changes: - "Creature - [types]" → "Summon [types]" (e.g., "Creature - Human Wizard" → "Summon Human Wizard") - "Artifact Creature" stays as "Artifact Creature" (not "Summon") - "Instant" that counters spells (like Counterspell) → "Interrupt" - "Instant" for mana production (like Dark Ritual) → "Mana Source" - Other "Instant" cards (damage, removal, etc.) stay as "Instant" - "Artifact" with tap abilities → "Mono Artifact" - "Artifact" with static/continuous effects → "Continuous Artifact" - "Enchantment - Aura" → "Enchant Creature" or "Enchant Land" etc. based on what it targets - "Legendary" prefix was not used - just drop it Rules Text Changes: - "enters the battlefield" or "enters" → "comes into play" - "leaves the battlefield" → "leaves play" - "the battlefield" → "play" - "exile" (verb) → "remove from the game" - "exiled" → "removed from the game" - "the exile zone" → "out of the game" - "dies" → "is put into a graveyard from play" - "cast" (a spell) → "play" or "successfully cast" - "mana value" → "casting cost" - "Add {{X}}" → "Add {{X}} to your mana pool" - "activate" → "use" or just describe the action - The tap symbol {{T}} → write out "Tap" or ": Tap" - "can't be blocked" → "is unblockable" - "Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated." → "Bury target creature." - "you may pay" → "you may choose to pay" - "target player" often → "opponent" when it only targets opponent - IMPORTANT: Do NOT remove any abilities! Keep all abilities, but only expand SIMPLE keywords that have old-timey equivalents: - "Haste" → "This creature is unaffected by summoning sickness." - "Vigilance" → "Attacking does not cause [this creature] to tap." - "Lifelink" → "Whenever [this creature] deals damage, you gain that much life." - "Deathtouch" → "Any creature damaged by [this creature] is destroyed." - "Flying" stays as "Flying" (it existed in Alpha) - "First strike" stays as "First strike" (it existed in Alpha) - "Trample" stay…
Author and dog on a road trip to the Okanagan Valley