Just to be clear, the "Don't want Attie AI, don't use it" argument is invalid.
It's a separate app, so you can't block or opt out of it. It WILL be scraping your Bsky posts. And (as I understand it) it's Claude under the hood, so who knows what present or future uses your content is put to?
Guessing it’ll only be the most toxic percentage of Bsky users who even ask for an invite, because the vast majority are opposed to AI in general.
Jay, remind your new boss that this website’s numbers are based on a population that was willing to walk away from a popular social platform already.
Fine with making “more unhinged” a standard game mechanic.
It's true that when I'm speaking about it to others, I call it Dunk & Egg. Even though that would've been a less-than-ideal name for the series.
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Board Game Night with Castle Combo, and my plan is SO VERY CUNNING that even I don’t know what it is BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Out of 71 comments made so far, exactly 7 are “Sign me up!”
The other 90% are some variation of “Yikes,” “Hard Pass,” “Here’s how this will target vulnerable people,” or “We just want to post pics in DMs.”
@jay.bsky.team, @toni.bsky.team, I know all VC money is tied to AI right now, but… yikes.
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Today, we’re excited to introduce Attie, currently as an invite-only closed beta. Attie is the first agentic social app on atproto. It’s something completely new — an experiment in making building on the protocol more accessible.
