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Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds

It happens to the best of us — you’ve completely dropped the ball on figuring out a Halloween costume. Naturally, you’ve decided to solve this problem by turning to… TechCrunch? Yeah, sure, why not. I’ve got some ideas. Here are some last-minute techy Halloween costumes. Effort levels vary.

这种事谁都难免——你完全没来得及准备万圣节服装。自然地，你决定通过求助于……TechCrunch 来解决这个问题？好吧，当然，为什么不呢。我有一些点子。这里有一些临时的科技风万圣节服装，努力程度各不相同。

Recursive self-improvement AI leaders like Dario Amodei and Sam Altman have expressed their fears that AI is developing too quickly, but if AI models become capable of “recursive self-improvement,” they’ll be able to advance on their own without human intervention, rendering any efforts to “pace the frontier” futile. I’m not sure how to visually represent the idea of an AI building itself, but you could really lean into the “self-improvement” part and forget the “recursive” aspect — it’s a last-minute Halloween costume. You don’t need to try that hard.

像 Dario Amodei 和 Sam Altman 这样的递归自我改进型人工智能领袖曾表达过对 AI 发展过快的担忧，但如果 AI 模型具备了“递归自我改进”的能力，它们将能够在没有人类干预的情况下自行进化，使得任何“放缓前沿发展”的努力都变得徒劳。我不确定如何直观地表现 AI 自我构建的概念，但你可以专注于“自我改进”的部分，而忽略“递归”——毕竟这是临时的万圣节服装，你不需要太费力。

Dress as the version of yourself you imagine becoming every year when you make New Year’s resolutions. Carry around a self-help or productivity book like “Atomic Habits” or anything by Malcolm Gladwell, a yoga mat, and a huge bottle of water. Leave in the middle of the party to “go to therapy” when you actually just want to go home. Brag to people about how good your Oura Ring’s sleep score is. You are the embodiment of someone trying to better themselves. You are recursive self-improvement.

打扮成你每年制定新年计划时所憧憬的那个自己。随身携带一本自助或效率类书籍，比如《原子习惯》或 Malcolm Gladwell 的任何作品，再带上一张瑜伽垫和一个巨大的水瓶。在派对中途以“去接受心理治疗”为由离开，其实你只是想回家。向别人吹嘘你的 Oura Ring 睡眠评分有多高。你就是那个努力提升自我之人的化身。你就是递归自我改进。

A deceptively cute AI agent: Meta and OpenAI both recently launched AI assistants with creepily cute avatars. It’s almost Elizabeth Holmes-esque — they look innocent, so you underestimate their potential to cause disaster. (While we’re talking about her, you’re only allowed to do the black turtleneck Holmes costume if you’re a natural blonde, or if you have a blonde wig.) What you’re going to do is make yourself look big and fluffy. Maybe you have a poofy puffer jacket, or maybe you can find some colorful feather boas to wrap yourself in. Add a distinctive hat, glasses, or other accessory to make yourself look more like a ChatGPT dot. If you have a colorful shirt and matching bottoms, that also works. Throughout the night, ask people if you can obtain read/write access to their Gmail.

一个极具欺骗性的可爱 AI 智能体：Meta 和 OpenAI 最近都推出了带有诡异可爱头像的 AI 助手。这简直有点像 Elizabeth Holmes——它们看起来很无辜，让你低估了它们造成灾难的潜力。（顺便提一下，只有当你天生金发或戴着金色假发时，才允许扮演穿黑色高领毛衣的 Holmes。）你要做的是让自己看起来又大又蓬松。也许你有一件蓬松的羽绒服，或者你可以找些彩色的羽毛围巾裹在身上。加上一顶独特的帽子、眼镜或其他配饰，让自己看起来更像 ChatGPT 的圆点。如果你有彩色的衬衫和配套的裤子，那也行。整晚都要问别人是否可以获得他们 Gmail 的读写权限。

A guy who is actively recording you with Meta glasses: Whether you call them “pervert glasses” or not, we should all be able to agree that it would be really spooky if someone just started recording you without your consent — perfectly in keeping with the Halloween spirit. Just grab a pair of glasses — or buy a cheap pair somewhere convenient — and attach a big red or white circle to one lens, mimicking the red recording light. If you want to make the costume extra creepy (or, if you can’t make a big circle sticker), you can just wear normal glasses and say that you’re “guy recording with the light covered up.” Please, just don’t actually record people without their consent while you wear this costume.

一个正用 Meta 眼镜录制你的人：无论你是否称它们为“变态眼镜”，我们都应该同意，如果有人在未经你同意的情况下开始录制你，那确实会非常令人毛骨悚然——这完全符合万圣节的精神。只需拿一副眼镜——或者在方便的地方买一副便宜的——并在一个镜片上贴一个大的红色或白色圆圈，模仿红色的录制灯。如果你想让服装更诡异（或者如果你做不出大的圆形贴纸），你可以只戴普通眼镜，并声称你是“那个把录制灯遮住的人”。拜托，穿着这身服装时，请千万不要真的在未经他人同意的情况下录制别人。

Mark Zuckerberg wearing a vaguely unsettling T-shirt: While we’re at it, Mark Zuckerberg’s fashion has been pretty recognizable lately. He’s been wearing a lot of slightly oversized, boxy black T-shirts. It may be hard to replicate the black-text-on-black-shirt style he gravitates toward, but you could attach a piece of paper to yourself that says “Building is my love language.” If you feel confident in your Latin pronunciation, you could go for something actually scary, like the time he wore a shirt that said “Aut Zuck aut nihil,” which means “Either Zuck or nothing.” It’s a little ominous.

穿着令人不安的 T 恤的 Mark Zuckerberg：说到这里，Mark Zuckerberg 最近的时尚风格相当容易辨认。他经常穿一些略显宽松、方方正正的黑色 T 恤。要复制他偏爱的“黑底黑字”风格可能很难，但你可以在身上贴一张纸，上面写着“构建是我的爱之语言”。如果你对自己的拉丁语发音有信心，你可以尝试一些真正吓人的东西，比如他曾穿过一件写着“Aut Zuck aut nihil”的衬衫，意思是“要么是 Zuck，要么什么都没有”。这有点不祥。

An AI usage limit notification: For some people, there’s nothing scarier than running out of Claude tokens. Grab a piece of cardboard, print out screenshots of notifications telling you that you’ve reached your usage limit, and go spook some vibe-coders. I’ve illustrated this idea using an edited stock photo. You don’t have to dress like you work at Hot Topic — that’s just the model in the image.

AI 使用限额通知：对某些人来说，没有什么比 Claude 代币用完更可怕的了。拿一块硬纸板，打印出提示你已达到使用限额的通知截图，去吓唬那些“氛围程序员”吧。我用一张编辑过的库存照片展示了这个想法。你不必打扮得像在 Hot Topic 工作——那只是图片里的模特。

A PHP vulnerability: The scary PHP-ocalypse is fresh in our memory — it was only last week that AI unearthed critical PHP flaws that could’ve been catastrophic for the internet. The fear that web developers felt is still palpable, making it a good Halloween costume: You are a PHP vulnerability. Here’s what you’re going to do. Buy a T-shirt and a sharpie, and write PHP on it. Keep it simple. What about the vulnerability part? You’re going to have to commit to the bit. All night, you’re going to talk to your friends about your feelings. Actually bare your emotions. Talk about how your recent loss of a loved one made you remember how fragile life can be. If making yourself vulnerable kills the vibe, just pretend it was part of the Halloween costume and that you’re really cool and fun and never feel sad ever.

PHP 漏洞：可怕的“PHP 天启”还历历在目——就在上周，AI 挖掘出了可能对互联网造成灾难性影响的关键 PHP 缺陷。网络开发者感受到的恐惧依然清晰可见，这使它成为一个不错的万圣节服装：你就是一个 PHP 漏洞。你要做的是：买一件 T 恤和一支记号笔，在上面写上 PHP。保持简单。那漏洞的部分呢？你得全身心投入这个角色。整晚都要和朋友谈论你的感受。真正地袒露你的情绪。谈谈你最近失去亲人的经历让你意识到生命是多么脆弱。如果表现得脆弱破坏了气氛，就假装这是万圣节服装的一部分，表现得你其实非常酷、非常有趣，从不感到悲伤。

Bryan Johnson: The costume explains itself. Bryan Johnson, a second time. Couples costume alert! Maybe you have more than one Halloween party to go to this weekend, but you want your various costumes to stick to a specific theme. Once you’ve got your sleepy time getup sorted, it’s time to prep your second costume portraying the controversial biohacker: GLP-Bryan. Johnson wrote on X earlier this year: “I frequently lay on top of Kate with all of my bodyweight. The deep pressure, calms her nervous system, quiets racing thoughts, and releases oxytocin which lowers cortisol. We call it GLP-Bryan.” Naturally, people were confused, so he shared an image to demonstrate. Yes, this will be hard to reproduce as a Halloween costume, but if you’ve run out of time to buy anything, this one will do. Just wear a T-shirt and jeans, which you probably already own. It will be weird to lie on top of your partner in the middle of a party. Really weird. But that’s what you get for waiting until now to figure out a costume.

Bryan Johnson：这套服装不言自明。Bryan Johnson，第二次。情侣装预警！也许这个周末你要参加不止一场万圣节派对，但你希望你的各种服装都遵循一个特定的主题。一旦你搞定了你的睡眠装扮，就该准备你的第二套服装来扮演这位充满争议的生物黑客：GLP-Bryan。Johnson 今年早些时候在 X 上写道：“我经常用全身重量压在 Kate 身上。这种深层压力能镇静她的神经系统，平息纷乱的思绪，并释放催产素以降低皮质醇。我们称之为 GLP-Bryan。”自然地，人们感到困惑，所以他分享了一张图片来演示。是的，作为万圣节服装这很难还原，但如果你已经没时间买任何东西了，这套凑合能用。只需穿上你可能已经有的 T 恤和牛仔裤。在派对中间躺在伴侣身上会很奇怪。真的很奇怪。但这就是你等到现在才想服装的代价。