Dario Amodei and Sam Altman have warned that AI could start improving itself without human help, but the most effective way to dress as this concept is to wear a self-help book and leave a party early.
Recursive self-improvement
The idea suggests models advancing on their own, yet a last-minute outfit needs to be simple. Dress as the version of yourself you imagine becoming after making New Year’s resolutions.
Carry a productivity book like “Atomic Habits” or a title by Malcolm Gladwell. Bring a yoga mat and a large bottle of water. Leave the gathering in the middle of the night to “go to therapy” when you simply want to go home. Mention to guests how well your Oura Ring sleep score is.
You represent someone trying to better themselves. You are recursive self-improvement.
A deceptively cute AI agent
Meta and OpenAI recently launched assistants with avatars that look innocent but could cause trouble. The look is almost Elizabeth Holmes-esque. You may only wear the black turtleneck Holmes costume if you are a natural blonde or have a blonde wig.
Make yourself look large and fluffy. Wear a poofy puffer jacket or wrap yourself in colourful feather boas. Add a distinctive hat, glasses, or another accessory to resemble a ChatGPT dot. A colourful shirt with matching bottoms also works.
Ask people throughout the night if you can obtain read and write access to their Gmail.
A guy who is actively recording you with Meta glasses
Whether you call them “pervert glasses” or not, it would be spooky if someone started recording you without consent. This fits the Halloween spirit.
Grab a pair of glasses or buy a cheap pair and attach a large red or white circle to one lens to mimic a recording light. If you cannot make a sticker, wear normal glasses and say you are the “guy recording with the light covered up.” Please do not actually record people without their consent while wearing this costume.
Mark Zuckerberg wearing a vaguely unsettling T-shirt
Mark Zuckerberg’s fashion has been recognisable lately. He wears slightly oversized, boxy black T-shirts.
Replicating the black text on black shirt style may be difficult. Attach a piece of paper to yourself that says “Building is my love language.”
If you feel confident in your Latin pronunciation, wear a shirt that says “Aut Zuck aut nihil,” which means “Either Zuck or nothing.” It is a little ominous.
An AI usage limit notification
For some people, running out of Claude tokens is scarier than anything else.
Print screenshots of notifications telling users they have reached their usage limit and attach them to a piece of cardboard. Go and spook some vibe-coders. You do not need to dress like you work at Hot Topic; that is just the model in the image.
A PHP vulnerability
The scary PHP-ocalypse is fresh in memory. AI unearthed critical PHP flaws last week that could have been catastrophic for the internet. The fear web developers felt is still palpable, making it a good Halloween costume: You are a PHP vulnerability.
Buy a T-shirt and a sharpie. Write PHP on it. Keep it simple.
For the vulnerability part, commit to the bit. All night, talk to friends about your feelings. Actually bare your emotions. Discuss how a recent loss of a loved one made you remember how fragile life can be. If making yourself vulnerable kills the vibe, pretend it was part of the Halloween costume and that you are really cool and fun and never feel sad ever.
Bryan Johnson
The costume explains itself.
Bryan Johnson, a second time
Couples costume alert.
Maybe you have more than one Halloween party to attend this weekend, but you want your various costumes to stick to a specific theme. Once you have your sleepy time getup sorted, it is 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. If you have 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 is what you get for waiting until now to figure out a costume.
