I\u2019m not sure how to visually represent the idea of an AI building itself, but you could really lean into the \u201cself-improvement\u201d part and forget the \u201crecursive\u201d aspect \u2014 it\u2019s a last-minute Halloween costume. You don\u2019t need to try that hard.<\/p>\n
Dress as the version of yourself you imagine becoming every year when you make New Year\u2019s resolutions. Carry around a self-help or productivity book like \u201cAtomic Habits\u201d or anything by Malcolm Gladwell, a yoga mat, and a huge bottle of water. Leave in the middle of the party to \u201cgo to therapy\u201d when you actually just want to go home. Brag to people about how good your Oura Ring\u2019s sleep score is. <\/p>\n
You are the embodiment of someone trying to better themselves. You are recursive self-improvement.<\/p>\n
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A deceptively cute AI agent <\/p>\n
Meta and OpenAI both recently launched AI assistants with creepily cute avatars. It\u2019s almost Elizabeth Holmes-esque \u2014 they look innocent, so you underestimate their potential to cause disaster. (While we\u2019re talking about her, you\u2019re only allowed to do the black turtleneck Holmes costume if you\u2019re a natural blonde, or if you have a blonde wig.)<\/p>\n
What you\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n
Throughout the night, ask people if you can obtain read\/write access to their Gmail.<\/p>\n
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Image Credits:OpenAI<\/p>\n
Whether you call them \u201cpervert glasses\u201d or not, we should all be able to agree that it would be really spooky if someone just started recording you without your consent \u2014 perfectly in keeping with the Halloween spirit. <\/p>\n
Just grab a pair of glasses \u2014 or buy a cheap pair somewhere convenient \u2014 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\u2019t make a big circle sticker), you can just wear normal glasses and say that you\u2019re \u201cguy recording with the light covered up.\u201d Please, just don\u2019t actually record people without their consent while you wear this costume.<\/p>\n
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Image Credits:David Paul Morris\/Bloomberg<\/p>\n
Mark Zuckerberg wearing a vaguely unsettling T-shirt<\/p>\n
While we\u2019re at it, Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s fashion<\/a> has been pretty recognizable lately. He\u2019s been wearing a lot of slightly oversized, boxy black T-shirts. <\/p>\n 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 \u201cBuilding is my love language.\u201d <\/p>\n If you feel confident in your Latin pronunciation, you could go for something actually scary, like the time he wore a shirt that said \u201cAut Zuck aut nihil,\u201d which means \u201cEither Zuck or nothing.\u201d It\u2019s a little ominous.<\/p>\n An AI usage limit notification<\/p>\n For some people, there\u2019s nothing scarier than running out of Claude tokens. <\/p>\n Grab a piece of cardboard, print out screenshots of notifications telling you that you\u2019ve reached your usage limit, and go spook some vibe-coders. I\u2019ve illustrated this idea using an edited stock photo. You don\u2019t have to dress like you work at Hot Topic \u2014 that\u2019s just the model in the image.<\/p>\n A PHP vulnerability<\/p>\n The scary PHP-ocalypse is fresh in our memory<\/a> \u2014 it was only last week that AI unearthed critical PHP flaws that could\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you\u2019re going to do. Buy a T-shirt and a sharpie, and write PHP on it. Keep it simple. <\/p>\n What about the vulnerability part? You\u2019re going to have to commit to the bit. All night, you\u2019re 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\u2019re really cool and fun and never feel sad ever.<\/p>\n Bryan Johnson<\/p>\n The costume explains itself. <\/p>\n Bryan Johnson, a second time<\/p>\n Couples costume alert!<\/p>\n 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\u2019ve got your sleepy time getup sorted, it\u2019s time to prep your second costume portraying the controversial biohacker<\/a>: GLP-Bryan.<\/p>\n![\"Mark](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793419337_291_mark-zuckerberg-muse-charm-getty.jpg\")
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