BlueMonday1984

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 3 weeks ago

Is it that unimaginable for SV tech that people speak more than one language? And that maybe you fucking ask before shoving a horribly bad machine translation into people’s faces?

Considering how many are Trump bros, they probably consider getting consent to be Cuck Shit^tm^ and treat hearing anything but English as sufficient grounds to call ICE.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Found an unironic AI bro in the wild on Bluesky:

You want my unsolicited thoughts on the line between man and machine, I feel this bubble has done more to clarify that line then to blur it, both by showcasing the flaws and limitations inherent to artificial intelligence, and by highlighting the aspects of human minds which cannot be replicated.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The curl Bug Bounty is getting flooded with slop, and the security team is prepared to do something drastic to stop it. Going by this specific quote, reporters falling for the hype is a major issue:

As a lot of these reporters seem to genuinely think they help out, apparently blatantly tricked by the marketing of the AI hype-machines, it is not certain that removing the money from the table is going to completely stop the flood. We need to be prepared for that as well. Let’s burn that bridge if we get to it.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 3 weeks ago

Shot-in-the-dark prediction here - the Xbox graphics team probably won't be filling those positions any time soon.

As a sidenote, part of me expects more such cases to crop up in the following months, simply because the widespread layoffs and enshittification of the entire tech industry is gonna wipe out everyone who cares about quality.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 14 points 3 weeks ago

New high-strength sneer from Matthew Hughes: The Biggest Insult, targeting "The Unspeakable Contempt At The Heart of Generative AI"

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It would be really funny if Devin caused a financial crash this way

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They're LWers, they already baked their psyche long ago

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Machine learning is essentially AI with a paper-thin disguise, so that makes sense

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Zed Run: a play to earn (P2E) virtual horse NFT racing game. Defunct as of February, probably due to rug pulling, they are pivoting to “Zed Champions”, which is… pretty much the exact same thing, with likely the same fate.

They're also (indirectly) competing with Umamusume: Pretty Derby, which offers zero P2E elements, but does offer horse waifus and actual entertainment value. Needless to say, we both know who's winning this particular fight for people's cash.

EquineChain: a blockchain platform for tracking horse care history, because apparently people don’t trust horse caregivers and need GPUs to remember how much ivermectin and ketamine their show-ponies have mainlined.

It'd arguably be helpful if the caregivers are helping themselves to the stash, but I doubt there's anything stopping then from BSing the blockchain, too.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 4 weeks ago

But how are they going to awkwardly cram robots in everywhere, to follow up the overwhelming success of AI?

Good question - AFAICT, they're gonna struggle to find places to cram their bubble-bots into. Plus, nothing's gonna stop Joe Public from wrecking them in the streets - and given we've already seen Waymos getting torched and Lime scooters getting wrecked these AI-linked 'bots are likely next on the chopping block.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 4 weeks ago

Don't we know it.

To my knowledge, previous bubbles happened in the background, with the general public feeling little effect from them.

Here, the entire bubble has happened directly in the public eye, either though breathless hype being shoved down their throats or through the bubble's negative externalities directly impacting their lives.

With that in mind, I expect this upcoming winter to be particularly long, with public mockery/condemnation of AI to be particular hallmarks.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 15 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Glad I could help with writing this.

I've already predicted that AI will completely and permanently disappear once the bubble bursts, and between AI's utterly radioactive public image and businesses' increasing realisation that AI is a useless money pit, its a prediction I've only grown more confident in over time.

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