BlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 4 days agoStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th May 2025plus-squarepinawful.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up122
arrow-up122external-linkStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th May 2025plus-squarepinawful.systemsBlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square94fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 days agoIf AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions?plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square351fedilinkarrow-up1439
arrow-up1439external-linkIf AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions?plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square351fedilink
irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · 19 hours agoAi scraping is an effective DDoS on the entire interentplus-squarepod.geraspora.deexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up176
arrow-up176external-linkAi scraping is an effective DDoS on the entire interentplus-squarepod.geraspora.deirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 20 hours agoMusk’s xAI gas turbines: no emission controls, filling Memphis air with smogplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up138
arrow-up138external-linkMusk’s xAI gas turbines: no emission controls, filling Memphis air with smogplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square3fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 4 days agoSoundcloud claims the right to train AI on all your songs — but swears it hasn’t yet, honestplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up174
arrow-up174external-linkSoundcloud claims the right to train AI on all your songs — but swears it hasn’t yet, honestplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square3fedilink
swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-25 days agoTheranos: First Blood Part IIplus-squarearchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up128
arrow-up128external-linkTheranos: First Blood Part IIplus-squarearchive.isswlabr@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square7fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 days agoLloyd’s offers corporate insurance against AI chatbot errors! Now try to get a payoutplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up118
arrow-up118external-linkLloyd’s offers corporate insurance against AI chatbot errors! Now try to get a payoutplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square3fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 days agoAI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up1741
arrow-up1741external-linkAI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square298fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 5 days agoStudy: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at workplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up143
arrow-up143external-linkStudy: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at workplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square7fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 6 days agoShocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real jobplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up169
arrow-up169external-linkShocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real jobplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square19fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agoChristopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the graveplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up129
arrow-up129external-linkChristopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the graveplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square10fedilink
mapto@masto.bg · 8 days agoA report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up134
arrow-up134message-squareA report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:plus-squaremapto@masto.bg · 8 days agomessage-square9fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 9 days agoOpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit — but Elon Musk isn’t convincedplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up115
arrow-up115external-linkOpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit — but Elon Musk isn’t convincedplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square13fedilink
Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 10 days agoOpenAI scuttles for-profit transformationplus-squarewww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up132
arrow-up132external-linkOpenAI scuttles for-profit transformationplus-squarewww.axios.comArchiteuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square8fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 10 days agoUK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative worksplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19
arrow-up19external-linkUK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative worksplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
BlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 days agoStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025plus-squareawful.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up119
arrow-up119external-linkStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025plus-squareawful.systemsBlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square195fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 11 days agoDuolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slopplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1103
arrow-up1103external-linkDuolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slopplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square5fedilink
irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-211 days ago"Regulations are NOT the solution to low-quality food. Bitcoin is." - this guy.lemm.eeimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1397
arrow-up1397image"Regulations are NOT the solution to low-quality food. Bitcoin is." - this guy.lemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square73fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agoIn 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any moreplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up147
arrow-up147external-linkIn 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any moreplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square6fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-213 days agoyour U Toronto CS degree has been replaced with a colour-in place mat from McDonaldsplus-squarewww.cs.toronto.eduexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up121
arrow-up121external-linkyour U Toronto CS degree has been replaced with a colour-in place mat from McDonaldsplus-squarewww.cs.toronto.eduDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square7fedilink
