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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th December 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago

dust specks vs CEOs

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th December 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago

lol that's exquisite

but you could tell the guy was into Effective Altruism from how he did dust specks vs CEOs

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th December 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The whole internet loves CEO Murderer, a handsome murderer that targets CEOs! 5 seconds later We regret to inform you the murderer is into AI

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th December 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

just delivered a commission on why bitcoin is very like hawk tuah

this season's word is: kleptokakistocracy

in which Edward Ongweso, Jr. beats Casey Newton repeatedly around the head with a clue bat in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

fwiw Amy and I are delighted to be in the "AI is fake and it sucks" camp

though also it's real and dangerous, but not from going AGI lolol

A polite disagreement bot ring is flooding Bluesky — reply guy as a (dis)service in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago

the block is as fast, but it's more personal

A polite disagreement bot ring is flooding Bluesky — reply guy as a (dis)service in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago

rahaeli is fucking gold

On bitcoin topping $100,000 in c/buttcoin@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago

Bitcoin and Hawk Tuah: Not So Different

Godot Isn't Making it - (What if AI has already peaked?) in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Ed is presuming a high school education from his readers, where kids get hammered with the play whether or not they have any idea what it is

out in the world, ~nobody has heard of the game engine

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th December 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Godot Isn't Making it - (What if AI has already peaked?) in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I wonder if there’s any analysis to link NFTs and blockchain boosters back to the AI pushers as well?

literally the same VCs

compute power to some extent, or repurposing wired-up crypto mining data centres

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th December 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago

pivot to ai has a new beg post, but mostly i wanna show off Sad Robot In Snow:

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Why wordfreq will not be updated - AI spam (github.com)
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Kubient’s adtech use case for AI: an excuse for a fraud (pivot-to-ai.com)
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OpenAI does not want you delving into o1 Strawberry’s alleged “chain of thought” (pivot-to-ai.com)
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NSWEduChat will ‘ease the burden’ on teachers with safety promises that would need human-equivalent AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
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remembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001 (paulgraham.com)
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You should not set memecoin creators on fire! They're doing it to themselves. You can punch them in the face, though. It's marketing. (www.wired.com)
 

archive: https://archive.is/M6EbD

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Microsoft is firmly committed to environmentally sustainable AI — except when there’s a sale to be made (pivot-to-ai.com)
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OpenAI releases new Sora demo videos — with a few less glitches (pivot-to-ai.com)
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Strawberry fields forever — OpenAI’s new ‘o1’ model (pivot-to-ai.com)
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OpenAI looks to fill the funding gap with $6.5b of fresh investment and $5b credit (pivot-to-ai.com)
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The world is not enough — US and France escalate Nvidia antitrust investigations (pivot-to-ai.com)
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Newsweek: did the Harris-Trump debate CRASH BITCOIN?? - with 3 paras of me saying "lol no" (www.newsweek.com)
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