BlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days agoStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025plus-squarepinawful.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 24 hours agoShocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real jobplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 days agoAI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square296linkfedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down10
arrow-up1715arrow-down1external-linkAI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square296linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 days agoChristopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the graveplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkChristopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the graveplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
mapto@masto.bg · 4 days agoA report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareA report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:plus-squaremapto@masto.bg · 4 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 4 days agoOpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit — but Elon Musk isn’t convincedplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit — but Elon Musk isn’t convincedplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 days agoOpenAI scuttles for-profit transformationplus-squarewww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
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irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-26 days ago"Regulations are NOT the solution to low-quality food. Bitcoin is." - this guy.lemm.eeimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down10
arrow-up1392arrow-down1image"Regulations are NOT the solution to low-quality food. Bitcoin is." - this guy.lemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square73linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 6 days agoDuolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slopplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agoIn 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any moreplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkIn 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any moreplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square6linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 5 days agoUK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative worksplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-28 days agoyour U Toronto CS degree has been replaced with a colour-in place mat from McDonaldsplus-squarewww.cs.toronto.eduexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkyour U Toronto CS degree has been replaced with a colour-in place mat from McDonaldsplus-squarewww.cs.toronto.eduDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 days agoNo, Microsoft did not state ‘strong AI demand’ in Q1 2025 — the FT is wrongplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkNo, Microsoft did not state ‘strong AI demand’ in Q1 2025 — the FT is wrongplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-29 days agoSeattle Worldcon science fiction convention vets panelists with ChatGPTplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkSeattle Worldcon science fiction convention vets panelists with ChatGPTplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 10 days agoDoctors personally liable if mandatory NHS AI transcriber gets it wrongplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down10
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkDoctors personally liable if mandatory NHS AI transcriber gets it wrongplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 11 days agoGenerative AI: ‘no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkGenerative AI: ‘no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
mirrorwitch@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 days agoA depressed rant on my acceptance stage of living post-gen-"AI"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareA depressed rant on my acceptance stage of living post-gen-"AI"plus-squaremirrorwitch@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agoGoogle’s military AI deals get DeepMind UK staff to start unionisingplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkGoogle’s military AI deals get DeepMind UK staff to start unionisingplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
BlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 13 days agoStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 4th May 2025plus-squareawful.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square174linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 4th May 2025plus-squareawful.systemsBlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square174linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 13 days agoTrump tariffs taking out AI data centres tooplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkTrump tariffs taking out AI data centres tooplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
