BlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 10 hours agoStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th May 2025plus-squarepinawful.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th May 2025plus-squarepinawful.systemsBlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square3linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 14 hours agoSoundcloud claims the right to train AI on all your songs — but swears it hasn’t yet, honestplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-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 · 14 hours agomessage-square2linkfedilink
swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-22 days agoTheranos: First Blood Part IIplus-squarearchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTheranos: First Blood Part IIplus-squarearchive.isswlabr@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 days agoStudy: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at workplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkStudy: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at workplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 days agoShocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real jobplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkShocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real jobplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 5 days agoAI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square297linkfedilinkarrow-up1740arrow-down10
arrow-up1740arrow-down1external-linkAI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square297linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 4 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 · 4 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
mapto@masto.bg · 5 days agoA report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareA report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:plus-squaremapto@masto.bg · 5 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 6 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 · 6 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-28 days ago"Regulations are NOT the solution to low-quality food. Bitcoin is." - this guy.lemm.eeimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down10
arrow-up1398arrow-down1image"Regulations are NOT the solution to low-quality food. Bitcoin is." - this guy.lemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square73linkfedilink
Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days agoOpenAI scuttles for-profit transformationplus-squarewww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI scuttles for-profit transformationplus-squarewww.axios.comArchiteuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square8linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 days agoDuolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slopplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkDuolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slopplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
BlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 days agoStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025plus-squareawful.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square191linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025plus-squareawful.systemsBlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square191linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agoUK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative worksplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkUK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative worksplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 9 days agoIn 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any moreplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkIn 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any moreplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square6linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-210 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-210 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 10 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 · 10 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-211 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-211 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agoDoctors personally liable if mandatory NHS AI transcriber gets it wrongplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down10
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkDoctors personally liable if mandatory NHS AI transcriber gets it wrongplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 13 days agoGenerative AI: ‘no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkGenerative AI: ‘no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
