BlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days agoStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025plus-squarepinawful.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-213 hours agoTheranos: First Blood Part IIplus-squarearchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 13 hours agoStudy: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at workplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 days agoShocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real jobplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 4 days agoAI computers aren’t selling because users don’t careplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1740arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 days agoChristopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the graveplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
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mapto@masto.bg · 4 days agoA report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 5 days agoOpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit — but Elon Musk isn’t convincedplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
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irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-27 days ago"Regulations are NOT the solution to low-quality food. Bitcoin is." - this guy.lemm.eeimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down10
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Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 days agoOpenAI scuttles for-profit transformationplus-squarewww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agoDuolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slopplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 days agoIn 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any moreplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 6 days agoUK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative worksplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-29 days agoyour U Toronto CS degree has been replaced with a colour-in place mat from McDonaldsplus-squarewww.cs.toronto.eduexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 9 days agoNo, Microsoft did not state ‘strong AI demand’ in Q1 2025 — the FT is wrongplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-210 days agoSeattle Worldcon science fiction convention vets panelists with ChatGPTplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 11 days agoDoctors personally liable if mandatory NHS AI transcriber gets it wrongplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agoGenerative AI: ‘no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10
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mirrorwitch@awful.systemsEnglish · 12 days agoA depressed rant on my acceptance stage of living post-gen-"AI"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 13 days agoGoogle’s military AI deals get DeepMind UK staff to start unionisingplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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