Daniel Landau
ZackGod, this bubble burst is going to be so brutal
i. celeste aurora 
[witchzard]
Funes@zenhob of course the program built off aggregating online content is gonna be like "oh do you want me to Google that for you?"
GabeMoralesVR
Neville Park@zenhob a vape store in my neighbourhood is named "Vape Store Near Me"
0xDECAFBAD
Jay
yaceq
يعقوب
jonny (nonvenomous)
Daniel Lakeland
deutrino
ibk@deutrino @nev @zenhob Maybe I'm in a city that is a bit behind the times, but both of these (the doxing and the optimised names) are still a thing here.
The phone book has become much smaller over the years, but it still gets delivered every year. I can confidently state that today is the first time I've opened the current one; it is a mystery why I haven't put it in the recycling already.
The phone book has become much smaller over the years, but it still gets delivered every year. I can confidently state that today is the first time I've opened the current one; it is a mystery why I haven't put it in the recycling already.
🏳️🌈 Bri 🌧️🚴💦✨
Kara Goldfinch
Melancholic Mediocrity 
@zenhob "use an online search engine" what a great idea!
Cats Who Resist!
Michel PatriceUsing a search engine is so 2024.
Bruce Mirken@LibertyForward1 @zenhob I hear Google used to have one of those!
EaterOfSnacks@zenhob Engine, search thyself.
Zuri (he/him) ❌️👑 | 🕐 CET@eaterofsnacks @zenhob At least, this sounds more honest than "don't be evil"
caneToad 
@zenhob Nice try!
LLM slop of the finest - this just qualifies for the beautiful German dialect term "strunzdumm", which means, mostly, dumb beyond belief.
#strunzdumm
LLM slop of the finest - this just qualifies for the beautiful German dialect term "strunzdumm", which means, mostly, dumb beyond belief.
#strunzdumm
@CatsWhoCode @zenhob Just in case we dared to use the term 'Artificial Intelligence' for such, that would probably reflect an IQ just below room temperature.
Algorithms assessing x-rays for tumors undoubtedly have their merits and are definitely a different animal than this bullshit. Are you supposed to PAY for that?
If this is a giveaway, it's rather a throwaway. No bull.
Justin Derrick@zenhob I cashed out all my tech stocks back in January. I suspect this will be the dot-bomb v2.0, where everyone finally figures out that LLMs and the hundreds of billions of dollars invested would have been better off getting tossed into a dumpster and just lit on fire.
They're impressive chatbots, but not useful for anything of consequence. They can't do math, they can't play games, they get basic facts wrong, they can be manipulated into being complicit in crimes, etc.
1337@JustinDerrick @zenhob "The market can stay irrational longer than you can remain solvent." Crypto is still going strong; been around for ~16 years. Tesla's stock is still higher than this same time last year.
@1337 @zenhob Yup, but I've made money on my tech stocks over the past 8 to 10 years. I watched with pleasure when the tech ETFs dropped nearly 30% earlier this year, but I thought it still had more to go. Having said that, it's still not back to mid-January/mid-February highs. It was still a good move.
I'm happy to have cashed out and moved it elsewhere while I wait for the AI / LLM bubble to burst.
Davey@1337 @JustinDerrick @zenhob that's the argument against shorting something overvalued though isn't it?
Cashing out before the pop is a different thing.
@davey_cakes @1337 @zenhob It's still 'timing the market', which is generally bad (see: day trading) but sometimes it seems obvious that a correction is overdue (see: TXF.TO or XIT.TO 2023-2025).
I actually held my tech stocks through the 2022-2023 slump, because it felt like there was no real reason to jump -- no structural issue, no obvious over-valuation or bad direction -- and more importantly, no where else to go and put the money that looked way better.
Dataless
AccordionBruce@JustinDerrick @Dataless @zenhob @artemis
I agree. Though I suppose then they’d all try harder to hide their money in anonymous accounts and invest in “crypto for billionaires”
They’ve got everything propping up unaffordable international housing prices now
Honest question: If the wealthy’s billions disappear what happens to the economy?
They could still personally buy as much lifestyle as they want
If their cash hoard was not sloshing around in the real world would that be bad or good?
Anarchy How@AccordionBruce @JustinDerrick @Dataless @zenhob @artemis all economies are really human economies. Shit might improve
@Dataless @JustinDerrick @zenhob @artemis
Money is a convenient fiction, but a lot of time was used on this.
And some of the people are capable of useful work.
No Fear AstrologyThis is a really good article on the bubble! https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/
The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
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Jennifer Moore 😷I realise the overall situation is bad, but the absurdity of that one is delightful to me! Haha!
Andrew Zonenberg@zenhob adblock the ai overviews. No mercy.
Every couple months they change the css class and i need a new ublock rule but that's at least somewhat tolerable compared to the alternative.
@zenhob Open question: if you adblock the overview, does it prevent the request from being made to the server?
Or is it still burning energy and just not being rendered? I'm not sure of the specific point in the search process that it happens and when ublock steps in.
DamonHD@azonenberg @zenhob adding the utm=14 parameter to a G search gives the 'Web' tab results, with no AI nonsense and no ads. It really seems to be just the old, quick, 10 links.
@azonenberg @zenhob duckduckgo.com has an option to turn off AI👌
Russ Garrett
Cher@azonenberg @zenhob I noticed that uBlock randomly stopped working on Chrome one day. Looked it up, turns out Google doesn't like that ad blockers exist.
I switched to Firefox and have been using that ever since. 😬
Steve Holden@zenhob 🤣Google is eating itself!
Angua 
@zenhob
So hard to avoid, but worth it when you can.
Also if you're on Android*, change your password quickly.
No wonder it keeps happening with a restricted character set for passwords.
*I can't think of any other reason for still having a Gmail.
So hard to avoid, but worth it when you can.
Also if you're on Android*, change your password quickly.
No wonder it keeps happening with a restricted character set for passwords.
*I can't think of any other reason for still having a Gmail.
I'm simply coastal! [she/they]"Hey google! Errr, I got to ask something... Where is the nearest all-you-can-eat buffet?
"Oh, I know how to find that! It's simple! You just need to ask Google where is the nearest all-you-can-eat buffet!"
"uh.... I have news for you...."
"huh?"
"I just did that 15 seconds ago."
LibertyBeta@zenhob Brütal even.
Weltzeitgeist@zenhob I don't want to wait. Fuck them all.
@BegoniaArizona
azalea 🌸@zenhob does this count as a quine
vv 💫 [follow my new artist profile!]
Princess Serena Star ✨@zenhob I can't wait 
delProfundo@zenhob if this were linked people would be like ‘you just aren’t doing it right that’s the perfect answer how dare you question ai 😂
derptron@zenhob Right on time for a total economic collapse at the same time brought on by lunatic leadership.
ocdtrekkie@zenhob Honestly if all this ocean-boiling succeeds in destroying Google... it might be oceans well boiled.
Aaron@zenhob Old and tired: Typing "Google" into Google.
New hotness: Google suggesting typing your query into a search engine.
New hotness: Google suggesting typing your query into a search engine.
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊@zenhob lol LLMs will get stupider as they train off the nonsense they spit out