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Lmao. Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service. Microsoft simply doesn't know how to make profit out of AI because it is not profitable for anyone right now. So they are adding AI to Windows 11, GitHub, Office, and everything else they own, hoping that somewhere, somehow, profit will magically show up for shareholders.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/zig_quits_github_microsoft_ai_obsession/

Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service

: Zig prez complains about 'vibe-scheduling' after safe sleep bug goes unaddressed for eons

The Register
Dec 3 at 2:04pmWeb
Show threadnixCraft 🐧Dec 3
In another news: IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs. Krishna was skeptical of that current tech would reach AGI, putting the likelihood between 0-1%. Growing number of people in tech calling it overhyped tech and no AGI is possible with current tech. Yet, we see Microsoft going crazy and ruining all products https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-ceo-big-tech-ai-capex-data-center-spending-2025-12
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna walked through some napkin math on Big Tech's AI data center spending — and raised some doubts on if it'll prove profitable.

Business Insider
Show threadnixCraft 🐧Dec 3
When Yann LeCun, Meta computer scientist working on AI, said that AGI is a fool's dream with current technology, Mark Zuckerberg made his life at Meta difficult, and now he is leaving. Several other high-profile leaders have been skeptical of AGI. Marc Benioff said that he was "extremely suspicious" of the AGI push, analogizing it to hypnosis. Google Brain founder Andrew Ng said that AGI was "overhyped," and Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch said that AGI was a "marketing move".
Show threadBonkersDec 3

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Show threadunawarewolf 🐺Dec 3

@nixCraft In my machine learning classes, we were taught about the cycle of AI spring and AI winter, where as soon as a new technology comes out, we act like it can do anything, til we are faced with the actual limits of that technology, and then suddenly the bubble bursts and no one cares to invest anymore.

It's honestly very nice that people are finally starting to see this obvious bubble for what it is, given that it's the follow up to countless much smaller bubbles before.

Show threadAndreas KDec 4

@gimmechocolate
Only issue with this that ML is a technology that is decades old.

And "AI" is creating in an odd way (that for its own reasons can badly be talked about) more than enough money: it allows a mature monopoly like Microsoft to keep a P/E of 34. The irony is that the way it's pushing AI down its customers throats is an indicator how much a monopoly they are.

How much money?

$1.7t market cap are due to this "we are a growth AI company not an old mature one" BS.
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Show threadAndreas KDec 4

@gimmechocolate
Last but not least, if you exclude researchers with a clear conflict of interest, and the comments of the non researchers guys from AI companies, 99% of the AI hype disappears.

And also off you look at all the unpopular measures that are done "because of AI" you'll notice that most are evergreens of the neoliberal squeeze the last cent of profit or if the workforce programmer going for the past decades.
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Show threadferricoxideDec 3
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The current technologies are dead ends when it comes to the classic definition of AGI. The fact that "AGI" now has a different definition that allows LLMs and similar to be called "AGI" should be enough to tell you what's going on.

The recent re-definition of "AGI" reminds me of what "GigaByte" came to mean, 20ish years ago. At least I don't (yet) have to type "AGI" vs "AGi" like I do "GB" vs "GiB".
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Dec 3

@nixCraft wow, Mr Metaverse with the bad calls once again....I am amazed the Board kept him after that, they must not be serious people then.

#Zuckerberg #Metaverse #Meta

Show threadF4GRX SébastienDec 3
@nixCraft good, good.
Show threadCuboci 🏳️‍🌈   Dec 3
@nixCraft Just let them. Good riddance.
Show threadMedea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 3
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It will be funny if the AI Bubble Burst is the thing that takes out Microsoft
Show threadsauc3Dec 3

@MedeaVanamonde @nixCraft @Binder

Wow that would be amazing! I think it is fun to imagine how much more oxygen would be in the room if M$ no longer existed. It's fun to imagine Oracle going under too and Larry Ellison losing a bunch of bread.

I suspect if something like that would happen, it would be a real "year of the Linux Desktop" for which some people have spend two decades or more waiting.

Show threadMedea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 3
@sauc3 @nixCraft @Binder
I remember those people like the team at Exobox
Show threadamlorDec 3
@nixCraft 1% is too generous
Show threadferricoxideDec 3
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And, if you go to Twitter, you've got all these LLM fanbois saying some variation on "what do you expect from IBM other than underestimating the promise of technologies".
Show threadTurreDec 4
@nixCraft Delighted to see someone in the industry to speak up on this. IBM is big enough that somebody just might listen. Oh well, one can dream at least.
Show threadRaven LuniDec 3
@nixCraft shithub
Show threadfieryDec 3
@[email protected] @nixCraft The real shithub felt offended by the comparison: https://shithub.us
shithub: the fragrant git host

Show threadggdupontDec 3

@nixCraft
The old saying was "throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks"...

Now the vibe is "throwing AI everywhere to everyone all at once to see if it sticks anywhere"

🤣

Show threadHowitzer105mmDec 3
@nixCraft This sounds like Microsoft is using the South Park Underwear Gnomes business strategy.
1. Steal underwear
2. ???
3. Make profit!
Show threadDaniel GibsonDec 3
@Howitzer105mm @nixCraft
I think their idea is
1. integrate AI everywhere
2. let people get hooked on it (that's their hope, not sure it happens, but keep in mind we Fediverse nerds aren't representative of the broad population)
3. increase prices and milk them
Show threadNeil MoffattDec 3
@nixCraft Clamouring for AI dominance is a bit like a ponzi scheme - there will soon be reversals of investment I feel. It barely helps that AI was actually conceived to give nice but fabricated answers rather than admit it does not know something. Who ever thought that was wise?
Show threadHacker Dec 3
@nixCraft Not only you have to put up with the absurd AI everywhere. You also have to deal with all the clueless spammers on the Internet.
Show threadSteven ZekowskiDec 3

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“the Zig project is moving to” @Codeberg

Show threadFrançois GaleaDec 3
@nixCraft They moved Zig for great justice
Show threadChris HayesDec 3
@nixCraft within a week it's already Codeberg's 2nd most starred repo. Wild.
Show threadrexiDec 3

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They are freaking b/c every corporate function of MS is replaceable by AI.

The whole mountain could just be purchased by a third party and run without peeps at all.

Show threadWhineryDec 3

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I hope #mastodon quits #GitHub soon!

Show threadTravis ScottDec 3
@nixCraft ai is overwhelmingly a scam
Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenDec 3
@nixCraft And bumping up prices, too. Copilot for Microsoft 365 started out at $20 per user and month, now it is like $34-35. And each other differently targeted Copilot (GitHub, Security, Entra ID) is extra.
Show threadRaven LuniDec 4
@nixCraft Take off every Zig
Show threadWooShellDec 4
@nixCraft They desperately need to get the user count up, or the shareholders will begin asking uncomfortable questions. So they shove the AI shit into everything the users can't escape, and then claim they're all using it.. when in fact people are going out of their way to avoid or remove AI features with browser scripts and mods..
Show threadJamie :3 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 8
@nixCraft If they use AI in the background, for example, to provide more accurate spellcheck recommendations, to optimise search results in Bing, or to provide better recommendations in the <insert name for menu that lists your installed software>, I would say that's cool and clever, if they manage to get around the significant privacy issues surrounding it. What is not cool nor clever is them putting "Generative AI" everywhere, even in places where it does not belong, and praying it sticks.