Markus Feilner4d ago
#AI. Fight back!
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

404 Media
Show threadMarkus Feilner4d ago

So Embarassing. Proof us wrong! It's a giant scam and will fail.

"When you talk about LLMs and genaI and Agents, avoid any future tense. Then you'll see there's no revenue today. Then ask if this state we have today was worth the billions and billions that ended up in the billionaires pockets and destroy our planet."

"Anthropic spent two dollars on inference for every dollar it made."

https://omny.fm/shows/better-offline/monologue-its-the-beginning-of-history

Monologue: It's The Beginning Of History - Better Offline

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron talks about the end of tech’s hypergrowth era, generative AI’s failure as a business model, and why we need to stop looking to the past to prove that the future will work out. Free newsletter tie-in: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-beginning-of-history/  Save $10 off a year of my premium newsletter: https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/gzqwkv54e1 - I’d be so grateful! YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/  Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: https://twitter.com/edzitron https://www.instagram.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com https://www.threads.net/@edzitron Email Me: [email protected]

Show threadMarkus Feilner4d ago

Oh of course. Because #AI is fossile.

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/wegen-steigender-energiepreise-reiche-berater-bringen-heimisches-fracking-ins-spiel-15352258.html

Wegen steigender Energiepreise: Reiche-Berater bringen heimisches Fracking ins Spiel

Gasförderung per Fracking? Umweltschützer sind dagegen. Berater von Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche schlagen nun eine Prüfung vor.

Der Tagesspiegel
Show threadMarkus Feilner

#toldyouso.

https://www.telepolis.de/article/Speicher-Krise-Warum-PCs-und-Tablets-jetzt-deutlich-teurer-werden-11209858.html

"Künstliche Intelligenz frisst den Speichermarkt auf

Die zentrale Ursache für die Knappheit liegt nicht in kaputten Fabriken, sondern in einer massiven Verschiebung der Nachfrage. Große Technologiekonzerne wie Amazon, Google und Microsoft stecken 2026 voraussichtlich rund 650 Milliarden US-Dollar in den Ausbau von Rechenzentren für Künstliche Intelligenz."

Speicher-Krise: Warum PCs und Tablets jetzt deutlich teurer werden

DRAM-Mangel treibt die Preise für Computer und Tablets in die Höhe. Marktforscher erwarten keine Entspannung vor 2028. Was Käufer jetzt wissen müssen.

heise online
Mar 13 at 10:49amWeb
Show threadMarkus Feilner4d ago
SCOTUS: AI-content cannot be copyrighted
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-perspectives/2026-03-13/perspective-no-copyright-for-ai-generated-content
That "could open the door to a flood of AI-generated material clogging up our media environment. The music playing in hotel elevators, the graphics illustrating online news stories, even the background images used in advertising could increasingly be produced by AI. And because these works have no recognized author, no one needs to be paid or credited for creating them."
Perspective: No copyright for AI-generated content

On today's Perspective, David Gunkel explains why a recent court ruling isn't necessarily a win for "Team Human."

Northern Public Radio (WNIJ & WNIU)
Show threadMarkus Feilner4d ago
https://worlddidac.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/OECD-Digital-Education-Outlook-2026.pdf
"Evidence shows that GenAI can scale personalised learning support, enhance feedback quality, and automate parts
of assessment. But this convenience can come at a cost. When students depend too heavily on GenAI, metacognitive
engagement – the mental processes and effort that turns answers into understanding – drops. This results in a
misalignment between task performance and genuine learning (chapters 1 and 2)."
Show threadMarkus Feilner4d ago
KI hilft der Elite und prekarisiert die Schwächeren. Ist also antisozial.
Aber "Die Schüler haben Spaß daran, die KI zu korrigieren."
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ki-schule-praxis-klassenzimmer-unterricht-100.html
Show threadOfelia4d ago
@mfeilner That’s a really important point. GenAI can be a powerful support tool, but if it replaces the thinking process rather than supporting it, real learning can definitely suffer.
Show threadMarkus Feilner4d ago

@offelia

#CognitiveDebt

#IntellectualDebt

#AIFatigue

#SeniorityProblem

And the #fusionskonstante (vgl. #Erdölkonstante) also applies to #AI : GenAI is coming soon!!!

And then there's the #nuclearEnergyParadox, where 2 institutes only publish studies that claim growth there, which does not happen but they are quoted the most. Same happens here with #AI, because lobbyism, money, greed.

Show threadMarkus Feilner4d ago

Gegenthese:

https://detektor.fm/wissen/spektrum-podcast-schule-der-zukunft