I'm glad I'm not the only one who seems to be going "yeah this is pretty neat and all but should we really be rebuilding our whole economy around this" when it comes to #AI

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/ai_businesses_faking_it_reckoning_coming_codestrap/

#tech #technology #genai #AiResearch #business

AI still doesn't work very well, businesses are faking it, and a reckoning is coming

interview: Codestrap founders say we need to dial down the hype and sort through the mess

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@jmhill The rate of "hallucination" (more accurately: confabulation) is just too high. The power requirements are obscene. The IP theft #GrandTheftAutoComplete factor has rendered Microsoft and OpenAI utterly without credibility, not that their products are any good any more anyway. Perhaps something can be salvaged from all of this. I plan to use it for legacy C++ refactoring jobs and some code generation. I will be the "human in the loop" the whole time. #ai