in a class on using AI for data analysis and i genuinely don't want to work in information technology anymore. none of this shit works and everyone is required to use it anyway. it sounds like hell. i would literally rather flip burgers or whatever.
feels like the worst time to be alive if you are the kind of person who is passionate about learning to do things the right way.
just fucking dark. everything is so dark right now.

@peter

Yeah, it's bad and getting worse fast.

I can't even use normal search engines to look up news that I clearly remember from a few weeks ago. Everything useful is being buried under an avalanche of shit.

"AI" is a weapon, we are under attack, and more people need to recognize the threat for what it is.

@violetmadder @peter

There are news stories I remember - ones that back leftwing points of view - that are just gone now, it seems.

And articles about regular stuff are all written by AI and full of just wrong information.

@CosmickTrigger
It's time for (some of) us to become archivists. Keep copies and/or notes of anything we care about.
@violetmadder @peter
@dpflug @CosmickTrigger @violetmadder @peter and hope the sun has an episode soon so it matters.

@dpflug @daedalean @CosmickTrigger @violetmadder @peter Carrington Event. Aurora borealis visible in Italy. Another one would take out the entire Internet and every AI data center.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

Carrington Event - Wikipedia

@mathew @dpflug @daedalean @CosmickTrigger @peter

It will definitely make things Interesting.

Although I'm sure they've got some centers shielded and/or buried deep enough to get through it, the infrastructure in general will be pretty screwed up.

@mathew
Ah. I considered that, but thought I had to have it wrong because it matters regardless.
@daedalean @CosmickTrigger @violetmadder @peter

@dpflug @CosmickTrigger @peter

I know somebody who's been doing this as a major autistic fixation for years, with an eye to sharing his collection. I sure hope it CAN be shared widely, before all avenues of communication are too restricted.

@violetmadder
Does he need a webhost or something?
@CosmickTrigger @peter
@dpflug @CosmickTrigger @violetmadder @peter I am trying to keep receipts about all this fuckery https://aidirtylist.info anyone who hates AI and wants to help, I could use it 😅
The AI Dirty List

Ensuring those who choose to bathe in AI slop will never be washed clean.

The AI Dirty List
open-slopware

Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives. Fork of the repo by @gen-ai-transparency after its deletion.

Codeberg.org