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myrmepropagandist 13h ago

I don't trust Nate B Jones at all. This guy has a podcast about AI for CS people and I think it's propaganda designed to bring the doubters back. All of his podcasts lead with validating some problem we've all noticed with the way AI has been implemented, but then it pivots to "but it's not really as bad as you think."

This gives the illusion of balanced reasoning. Considering both sides.

But the real reason I don't trust this guy is he put up a graph like this:

myrmepropagandist

If you don't know who "Nate B Jones" is don't worry about it too much. Just make note of his face since one of his videos might drift across your feed if you follow AI news. He gets like 100k views a day, which is a lot for a technical podcast with a narrow focus like AI.

But about that graph... He said something like "dark code is going to 10 X as a problem in the next year" which is a fine thing to say, but also just, like, your opinion … man.

But then he puts up a graph about it?

Hugo Mills 12h ago

@futurebird Very much "some number I pulled out of my arse".

Arse-numbers. Is there an OEIS for those?

@darkling @futurebird Of course he didn't pull it from his ass! He pulled it from ChatGPT!... wait...

@futurebird
The good news is next year there will be 10x less AI Podcasters because they will have been systematically hunted down by the cyborgs.

myrmepropagandist 12h ago

Listen, John. Things are looking up.

@futurebird
That's right!

John Maxwell 11h ago

@futurebird @snork303 Oh, sure, if you listen to the ants.

Passenger 10h ago

@futurebird @snork303

Not every increase is a good thing, of course.

Passenger 10h ago

@futurebird @snork303

This is a fun meme template.

Passenger 10h ago

@futurebird @snork303

Okay, just one more.

Я⊛ḶḶ model ☭10h ago

@passenger @futurebird @snork303

stealing this!

#snakecase4evuh

@passenger @futurebird @snork303
TIL what snake_case is!

Rowan Tommins 2h ago

@Burn_this_ wait until you discover kebab-case!

Parker Morse 9h ago

@passenger
camelCase is compromising. PascalCase is the route coders are too afraid to try!
@futurebird @snork303

@passenger Oh, that's what Joe Camel is up to these days…

@futurebird @snork303

Jonathan T 9h ago

@passenger @futurebird @snork303 This will only be understood by people in Britain, but this needs a 'Only the Lib Dems can win here' version.

Mossy Rock 8h ago

@passenger @futurebird @snork303 Thank you for this thread! These meme graphs have been the highlight of my morning coffee & toast (which was also delicious). ☕️ 🥖

Adam Williamson

@passenger @futurebird @snork303 what kills me about this is we have somehow ended up with a holy war between multiple styles that (almost) all require you to use the shift key. i mean, why?!

dealingwith 10h ago

@futurebird @snork303 based on anecdata from my office, now was last week and next year is now! 🐜

myrmepropagandist 9h ago

@dealingwith @snork303

oh yes the “anty-see-data”

myrmepropagandist 4h ago

@dealingwith @snork303

This is in my top ten WORST puns ever!

@futurebird @dealingwith @snork303 LOL this thread is epic

Bill Ricker 3h ago

@futurebird
oooooh myyyyyyyy

Neia masks 4h ago

@futurebird @snork303 @dealingwith I can't even work up the energy for a facepalm at this. I merely gave a slight sigh and a grave look

myrmepropagandist 3h ago

@neia @snork303 @dealingwith

it’s bad… I can admit that

@futurebird @snork303 You want ants? Because that’s how you get ants

@futurebird @snork303

10 times more ants sounds great.

How many years could this trend continue before it becomes a problem?

myrmepropagandist 1h ago

@apLundell @snork303

I don't understand how it could ever be a problem.

Not a Spring Onion 1h ago

@futurebird @apLundell @snork303

The trend is clear:
Everything will be ants.

Your clothes? Ants
Your house? Ants
Your friends? Ants
Your news? Not ants. But pheromone trails.

Ants will take all jobs. Except for Antropologists. And Antapologists.

Ants are stronger and work harder than humans.

A customer calls to complain? This doesn't stress an ant. An ant won't even care that the phone rings.

Ants also don't call in sick (see "phones" above.)

myrmepropagandist 1h ago

@wakame @apLundell @snork303

AI?

Ants Infinity

John Anderson 1h ago

@wakame @futurebird @apLundell @snork303 A single, Earth-sized raft of fire ants floating in space. Only orbital mechanics keep them off of other bodies.

@wakame @futurebird @apLundell @snork303

Soylent Green is ants!

cpkimber 1h ago

@wakame @futurebird @apLundell @snork303 I don’t know what’s going on in this thread, but I would like to pose a hypothetical.

Would you rather be eating a nice sandwich- a Reuben, say, and enjoy it OR would you rather be eating that same Reuben and it suddenly turn into ants that begin crawling on your hands and arms, and get into your mouth and nose?

myrmepropagandist 1h ago

@cpkimber @wakame @apLundell @snork303

Well do we even need to debate this one? The answer is obvious.

@futurebird @cpkimber @wakame @snork303 Before I choose, would it would still have the Thousand Island dressing?

@snork303 @futurebird I am a cyborg and I endorse this message

Jack the Waterlogged Count 12h ago

@snork303 @futurebird There are better targets for killer cyborgs, but you gotta start somewhere.