EVHaste

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"But you can't deny that it's useful" is what I hear often when I criticize "AI". But that's not the argument because everything is useful to someone for some purpose usually at someone's cost. "Child labor" is _useful_.

Question is: Do the uses bring more social value than the cost?

youtube comment:

> LLMs are a solution that doesn't work for a problem that you don't have.

ME [ killing you and taking all your stuff ]: Ethical issues aside, this is gonna be a big win for me

Scientists have crossed the DNA of a crab with a cheetah.

They had to cancel the project because things went sideways *real* fast.

"To those leaving Cisco," CEO Chuck Robbins continues-- as if they have chosen to leave the company on their own-- "thank you for your contribution, your dedication, and the mark you have made on this company."

A more honest version of this blog post would be:

"Dear employees: thanks for making me a record-breaking amount of money. Since I no longer need you: go fuck yourselves. Die in squalor, you filthy little peasants. AI is the future and I never thought of any of you as human." -Chucky

Cisco is doing another round of layoffs, and their announcement reads like parody.
From their blog:

"Today we announced our Q3 FY26 earnings with record revenue of $15.8 billion, up 12 percent year over year, and double-digit top and bottom-line growth. The ELT and I could not be prouder of the growth you have all delivered for Cisco..."

Then, a few lines down:

"With this, we are making changes today that will result in the reduction of our overall workforce in Q4..."

https://blogs.cisco.com/news/our-path-forward

Our Path Forward

Cisco announces a realignment of resources to support strategic investment areas and a workforce reduction. Cisco announces a realignment of resources to support strategic investment areas and a workforce reduction.

Cisco Blogs

I cling to
The limbs
Of starlight
Knowing
Gravity is a
Weak force,
But love
Moves us
By falling.

#poetry

I am sorry little girls, I am so sorry for your disappointed look when I politely refused.

I didn't tell you this. I wish you could know that I'm on my fifth lemonade stand this walk. I have no more pocket change. I have no more plastic bills. Other little girls just like you got to me first. There are so many of you.

I am full to bursting on lemonade. I am looking for an alley to discreetly pee in. I already have so much heartburn. I hope someone else buys your lemonade.

Will transparent coffins catch on? Remains to be seen.
And this is NOT a new feeling. I felt this way in 2017, and 2019, and 2021. It's kind of the story of the last decade and a half of my life - I know what you're GOING to understand five years from now, but you don't understand it right now and I can't make you.