@Thayer

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Posts mostly recruiting, tech, videogames, music, cats, food, dress up. Founder/CEO recruitment strategy company, Team Prime, and reformed programmer. Psychologist, therapist. Based London, she/her/Mistress
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Personal bloghttp://www.thayerprime.com
Yup.

AI is making us write more code. That's the problem.

I analyzed research papers on AI-generated code quality. The findings:

→ 1.7x more issues than human-written code
→ 30-41% increase in technical debt
→ 39% increase in cognitive complexity
→ Initial speed gains disappear within a few months

We're building the wrong thing faster and calling it productivity.

"What does the disappearance of a $100bn deal mean for the AI economy? Apparent collapse of Nvidia–OpenAI tie-up raises questions about circular funding and who will bear the cost of AI’s expansion"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/05/disapperance-100bn-deal-ai-circular-economy-funding-nvidia-openai

What does the disappearance of a $100bn deal mean for the AI economy?

Apparent collapse of Nvidia–OpenAI tie-up raises questions about circular funding and who will bear the cost of AI’s expansion

The Guardian
Good news on the medical AI note taking error: I've now got my prescription which covers me another 6 months thanks to the main Dr being amenable. Now I just have to work out how to do all the reporting, official flagging and whatnot to try help this not happen to others. And go about removing the default AI bot from my NHS services, if that's even possible.

The try-to-hide-it dump of millions more Epstein documents by the US DoJ on Friday is wild.

The rich and powerful just writing this shit down, without a care in the world. It's like:

Dear Mr. Sex Criminal,

I really enjoyed doing sex crimes in New York last month. I would like to come to your sex crime island to do sex crimes when I am done this week because I've been very busy. When would be the sex crimiest time to go to sex crime island and do some sex crimes?

Signed,

Fellow Sex Criminal

What exactly goes through these peoples' heads? [rhetorical]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9rU21tJT9A4?t=34&feature=share

#Epstein #SexCrime #island

Is you taking notes? 😂 (The Wire) #stringerbell #thewire #youtubeshorts

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@Thayer

I’m not sure if this will help, but the same NHS guidelines that require medical practitioners to use this AI transcription nonsense also requires them to accept personal liability for all errors in the transcription. If you remind the doctor of this and give them the opportunity to correct it, they may choose to do this.

Just discovered part of my HRT has been discontinued due to an AI note taking error. Gynae did not say discontinue, and I have letters to prove it. Now I may have to be without testosterone until this is proven, which may mean another 6 month wait to resee a gynaecologist via NHS. Hopefully my letters will suffice, but currently unclear.

I am beyond furious. Also, wow. Fuck living in this dystopia.

Keep every medical record you get, you're going to need it in this new terrifying timeline.

The demand is palpable: UK urged to unplug from US tech giants as digital sovereignty fears grow https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/uk_urged_to_unplug_from/
UK urged to unplug from US tech giants as digital sovereignty fears grow

: Campaigners say Britain's dependence on Big Tech leaves critical systems exposed to political pressure

The Register

I want to start a low volume/low frequency newsletter. Buttondown (buttondown.com) looks good but I am trying to avoid increasing my dependence on US based tech companies at the moment.

Are you using a UK/European based newsletter platform that you would recommend?