David Gerard

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the guy who got Elon and Grimes to hook up, destroying Twitter and proceeding to blow up the United States

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arXiv bans academic authors for AI slop papers

https://awful.systems/post/8323121

arXiv bans academic authors for AI slop papers - awful.systems

the hit AI dogs holler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJg1wHzR1gc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJg1wHzR1gc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260215-arxiv-bans-academic-authors-for-ai-slop-papers [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260215-arxiv-bans-academic-authors-for-ai-slop-papers] - podcast time: 8 min 39 sec

This post has probably run its course, so we’re going to lock it now. (Also, this community probably shouldn’t federate at all? it’s local!)

but thank you all for the surprisingly high quality of this discussion :-)

Kevin O’Leary’s giant Utah data centre: will it happen?

https://awful.systems/post/8312148

Kevin O’Leary’s giant Utah data centre: will it happen? - awful.systems

Mr Wonderless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOBwvggkPSU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOBwvggkPSU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260514-kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260514-kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen] - podcast time: 8 min 27 sec

Google replaces your PC mouse with yelling at Gemini

https://awful.systems/post/8299808

Google replaces your PC mouse with yelling at Gemini - awful.systems

‘reimagining’ the mouse pointer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSWCWnLMj-U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSWCWnLMj-U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260513-google-replaces-your-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260513-google-replaces-your-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini] - podcast time: 5 min 38 sec

Defederation of db0 instances for LLM moderation

https://awful.systems/post/8294148

Defederation of db0 instances for LLM moderation - awful.systems

We are defederating awful.systems from: * lemmy.dbzer0.com [http://lemmy.dbzer0.com] * anarchist.nexus [https://anarchist.nexus/] * quokk.au [http://quokk.au] because it’s extremely anarchist to use the chatbot as your moderator (no no it’s totally human in the loop) and post corporate DARVO-filled excuses [https://awful.systems/post/8293548] when caught. see also [1] [https://join.piefed.social/2026/05/04/ai-assisted-moderation-in-the-fediverse-is-happening-now-what/] and [2] [https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/116518887925988112] This is a last straw after a string of dubious and exhausting behaviour. If you’re an awful.systems user and you post to communities on those instances, you will need to create an account on one of them.

GitLab announces AI layoffs, stock goes down 9%

https://awful.systems/post/8287198

GitLab announces AI layoffs, stock goes down 9% - awful.systems

seize the day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yk_M88Wc8U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yk_M88Wc8U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260512-gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9 [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260512-gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9] - podcast time: 4 min 53 sec

Banks turn data centre loans into 2008-style financial time bombs

https://awful.systems/post/8275866

Banks turn data centre loans into 2008-style financial time bombs - awful.systems

party like it’s 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBlliJ8QMU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBlliJ8QMU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260511-banks-turn-data-centre-loans-into-2008-style-time-bombs [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260511-banks-turn-data-centre-loans-into-2008-style-time-bombs] - podcast time: 5 min 40 sec

OpenAI may not be able to IPO in 2026

https://awful.systems/post/8240791

OpenAI may not be able to IPO in 2026 - awful.systems

But your pension fund will pay if it does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZRZcVM14E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZRZcVM14E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260508-openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026 [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260508-openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026] - podcast time: 6 min 18 sec

Google Chrome force-installs a 4-gigabyte AI model — how to get rid of it

https://awful.systems/post/8226975

Google Chrome force-installs a 4-gigabyte AI model — how to get rid of it - awful.systems

How to get rid of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYJeON5Xv4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYJeON5Xv4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260507-google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260507-google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model] - podcast time: 3 min 43 sec

OpenAI ChatGPT goes goblin mode — let none say ‘model collapse’

https://awful.systems/post/8215709

OpenAI ChatGPT goes goblin mode — let none say ‘model collapse’ - awful.systems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E6oSeIMLw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E6oSeIMLw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250506-openai-gpt-55-goes-goblin-mode [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250506-openai-gpt-55-goes-goblin-mode] - podcast time: 5 min 30 sec