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David Gerard 4h ago

fig. 1: @self hard at work keeping awful systems up and running

from Unix World 1985. enterprise computing was so much more fun in those days

occult (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985. #UNIX

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David Gerard 16h ago

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX to trash stock market IPOs for 2026

https://awful.systems/post/7668422

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX to trash stock market IPOs for 2026 - awful.systems

venture capital discovers there’s no exit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMhJd3XMhQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMhJd3XMhQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260320-openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260320-openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos] - podcast time: 6 min 41 sec

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David Gerard 1d ago

But along the way, he found a way to take estrogen wrong

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David Gerard 1d ago

right here! awful.systems/post/7557155

UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI - awful.systems

♫ we told you so ♫ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB415dkRsYI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB415dkRsYI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260310-uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-no-ai [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260310-uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-no-ai] - podcast time: 5 min 51 sec

David Gerard 1d ago

Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due

https://awful.systems/post/7656917

Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due - awful.systems

Microsoft will pay you tomorrow for a token today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBEOdoYs8v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBEOdoYs8v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260319-companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260319-companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due] - podcast time: 8 min 01 sec

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David Gerard 2d ago

and somehow I’m declared enemy #1

David Gerard 2d ago

Facebook shutting down its Horizon Worlds VR Metaverse

https://awful.systems/post/7645631

Facebook shutting down its Horizon Worlds VR Metaverse - awful.systems

the Metaverse just didn’t have legs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Hm95rQYpM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Hm95rQYpM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260318-facebook-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260318-facebook-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr] - podcast time: 6 min 29 sec

David Gerard 2d ago

Kai Lentit: Interview with a sweating AI CEO (2026)

https://awful.systems/post/7645013

David Gerard 3d ago

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves: ‘Quantum is an area within AI’

https://awful.systems/post/7634492

David Gerard 4d ago

OpenAI advisor: ‘adult mode’ risks becoming ‘sexy suicide coach’

https://awful.systems/post/7623294

OpenAI advisor: ‘adult mode’ risks becoming ‘sexy suicide coach’ - awful.systems

actual quote from the OpenAI Expert Council on Well-Being and AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwY1qrl9S8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwY1qrl9S8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260316-openai-advisor-adult-mode-risks-becoming-sexy-suicide-coach [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260316-openai-advisor-adult-mode-risks-becoming-sexy-suicide-coach] - podcast time: 7 min 19 sec