Mastodawn

The video is funny and the problem is real.

A few months ago I evaluated messengers on their privacy, ethical foundations, organisational background, features and functionality.

- it’s based on a US-Based crypto coin, not bad per se, but any connection to the US does introduce a loss of trust
- it bears all the hallmarks of vibe coded AI slop.
- it’s part of a conglomerate of for-profit companies all have _AI slop_ written all over them.

I recommend
#foss instead.

Jules 1d ago

Tuta 1d ago

We did it everyone! We forced Google not to be evil. 💪 🎉

Side-loading will be cumbersome, but it will remain possible.

Thanks everyone for speaking up against Google's plans! 🙏 ❤️

Jules 1d ago

Lady Laura

1d ago

The number of people who confuse “to” and “too” is two high.

Jules 1d ago

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Jules 1d ago

Peter 1d ago

in a class on using AI for data analysis and i genuinely don't want to work in information technology anymore. none of this shit works and everyone is required to use it anyway. it sounds like hell. i would literally rather flip burgers or whatever.

Jules 1d ago

nixCraft 🐧1d ago

Sam Altman’s Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Machine Learning Concepts https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-technical-coding 😂

I think there's a small but real chance he's eventually remembered as a Bernie Madoff- or Sam Bankman-Fried-level scammer.

Is anyone surprised by this?

Sam Altman’s Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Machine Learning Concepts

The OpenAI CEO reportedly confuses basic coding and machine learning terms, numerous insiders have admitted.

Futurism

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Can Acar 1d ago

@Catvalente yes! "bullshit" is a more appropriate term for what they generate as it is disconnected from any sense of reality. I believe @ct_bergstrom is one of the early promoters of the term with his book and site: https://thebullshitmachines.com/

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction

A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

Jules 1d ago

Catherynne M. Valente 1d ago

The use of “hallucinate” is a stroke of true evil genius in the AI world.

In ANY other context we’d just call them errors & the fail rate would be crystal clear.

Instead, “hallucinate” implies genuine sentience & the *absence* of real error.

Aw, this software isn’t shit! Boo’s just dreaming!

Jules 2d ago

I randomly stumbled across this app on #FDroid called "Fucks Given" by @CrazyMarvinApps and Mubeen Ali.

Basically, you log every time something made you care and it charts out how many fucks you've given and when.

I've been meaning to get back into #journaling and this seems like the perfect way to start.

https://f-droid.org/packages/rocks.poopjournal.fucksgiven

#foss #android #app #stoicism

Jules 2d ago

While waiting for our colorist to finish up our current work-in-progress short film, I decided to revisit my old project from 2022 (back when I was still in college).

I've been meaning to move them from Viddsee and YouTube to PeerTube anyway so I might as well touch up on some things like the framing and coloring.

#shortfilm #kdenlive #editing #filmmaking #lgbt