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Joaquim Homrighausen
Fesshole 🧻To management, I say "I use AI techniques to ___". It's just my shell scripts from 2001 that still run perfectly everyday. I don't tell them that AI in that sentence actually stands for already implemented.
I’m not sure who needs to hear this but …
Buying a new lens or camera won’t change the weather. It won’t change your surroundings. It won’t suddenly make you a better photographer.
It will however motivate you to experiment and justify the purchase through use.
To grow, think deeply about the top set of concerns while avoiding the purchase experimentation cycle.
Mullvad VPNThe UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
New to Mastodon and gotta say, the lack of stress when opening social media feels like a new experience.
I’ve also learned a thing or two.
This feels like what social media always should have been. Instead the big name have turned it something awful.
Nice!
James ThomsonWriters: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.
Artists: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.
Developers: Wheeeeeeeeee!
jwzEverything written by AI boosters tracks much more clearly if you simply replace "AI" with "cocaine".
I shall demonstrate!
(Not linking to OP, because it's trash.)
"Let’s pretend you’re the only person at your company using cocaine.
You decide you’re going to impress your employer, and work for 8 hours a day at 10x productivity. You make everyone else look terrible by comparison. [...]
In this scenario, you capture 100% of the value from your adopting cocaine."
cocAIne
Every now and then I make the mistake of of posting something on Mastodon that really should have gone on the blog first. This is one of those, from last week. It did some numbers. Everything written by AI boosters tracks much more clearly if you simply replace "AI" with "cocaine". I shall demonstrate! (Not linking to OP, because it's trash.) "Let's pretend you're the only person at your ...