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Dr Pen

I am beginning to hate bigtech. Is it purposely designed to make us feel disempowered, erode any sense of control over our choices, lives? Do we buy stuff just to be manipulated by it? Its getting really mad though. I get a bad feeling.

#gemini #degoogle #luddites #maliciouscompliance

arstechnica.com/security/2025/

Ars Technica · Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party appsBy Dan Goodin
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“The natural worry for anyone hoping to have a job in five years’ time is what #AI might do to that job. And while there are few certainties, Autor and Thompson’s framework does suggest a clarifying question: does AI look like it is going to do the most highly skilled part of your #job or the low-skill rump that you’ve not been able to get rid of?

The answer to that question may help to #predict whether your job is about to get more fun or more annoying — and whether your #salary is likely to rise, or fall as your #ExpertWork is #devalued like the expert work of the #Luddites.”

#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #ArtificialIntelligence / #economics / #MartinWolf <ft.com/content/b67bcbaa-67b9-4> (paywall) / <archive.md/Cn6lu>

Financial Times · Whose job is safe from AI?By Tim Harford
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“The natural worry for anyone hoping to have a job in five years’ time is what #AI might do to that job. And while there are few certainties, Autor and Thompson’s framework does suggest a clarifying question: does AI look like it is going to do the most highly skilled part of your #job or the low-skill rump that you’ve not been able to get rid of?

The answer to that question may help to #predict whether your job is about to get more fun or more annoying — and whether your #salary is likely to rise, or fall as your #ExpertWork is #devalued like the expert work of the #Luddites.”

#WhiteCollar / #ArtificialIntelligence / #economics / #MartinWolf <ft.com/content/b67bcbaa-67b9-4> (paywall) / <archive.md/Cn6lu>

Financial Times · Whose job is safe from AI?By Tim Harford
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Wulfy

Ferriers, agistment and grooms.
Take heart.
This unseemly automobile fad will soon burst.
The land will not bear all the motorways and the fumes will choke the air.
I for one will rejoice when the investors see no return on their squandered fortunes into this mechano folly!

#ai#llm#luddites
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Chris Pitts

“Why is the code taking twice as long to write?”
“Because I generated it with AI as requested by you, then I need to review it carefully and write tests. Since the code is not generated to be tested this takes time. Then I had to throw it all away because it doesn’t work and write it correctly”
<phones Union lawyers just in case>
#Luddites

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Chris Pitts

Ooooh boy…I do hope I get one of these ridiculous edicts.
“Why did this production problem happen? Why doesn’t this code work?”
“It wasn’t me. It was the AI. I used it exactly as you requested”
<phones Union lawyers, just in case>
#Luddites businessinsider.com/microsoft-

Business Insider · Microsoft internal memo: 'Using AI is no longer optional.'By Ashley Stewart
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Wulfy

@emilymbender

This is the paper the journalist references:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

The AI antagonists, once again prove that humans do not need #AI to generate #bullshit.

All that this "research" proves is that at the most generous these Professors are ignorant of how #LLM models work. Which is the most generous interpretation of the human #hallucinations they created. Because the other explanation is less generous, they engage in academic fraud.

Briefly why:
Methodology.
They upload a specific full 185 page textbook into the LLM context window (presumably with full permission of the copyright owner), then they ask SUPER SPECIFIC questions, 👉without directing the AI to reference the specific text uploaded👈.

Once again, be sceptical when humans reference a "study" showing "Bad AI". So far, every time I have seen such a study, it's the human flailing at the controls.
Including the "famous" #BBC study.

Newsflash: "Hammers cause thumb injuries in humans who are 👉untrained👈 in their use"

papers.ssrn.comCan AI Hold Office Hours?<div> Rapid improvements in AI tools offer transformative opportunities in legal education, including the possibility of students using AI tools to answer ques
#luddites#aislop#spicyautocomplete
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Petra van Cronenburg

"He is one of a growing number of people who are actively resisting: people who are terrified of the power of #generativeAI and its potential for harm and don’t want to feed the beast".

People refusing #LLM + #genAI + #AIslop become more, with good arguments: theguardian.com/technology/202

Including the author: "this piece was handcrafted using organic words from my artisanal writing studio. (OK, I mean bed.)"

The Guardian · ‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at homeBy Emine Saner
#noAI#humanmade#Luddites
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DoomsdaysCW

"It’s really important for a kid to be left alone"- When #TaikaWaititi made his feelings clear about the role of tech in children's lives

By Sourav Chakraborty
Modified May 03, 2025 04:54 GMT

" 'Exactly, now they’ve all got iPads and it’s done for them! I think it’s really important for a kid to be left alone and left to figure it out for themselves how to pass the time. As a kid, I spent so much time bored and coming up with ideas of how to do things, so I’d write stories or I’d draw pictures or invent worlds through drawing or just in my head, just thinking about things. I think that a lot of my creativity has really come from being bored.' " [SO TRUE!!!]

sportskeeda.com/us/movies/it-s

www.sportskeeda.com · "It’s really important for a kid to be left alone"- When Taika Waititi made his feelings clear about the role of tech in children's livesTaika Waititi has built an impressive career as a filmmaker and actor, working across various genres. He has earned major awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Grammy.
#SmartphoneAddiction#TechIsDumbingUsDown#NoAI
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Wen

Politicising Science in the US and some of the consequences. Who would have thunk it, a country that has prospered economicaly is busy tearing down the infrastrucure that made American Science world class (and it still is for now).

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know itBy Michael Mann
#Science#Politicisation#Trump
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Wulfy

Rejoice #luddites, turns out human data is actually a bit of a drag for #AI's
There is just not enough of it and humans are actually bit slow teaching the machines.

So the engines now are going to get their own goals, with hookers and blow.

Machines get smarter, and you don't have to cry that the #LLM ate your Furry-Marvel fanfic crossover erotica blog! #winwin !!!

"Absolute Zero: Reinforced self play reasoning with zero data"

#paper link here
arxiv.org/pdf/2505.03335

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Wulfy

The latest version of #ChatGpt #4o is very shit at coding.
I can see why #vibecode folk are frustrated and #luddites rejoice.

Eg;
Context "forgets" key spec points of the session, even ones that are critical to ops.

You have to jam everything with special checkpoint directives and hammer specs in, least they get forgotten.

It's terrible (and I have used earlier versions and #Claude)

In my opinion, what is happening because of the high compute burn, #OpenAi optimised the session manager. It burns less compute but is also more shit. The balance must be restored.

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Wulfy

Big drama at #CIVITAI, The premium #AISlop hosting site.
Civitai is THE #LORA (#GenAI) model repo.

Payment processors like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Stripe, and PayPal have banned transactions in the past related to pornography or sex work on the basis of "reputation risk" and it looks like their morality tentacles reached Civitai.

Content Control Through Financial Gatekeeping: Because banks and payment processors control the flow of money, they can indirectly dictate what content is monetizable on the internet. This "financial censorship" is a form of privatized control where banks affect ultra conservative ideology. What Musk and #Maga cohorts would call "Sexual Degeneracy"

Isn't it great when the forces of evil (#finance) and #luddites (who let me be swift in saying are the good guys) combine to fight against AI ?!!!

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Wulfy

@sidereal @Thad@brontosin.space

Before any more #luddites insult me...

...this is the T-Shirt I am wearing to work today.

I was with you before you were with me. But your "efforts" alienate people and lack vision to stop the Moloch. Misrepresenting the PROSPECTIVE capability of AI is just silly.

Yes it's just a T-Shit, but it beats Insulting allies thinking your doing anything constructive.

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