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With Linkedin introducing AI and using your data to train AI on, i think it is a good moment to look for an alternative to this platform. I am wondering whether there are any. Suggestions?
#linkedin #alternative #AI


So advancing AI is a religious crusade now?

Thiel “encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist”

Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist - WSJ
#AI
https://archive.ph/BmHIs

#AI


Wow, I found an application where AI-generated illustrations and videos is really useful! Are you familiar with these mobile games ads that don’t look anything like the actual game? Now with AI these ads look even further from the actual games!

Isn’t it wonderful?

#AI #VideoGames


Even notepad in Windows has Copilot?

I just... I just want a text editor to keep quick scratch notes on without having to worry about anything being sniffed up or...

Eris...

I hate using Windows....

(note: I have no control or choice in the matter of OS at this specific project. It hurts. But I get paid. So yay.)

#AI #microsoft #windows #notepad #privacy

"Settings" for window's notepad includes a toggle that turns on and off Copilot AI sniffing. For notepad. Yay.


After watching a YouTube video a friend recorded of one of his Silksong playthrough, YouTube recommended me a recent provocative video about Denzel Washington allegedly storming off The Late Show with Stephen Colbert stage. I didn't click on it, but it did pique my curiosity, as I didn't expect either men to behave this way. A short web search later, I learned this was entirely made-up: https://burlingtongazette.ca/the-interview-that-never-happened/

And sure enough, Denzel Washington has not been a guest on this show since 2021: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Late_Show_with_Stephen_Colbert_episodes_(2025)

*sigh*

#AI #Fake #AttentionEconomy



MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law


#AI #health #intelligence #NaturalStupidity

A new MIT study titled, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task, has found that using ChatGPT to help write essays leads to long-term cognitive harm—measurable through EEG brain scans. Students who repeatedly relied on ChatGPT showed weakened neural connectivity, impaired memory recall, and diminished sense of ownership over their own writing. While the AI-generated content often scored well, the brains behind it were shutting down.


https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artificial-intelligence-use-reprograms-the-brain-leading-to-cognitive-decline/


Public Service Announcement:

When someone says "I googled it" they NO LONGER MEAN "I did a web search and this is what one of the web sites that came up in the search said"...

..."I googled it" *now* means "I typed a question into google and google's AI spit out this answer."

Please adjust your conversation and cultural assumptions accordingly.

#AI #LLM

#AI #llm



I was saying recently that "having a human in the loop" is the less egregious case of using Large Language Model systems, but the way the very tech is implemented makes even this use case fraught.
#AI #LLM


There's magic trick that can make any #AI project successful. When the LLM's success rate is too low, just say "it's OK, we will have a human in the loop" and ship it anyway.

There's just one problem with this magic trick: most #LLM implementations don't have the thoughtful and intentional guard rails that would make this a real human-in-the-loop system.

Instead, the loop becomes a vicious cycle of deception and deskilling, losing all benefits of oversight.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/human-in-the-loop-is-a-thought-terminating-cliche


#AI #llm


There's magic trick that can make any #AI project successful. When the LLM's success rate is too low, just say "it's OK, we will have a human in the loop" and ship it anyway.

There's just one problem with this magic trick: most #LLM implementations don't have the thoughtful and intentional guard rails that would make this a real human-in-the-loop system.

Instead, the loop becomes a vicious cycle of deception and deskilling, losing all benefits of oversight.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/human-in-the-loop-is-a-thought-terminating-cliche

#AI #llm


I think the Vibecoding reddit has accidentally stumbled on the best description of vibecoding:

It's "roleplay for guys [it is always guys] who want to feel like hackers without doing the hard part".

(Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1mu6t8z/whats_the_point_of_vibe_coding_if_i_still_have_to/ )

#ai #vibecoding

What’s the point of vibe coding if I still have to pay a dev to fix it? 

what’s the point of vibe coding if at the end of the day i still gotta pay a dev to look at the code anyway. sure it feels kinda cool while i’m typing, like i’m in some flow state or whatever, but when stuff breaks it’s just dead weight. i cant vibe my way through debugging, i cant ship anything that actually matters, and then i’m back to square one pulling out my wallet for someone who actually knows what they’re doing. makes me think vibe coding is just roleplay for guys who want to feel like hackers without doing the hard part. am i missing something here or is it really just useless once you step outside the fantasy


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Lie, cheat and steal.... Now it's time to face the consequences. Let is buuuurn!

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

#AI #FuckAI #LLM


GitHub CEO: Embrace AI or get out.

https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-developers-embrace-ai-or-get-out-2025-8

PS. Here’s where to go: @Codeberg

https://codeberg.org

(As an additional bonus, you’ll have the peace of mind of knowing you’re part of an anti-fascist not-for-profit cooperative instead of a trillion-dollar US corporation that’s helping Israel commit genocide.)

#git #sourceControl #revisionControl #GitHub #Codeberg #dev #AI #BigTech #Microsoft #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopArmingIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine


OK! Best (broadly conceived) op-eds on #AI? Looking for 600-1200 word pieces in outlets great and small from the last few years.

What have you read that’s made a mark?

#AI


No one deserves this fate, even if they are the author of their own degradation

More, it's a cautionary tale for us all about the future of #society and #AI and its caustic effects on #mentalHealth

Even if this particular canary in the coal mine chose to place themselves into their predicament with enthusiasm, and is funding it

"A Prominent #OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a #ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say"

https://futurism.com/openai-investor-chatgpt-mental-health

#ventureCapital #vultureCapital


Why "AI" Is a Con: Our Book Launch! (feat. Vauhini Vara)




What a brilliant session with @emilymbender in conversation with @Kobotic at #RMIT tonight.

Key takeaways:
- #BenderRule - name the language you're working in
- #AI is not one technology - it's many in a trenchcoat. Be specific.
- Who benefits from the changes wrought by AI and who bears the harms and externalities?
- AI is hype - learn enough to cut through it, ask difficult questions
- "Pile of racist linear algebra"
- Read everything by @karenhao
- Read #TheAICon by Emily and @alex
- Read @CriticalAI

Professor Emily M. Bender (left) in conversation with Dr. Kobi Leins (right) RMIT Melbourne 01 July


Both DoorDash and UberEats are now including AI generated menu item descriptions. Probably something to be aware of if you have food allergies. 😐 #AI #UberEats #DoorDash #fuckAI
[UberEats]
2:37 1
P14 Phở Gà
$15.95
Chicken noodle soup with scallions, onions, and cilantro
for a warm, aromatic delight.
Description Generated by Al ©
16 93% (203)
Most popular
#1, Ordered by 30+ others
Chicken Soup/súp gà, Large/lớn
#2,0
Chick
Choice of Size
Choose 1
Small/nhỏ
Required
Add 1 to cart • $15.95
[DoorDash]
Chips
Chips are thin slices or pieces of various materials,
often used in electronics for processing and storage.
Sauce Addition
Optional • Select up to 5
Tomato Sauce
+$1.00



#Copyright not for #AI 🤔


Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/federal-judge-rules-copyrighted-books-are-fair-use-ai-training-rcna214766

#Training #book #justice #technology #court #usa #law #news


BEWARE of Google AI generated video scams -- eight second segments can be a critical clue!

Fraudsters are now using the new advanced #Google #AI video system to create scam videos (including claiming to be from #YouTube) of humans speaking to camera. These are EXTREMELY convincing. One clue (for now) is that the created videos are often limited to eight second segments. To create longer scam videos, fraudsters are stringing together these segments of no more than eight seconds each, usually with a quick fade between them to mask the discontinuities between the segments.

Google is making life much easier for the fraudsters, but much worse for you.



That's it, I had to pull out one archive website I hosted because it was getting pummeled by AI crawlers and I wasn't able to find a good way to throttle requests with Apache 2.4 and mpm_itk.

You won, #AI, you have content that isn't available for anyone else anymore.

#AI


Parents, have you had The Talk with your kids? You know the one, about generative #AI eroding their critical thinking?
#AI