Computers have "come up with" solutions to problems that eluded human-only problem-solving for decades. That's literally what computers are supposed to be for. That proves nothing about the novelty of AI beyond a narrow range of incremental problem-based solving which, again, we've used computers for for decades.

Old and busted: accidentally install malware on Windows.
New hotness: now Windows itself is malware!

Very cool idea! Just starred on Codeberg.

Wisdom is not data, and being "smart" is not about instant recall of trivia.

That was where it started, but then they did ban a well-known Blacksky user, link (I don't know too many details), and then people really lost their shit. They were also surprised that well well well, the bsky ecosystem isn't all that decentralized after all. 😄

These are the hardest working people in the business right now. They are entitled to making a decent living and the least folks can do is sign up for a free account. 😅

Ah yes, NeoNaziOS. We definitely want that to go mainstream.

/s

(seriously, if you don't know who DHH is please do some research…his HEY World blog + X account is rife with stuff that'll make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. 😬)

This is actually a really good point. Culture paved the way for the sheen of hyper "detailed" AI art (many of the details fall apart on close scrutiny, but I digress) by making it seem like "amateur" art is bad while "professional" art is good. So that means if a tool comes along that supposedly makes it so you can sidestep sweating over your amateur art and go straight to pumping out the professional-looking stuff, that's a win. It's good to question this assumption.

"So what" …the defining ethos of the slop bros who don't mind when technology is built on the back of stolen content and ecosystem collapse.

Nope was a fantastic movie. Us was the weakest of the not-a-trilogy but still a very thoughtful and well-made film.

This was literally the only reason I had any potential interest in GitLab. What a joke. 😠

For those of you with a Nebula subscription, you can also watch it here:
https://nebula.tv/videos/angelacollier-vibe-physics

I've literally never heard of those horrible companies mentioned in the post. I have no idea what they do. In that sense, maybe Ed's bad at PR? Honestly I've been following Ed's work for a long time now and I'm also a frequent critic online of genAI, so I don't really understand this swinging at him with a bat. He's been a net positive for the movement, no question. Also the line about how he's an ass on social media…that's his brand. He's always roasting everyone. He also roasts himself, when he's not ironically making himself out to be a genius (in that winking British way). If you don't like that sort of humor, fine, but I think it's pretty weird to take it too seriously. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Technically, LLMs as used in Generative AI fall under the umbrella term "machine learning"…except that until recently machine learning was mostly known for "the good stuff" you're referring to (finding patterns in massive datasets, classifying data entries like images, machine vision, etc.). So I feel like continuing to use the term ML for the good stuff helps steer the conversation away from what is clearly awful about genAI.

Aww, those poor multi-ton metal leviathans are frightened by the scary human-sized two-wheelers. 😢

Oh great, yet another hellscape to torment us. When will it end??

I let my Max subscription lapse some time ago. A smattering of decent HBO shows and one or two great ones is just not worth it. Zaslav has been running this company into the ground. Apple TV+ smokes Max in value. And now they're realizing maybe dropping the name "HBO" off of HBO was a bad move? LOL

But hey, he's making big bank so it's all worth it…for him. 🙄

Maybe this is too technical still, but Eleventy is a pretty cool project that can publish markdown.

https://www.11ty.dev/

looks at self in mirror and cries

bUt i wAs tOLd tHaT AI iSn't bAD fOr thE enViRoNmeNt 🙃