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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 22 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 3 points 6 hours ago

They've had enough problems with the guy who claimed to be the reincarnation of LRH.

I reckon Miscavige wouldn't want a robo-LRH as it could challenge his power within the organization.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 22 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no, what happened to that dude? He seemed fairly sane from his blog.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 22 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago

Mr AGP? Wow.

remembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago

It's interesting to me that they're named after four thieves. Not sure if it's a deliberate joke or just another manifestation of the anarchist herbalism tendency that seems to have developed in the last 20 or 30 years.

Microsoft is firmly committed to environmentally sustainable AI — except when there’s a sale to be made in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 16 points 2 days ago

oh "environmentally sustainable AI", that's like clean coal isn't it.

Strawberry fields forever — OpenAI’s new ‘o1’ model in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 15 points 3 days ago

Living is easy with eyes closed/misunderstanding all you see

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 6 points 6 days ago

You could build a whole library of articles like this: here's one from early last year

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago

A new substack about AI: Ludd. "Citizen Journalism on AI, Publishing, and the new Tech Landscape". First post is about Repeater Books, Israel and AI: second is about AI and climate change.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I told one of my college professors I'd been having issues with some software I had to learn to use for another class, and he said "can I give you a tip? try using chat-gpt to explain how to use it" and without thinking I said "why would I use chat-gpt? It's rubbish" and his face fell. Sorry, Prof, I know you were trying to help.

This was after he'd said to the class that he knew we would all be using chat-gpt for assignments.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm not shocked.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 9 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 9 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 11 points 1 week ago

Fuck it, throw some more junk into orbit, why not

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Data centre energy usage has outpaced growth of renewable energy in Ireland (m.independent.ie)
 

"Total demand for electricity last year grew by 4.4pc, or 1.3 terawatts (TW), but 80pc of that increase, or 1.1TW, was from data centre growth."

Training data for LLMs = higher energy prices and environmental degradation.

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Reimagining AI | Planet Critical (youtube.com)
 

A video interview with the artist John Wild about AI, AGI, eugenics and Silicon Valley TESCREAL cultism. Posting without watching.

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Interview with Dr Abeba Birhane on Irish radio (www.rte.ie)
 

"AI for dummies" interview from Irish radio with Dr Abeba Birhane, who's on a UN advisory board about AI.

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Spotted this ad in an old copy of Smash Hits. Possible tagline for this server? (awful.systems)
 

According to wikipedia, Runaway received "mixed reviews".

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Dan McQuillan on Resisting AI | Yeah Nah Pasaran! On 3CR (www.3cr.org.au)
 

Interview on Australian anti-fascist radio show Yeah Nah Pasaran! with Dan McQuillan, computer lecturer and author of "Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach To Artificial Intelligence". Interesting comments on AI as a tool of/for austerity politics, and an argument that AI is inherently anti-worker. Probably nothing new to people in here, but eloquently stated and put into a wider political context.

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Building an entirely new city from scratch in Northern California: an environmentally friendly way of providing more housing, according to some silicon valley types (www.theguardian.com)
 

Sure, why attempt to improve the climate resilience or affordable housing in the cities where millions of people already live, when you can just buy land upstate and get a whole new toy to play with? And why tell local, state or national government anything - they'll only be supplying the land, water, sewerage, utilities & transport links. You pay your taxes, you deserve to get something back.

This is going to be one hell of a planning application. What's the land use code for "feudal stronghold"?

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