“Moving on from Mocha, Chai and nyc.”
Yup, for node dev at least “node –test” and “node:assert” is absolutely good enough. (Mocha via web-test-runner is still IMO the best option for front-end unit testing, tho.)
“GitHub - ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt: A list of AI agents and robots to block.”
“Considerations for AI Opt-Out”
Good overview of the state of play.
“GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs”
JFC.
For today’s #caturday, a few pictures from late 2022 when Kolka had just recently arrived at my sister’s and was still in the process of getting acclimated to people and investigating her surroundings
Looking at their reaction to US anti-trust action, EU regulations, and the AI Bubble and it feels like the US tech exec class and hangers-on has just gone completely off the rails irrational?
Like a sad clown with rabies screaming at shadows—makeup streaking from the froth around their mouths
“Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness”
This is what I discovered while researching my “AI risks” book: we’ve systematically UNDERestimated the intelligence and consciousness of animals while at the same OVERestimating the intelligence of machines and software
“You can’t stop AI crime and abuse now! The genie is out of the bottle!”
It costs literal billions, a small ocean’s worth of water, and electricity that could power nations to keep that genie out of the bottle. They absolutely do not have to make the abuses this easy or cheap
“On giant piles of cash, and their origins - by Dave Karpf”
The trouble with venture capital is that it has gotten too big.
“The Life and Death of Hollywood: Film and television writers face an existential threat”
They had been stripping value from the production system like copper pipes from a house—threatening the sustainability of the studios themselves.
“Struggling with a Moral Panic Once Again | by danah boyd | Apr, 2024 | Medium”
I keep seeing people talk about using generative models with very low accuracy and success rates. I have to resist the urge to point out that with rates that low, it’s possible they’re just seeing randomness in action and the feeling of productive utility is down to their own perception
Reading through recent discourse relating to both Google’s actions and other protests…
And, fuck me, some of you are so authoritarian
Of course I’m biased. If the current hostility towards protests had been in place 10 or 20 years ago in the UK, I’d have been arrested a dozen times over 😬
“I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting a $1.2 billion contract with Israel”
Yeah, this was retaliation, like completely indiscriminate—people who had just walked by just to say hello and maybe talk to us for a little bit. They were fired.
This seems to be the day for typos and grammatical errors in everything I do everywhere. 🙃
“Google fires 28 employees after protest over Israel cloud contract - The Verge”
Welp.
“AI isn’t useless. But is it worth it?”
they do a poor job of much of what people try to do with them, they can’t do the things their creators claim they one day might, and many of the things they are well suited to do may not be altogether that beneficial
Yup. Pretty much.
“Craft vs Industry: Separating Concerns”
I think it would be incredibly unwise and hubristic to assume that the broad majority of us who are employed at this time will remain employed in the next years.
“Claws for Debate – Part 3 – News From ME”
But since ‘42, creator credits and writing credits on TV shows have been determined via a strict credits manual and principles established by the Guild.
“We Need To Rewild The Internet”
When we simplify complex systems, we destroy them, and the devastating consequences sometimes aren’t obvious until it’s too late.
“Avoiding hero work pays off in the long run - Duck Alignment Academy”