And I wrote about how making or using generative models is, all else being equal, a dick move.
I also published my weeknotes yesterday, with the links for the week.
Quick reminder that I’ve set up a pre-order page for the print edition of Out of the Software Crisis
“Nine things automated accessibility tests can’t test | daverupert.com”
“Return to Office Is Bullshit And Everyone Knows It - Dhole Moments”
Executives are genuinely bad at their job part the infinite.
“Boys will be boys | Revert to Saved: A blog about design, gaming and technology”
I’m not sure there’s another phrase that infuriates me quite so much.
“Scammers Are Using AI to Sell Ripped Off Versions of Other People’s Books”
“OpenAI’s ChatGPT Can Actually Make Workers Perform Worse”
I’m pretty sure that the overall effect that LLMs have on both productivity and quality of work is going to be negative
“Making a Website is for Everyone - Jim Nielsen’s Blog”
This.
“The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses!)”
“They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie? | The New Yorker”
Certainly starting to look like behaviour economics is mostly bullshit
What is it with 80s/90s movies presenting predatory sociopaths destroying people’s lives as sympathetic and loveable?
Made the mistake of watching Other People’s Money, which claims to be a satire but seems more interested in satirising the people whose lives are being destroyed
“‘I follow you for tech, not politics’ | Go Make Things”
My friend, all tech is political.
“Adactio: Links—Just Another Music Monday - by Rusty Foster - Today in Tabs”
“Sam Altman Says He Intends to Replace Normal People With AI”
AGI is a religion and it isn’t one of the lovey-dovey ones. More the other kind.
My aunt’s husband has been making violins for forty years so there’s going to be a show dedicated to his work and a concert. Scroll down for English.
“Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security | Ars Technica”
No, really. Microsoft is really, truly bad at security and has been for decades. Azure is no exception.
“Compromised Microsoft Key: More Impactful Than We Thought”
This includes managed Microsoft applications, such as Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, as well as customers’ applications that support Microsoft Account authentication
A reminder that MS is bad at security
“Meta in Myanmar, Part I: The Setup - Erin Kissane’s small internet website”
Fucking hell.
“Why We’ll Never Live in Space - Scientific American”
I’ve always been a big fan of space research, but I think we’ve reached a point where some of the money should be funnelled into climate research instead. At least for as long as the crisis is playing out.