“Why the Hollywood strike matters to all of us | Cognoscenti”
“Don’t Throw “Consulting Services” Onto Your Website - DaedTech”
“Accessibility is a part of inclusive design and disability rights) · Eric Eggert”
“The Imminent Enshittification of the Internet”
Generative models are an existential threat to aggregators. Y’know, the same aggregators that are pouring billions into making said models.
“Don’t expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models. Security was an afterthought”
… tricked a Google system into labeling a piece of malware harmless merely by inserting a line that said “this is safe to use.”
“Google Chrome will summarize entire articles for you with built-in generative AI - The Verge”
I can’t get over the fact that tech companies seem to believe that free summarisation addons will somehow become one of the “AI” billion dollar industries.
“WordPress 6.3; breaking decades of CSS!”
This issues I’ve highlighted are a product of seemingly incohesive CSS strategy and lack of CSS expertise
Modern web development in a nutshell.
“ChatGPT answers more than half of software engineering questions incorrectly”
That 40% didn’t spot the incorrect answers is a classic case of automation bias. (Cognitive automation tools help you think less and thinking less makes you less likely to spot errors)
“/bɑs ˈtjɛ̃ no ˈse ʁɑ/ (hadess) | News: New responsibilities”
Relevant to what I wrote the other day about free/open source.
I just published “You can’t debate bullshit” where I vent some of my frustrations with online discourse in tech.
“Unraveling the Digital Markets Act”
Those defending Facebook should reevaluate their stance considering philosophical, legal, political, and economic factors. Supporting mega-corporations over consumers is hardly in your or the public’s best interest.
“What exactly are the economics of AI? - by Gary Marcus”
just because something is powered by AI doesn’t mean it will make truckloads of money.
“It’s pretty rude of OpenAI to make their use of your content opt-out | hidde.blog”
“There’s Meaning in the Ordering of the Web’s Tech Stack - Jim Nielsen’s Blog”
“The bad year | Go Make Things”
I relate so much to this. Been a shitty year on the whole. Hopefully things will start to improve.
There’s an Icelandic phrase I’ve found to be extremely useful lately: “Þetta endar með ósköpum.”
Usually translated as “this will end in disaster”, tho in this context “ósköp” actually means something like “bad fate” (ó = negative, sköp = fate)
What possesses programmers to deliberately try to make OSS LLM systems for generating whole fiction novels in one go when they aren’t even trying do anything with it afterwards? Just out of curiosity?
That’s a bit like going around sabotaging people’s workplaces as a hobby
“No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction | Ars Technica”
This isn’t the only survey to show long-term satisfaction and extremely low regret rates (there’s a ton of them), but this one is pleasantly conclusive.
“AddyOsmani.com - Write about what you learn. It pushes you to understand topics better.”
“What if Generative AI turned out to be a Dud?”
Like I’ve been saying for months, the functionality for LLMs generally isn’t there and what positive functionality is there is overestimated by investors, executives, and legislators.
“These Women Warned Of AI’s Dangers And Risks Long Before ChatGPT – Rolling Stone”
“ChatGPT In Trouble: OpenAI may go bankrupt by 2024, AI bot costs company $700,000 every day”
“Not so private room: Zoom’s AI privacy fiasco exposes how vulnerable we are to Big Tech’s whims”