... works as a web developer in Hveragerði, Iceland, and writes about the web, digital publishing, and web/product development
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“Degenerative AI in education | code acts in education”
Resignation to AI as an inevitable feature of the future of education is dangerous, as it is likely to lock education institutions, staff and students into technical systems that could exacerbate rather than ameliorate existing social problems
“Patreon issues are causing paused payouts and canceled subscriptions - The Verge”
We’re seeing an increase in tech co blunders—exactly what rational people would expect a few months after a mass layoff. Patreon has laid of over 17% of its workforce in the past year or so.
‘“AI” Hurts Consumers and Workers – and Isn’t Intelligent’
In their joint statement, US federal agencies warned companies not to assume any AI loophole, and asserted their jurisdiction to regulate the actions of companies even when those actions are automated.
“AddyOsmani.com - The value of a prototype is in the insight it imparts, not the code.”
[“The Age Of Mediocrity - Ed Zitron’s Where’s Your Ed At]”(https://wheresyoured.at/p/the-age-of-mediocrity)
It’s a conscious race to the bottom fueled by a conscious contempt for the customer
Almost got annoyed into a writing a blog post on some AI bullshit, but the feeling thankfully went away with a quiet walk outside.
“Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security | Ars Technica”
I’m shocked, shocked to hear that Microsoft’s long history of being absolutely shit at security continues to this day.
Always a bit annoying how consistently some tech types degrade themselves by insisting that language models “learn” and “reason” in exactly the same ways they do.
“Movie extras worry they’ll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans : NPR”
“Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For”
Basically, the underlying issue is that as companies become less innovative, rather than creating new useful things, they focus on extracting more value however they can
“Why women were overrepresented in tech layoffs.”
I know of at least one woman who was laid off while on maternity leave (blatantly illegal in where it happened, but tech will tech). I expect that her experience is much too common in the industry.
My 89 year old grandmother went to see the Barbie movie and heartily approved of it. Apparently it was a three-generations-of-women-go-to-the-movies kind of thing and a lot of fun was had.
More accurately, AI researchers have always said that this isn’t fixable but y’all were too obsessed with listening to con artists to pay attention but now the con is wearing thin.
“Legal Subreddit Bans All Ex-Twitter Links Due To Safety Risk | Techdirt”
This is going to happen a lot more once bigger media sites cotton onto the liability issues at stake.