“We Live In The Age of The Bullshitter ❧ Current Affairs”
“A liar knows what they are saying is false. A bullshitter doesn’t care whether it is true or false.”
There’s a reason why everybody is linking to this.
Grant me the confidence of the “thought leader” who has absolute conviction in their predictions, extrapolating from the past few years without a single thought towards underlying causes
Taking this sort of nonsense seriously is how tech cos amble themselves into mass layoffs
You should not take a stroll on Iceland’s beach of death. It’s a lethal hazard even in still weather, a near-certain death-sentence in bad.
“Þurftu björgun eftir að hafa farið fótgangandi í Reynisfjöru”
‘Moving Fast and Breaking Things’
‘They always believe that they alone are worthy. They never have a backup plan, because they have always prided themselves on “being good when the going gets tough.”’
“Gamification gone wrong: stop the streaks - by Ben Davies-Romano - Dec, 2022 - UX Collective”
“All-knowing machines are a fantasy - Emily M. Bender and Chriag Shah » IAI TV”
“ChatGPT hype in the Washington Post”
The hype train is barrelling forward at max speed.
“Stability AI plans to let artists opt out of Stable Diffusion 3 image training - Ars Technica”
This is bullshit. Make it opt-in. If that makes the training set too small, fill it in by paying people to be included
“Pulling on the corkscrew of life: Why my cats are lyonized (and you may be too)”
“Space debris expert: Orbits will be lost—and people will die—later this decade - Ars Technica”
“Code brushes for GitHub Copilot - Christian Heilmann”
This is a much more interesting direction than autocomplete/autogeneration of code.
“The viral AI avatar app Lensa undressed me—without my consent - MIT Technology Review”
“An Update On My Thoughts on AI-Generated Art - Whatever”
Given how little money there is in most of publishing, I expect generated art to take over from stock art in covers in very short order.
“It is no exaggeration to say that systems like these pose a real and imminent threat to the fabric of society”
Eek.