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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

Replacement Antinatalism. By Émile P. Torres. Having babies is unethical, having AI babies otoh is the way forward.

Turns out the abyss is even deeper than we thought. Give it a look.

[–] nfultz@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 4 weeks ago

is nobel committee fronting everyone on the next bubble?

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How do we make the experience of dating apps even worse? With AI, of course:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/chatgpt-ed-into-bed-chatfishing-on-dating-apps

The funniest bit is the guy who needed multiple exchanges with the ocean-boiling slop machine to come up with "Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you".

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

New article from Iris Meredith: Dewaffling the tech industry, about the tech industry's tendency to create fascists and fash sympathisers, and how best to fix the issue

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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

from here:

OpenAI, which has tapped the world’s second-largest insurance broker Aon for help, has secured cover of up to $300mn for emerging AI risks,

  1. nice to see that at least someone dealing with these loons still has their shit grounded in reality

  2. I wonder what is quantified as “emerging risks” under that policy structure - I’d bet it’s not the same stuff the cultists are worried about

either way, more please!

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