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[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Amazon unveils AI-Powered AR glasses for delivery drivers.

The response I've seen from actual drivers has been somewhere between "eh? I guess?" and "fuck you, pay me".

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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago (12 children)
[–] misterbngo@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I literally can't even.

As someone who spent countless hours of my youth in hammer, laying out areas with props and lighting and doing play testing about areal movement with test npcs, it's hilarious that these people see this slop and say, yes this is the future.

also : "I’m working on a theory that “AI is art” boosters have some kind of limited ability to perceive details. Like they literally only perceive large shapes, colors, and noises. Anything remotely more detailed than ‘big thing go boom’ they actually lack the ability to see it." 🤔🤔🤔

also: after discussing with my brother I came to the realization that this rube was likely very into the "play2earn" bullshit during the nft era

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[–] rook@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago

I know nfts are old news now, but:

lol, decentralisation.

alt textA screenshot of some boardape nfts on opensea. All the actual images are replaced with an error message saying “this nft is not available due to an ongoing AWS outage”

[–] rook@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I see there’s at least one big fan of Moldbug still trying to implement his perfect neofeudal state.

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-wants-strong-influence-over-the-robot-army-hes-building/

My fundamental concern with regard to how much voting control I have at Tesla is, if I go ahead and build this enormous robot army, can I just be ousted at some point in the future?

If we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over this robot army? Not control, but a strong influence … I don't feel comfortable building that robot army unless I have a strong influence.

I’m sure this is fine, largely because he is an idiot. Probably bad news for other shareholders and customers though.

Anyone else getting “when I die, you’re all joining me in my mausoleum” vibes from musk?

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[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago
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