HotGarbage

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[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The orange site is an easy target, but the lack of solidarity in the comments about the NYT Tech Guild strike fills me with dread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42040795

[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago

Did ABC get AI credits to air this? Are they going to use said AI to justify laying off staff? Then use that money to pay Oprah?

[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

TIL Paul Graham has never read a book.

These are the same people who want to remove the humanities from education.

[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And if you're not paying to chat with an LLM, you're paying some guy with utter contempt for you https://www.wired.com/story/i-went-undercover-secret-onlyfans-chatter-wasnt-pretty/

[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 15 points 2 years ago (8 children)

https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1779753281960722706

Critiquing an AI startup?

distasteful, almost unethical

[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (15 children)

Because I feel like picking on him again: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/02/google-podcasts

The only Google services I use are YouTube, Google Search, Gmail, YT Studio, Chrome, and Google Keep. Oh, and the Nest app.

It’s rather glorious living a nearly Google-free digital life.

[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 28 points 2 years ago

Ars' example gave me some hope User asking: "Can I evict a tenant for refusing to pay rent?" Chatbot responding: "No, you cannot evict a tenant for refusing to pay rent. Evicting a tenant for this reason is not allowed."

[–] HotGarbage@awful.systems 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

https://www.reuters.com/legal/crypto-miner-pennsylvania-hit-with-lawsuit-over-pollution-bitcoin-mine-2024-03-26/

Buttcoin "miners" literally burning trash. Sponsored by a state who apparently have learned nothing from its 200+ years of environmental destruction.

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