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@troublewithwords Same here, but there was an overlap. So I let the spiders eat the flies.
@meg I wish the spiders would get here a little earlier to help out. But in general they’re much better housemates than the flies.
Well, genAI has finally arrived at my job's doorstep.
fuck.
I test computer systems to see if they can be hacked.
I do this by actually hacking into them.
I am NOT being asked to use AI tools to do my normal day to day job, specifically (though many in my field are doing that and advocating for those tools' use).
But.
I *am* being asked if our systems can be hacked by the current genAI hacking tools.
And the only way to determine that is by running those tools against our systems.
And, from a professional standpoint, I agree with this. We need to know if the current genAI tools can successfully allow a "hacker" (read script-kiddie... or AI-kiddie in this matter) to actually hack into our systems.
My role in my job has always been to become the "bad guy". I do what the bad guys do. And if the bad guys are using genAI hacking tools....
...then I have to use genAI hacking tools.
At least insofar as to see if they are effective.
I hate my job.
I should stop fiddling computer and go to bed.
@neil 💚
Meta’s scrapped plans to go “AI native” included slashing teams by 60 percent
Reuters report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/metas-scrapped-plans-to-go-ai-native-included-slashing-teams-by-60-percent/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
"The writing is superb. It truly is a novel. Semantically build with love and care. The sarcasm is so spot-on. All the snarky remarks. The comically tragic characters and their whereabouts. I'm in love with this game." Always makes my day to hear Neofeud 2 feedback like that. Thanks, Joe!
“A lot of these companies are pre-IPO, so they’re focused on three things. They’re focused on market penetration, they’re focused on product differentiation, and they’re focused on valuation. And valuation includes the data that they own,” EFF’s Sarah Hamid told the Kansas City Defender. https://kansascitydefender.com/technology-ai/kcata-facial-recognition-contract/
IBM Unveils Next Generation Dual-Architecture Processor
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455471
#HackerNews #IBM #DualArchitecture #Processor #NextGen #Technology #Innovation #LinuxOne
in that Uma Musume phone game can your horse-girl be put down because she broke a leg and can't run anymore?
Nope, and since they're based on real horses there's actually stuff where. One of the horsegirls runs in the race that did lead to her inspiration's end and pulls a win (one is ESPECIALLY notable for this cause her inspo was so beloved, as I understand, and her storyline absolutely plays with a sense of dread) or like. Gets injured but is determined to recover and make a fresh debut
(Which, yanno, has some ableism tied into it, I would actually kind of love from a processor-of- narratives standpoint to see someone hurt then pivot careers, but that's not something that plays well into the game mechanics so... idfk!!)
alright I'm calling it there's too much software out there we need to start unwriting it
@lowqualityfacts okokok wait, curry was invented by the programming language called
haskell
@cstross that’s my expectation too, the signs are there (and it can’t pop soon enough for me). The real question for me now is does this cycle crash the global economy or do they prop it up again to make the next crash that much worse.
@peter I think it's a consequence of More's Law, which drove the 1960-2010 semiconductor industry growth, tapering off. Silly Valley VC investors got to expect as normal a ROI that normally only happened during short term bubbles. They can't face the end of the good times so they're willing to destroy ANYTHING in pursuit of one more good quarter's growth. (The environment, the economy, democracy … it's all less important than their super term profit margin.)
# NFCU operation leads to arrest over suspected £500,000 of counterfeit wine
Things aren't looking to rosé for them, but this might just be a case of sour grapes.
And, shiraz eggs are eggs, I bet that their books are in the red too...
@neil oh… put a cork in it!
I've been hearing a lot of chatter about ChatGPT's new plug-in, which lets it read and send texts with Apple Messages. These are typically end-to-end encrypted messages, now being parsed by LLMs.
This particular software runs offline, and doesn't touch OpenAI servers. But it still points to the need to actually trust the people in conversation to uphold social expectations around the privacy of the conversation. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/chatgpt-gets-all-up-in-your-imessages/
haha right? we’re all in this together.
DICHIARAZIONE DEL COLLETTIVO A/I SULLE SANZIONI DISPOSTE DAL GOVERNO USA NEI SUOI CONFRONTI – A STATEMENT BY A/I COLLECTIVE ABOUT US SANCTIONS
[ENGLISH VERSION BELOW]
Oggi abbiamo appreso che il governo degli Stati Uniti ha deciso di inserire un piccolo collettivo di volontari e attivisti digitali italiani nell'elenco delle organizzazioni terroristiche mondiali meritevoli di sanzioni, come si può leggere nelle dichiarazioni del Dipart
https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10076
@danirabbit love it.
@hbons pretty excited about it! Converting all the animations has been fun and they’re so much cleaner. And I can’t wait to add more animations in other places
I should stop fiddling computer and go to bed.
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