@elena @jwildeboer One more "important thing": There's an IMHO crucial intersection between #GenAI being an OK crutch for white collar workers (of which many have sufficient disposable income to afford a subscription) to "keep faking it" while repeat CoVID infections keep reducing their mental facilities.

That's an engine which earlier scams and bubbles didn't have, IMHO. At least among my colleagues, some of the most vocal #GenAI boosters are those who had most and/or worst #CoVID episodes.

A remarkably prophetic 1923 cartoon depicting how a creative process would be automated in 2023.

#cartoon #tech #technology #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Meta #Google #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude

@asrg Even if I laugh about the very ironic title (they clearly write that #AI is *no* existence or #intelligence that could die), this #zine is a good compilation for critical questions to ask and for thinking about #AIEthics and rules. A first starter for #activism.

#LLM #genAI #generativeAI #zines #resist #solarpunkSunday #luddites #noAI

A remarkably prophetic 1923 cartoon depicting how a creative process would be automated in 2023.

#cartoon #tech #technology #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Meta #Google #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude

Cortana, cancel my Notepad.ai subscription

https://tech4gamers.com/halo-studio-gen-ai-usage-core-pillar/

#genai #halo #gamedev

@Flussmusik @Impertinenzija

Der Gedanke von @tante ist spannend. Mit meinen eigenen Worten:

Da #GenAI mit Material unserer Vergangenheit trainiert ist, tendiert sie (auch unabsichtlich) zu rückwärtsgewandten ggf. sogar faschistischen Sichtweisen. Potenzieller Widerspruch ist unterrepräsentiert, bzw kann nicht mit trainiert werden, Progressives ist quasi unmöglich.

Das, was also heute als #KI vermarktet wird, neigt dazu, #demokratiefeindlich wirksam zu werden.

@Flussmusik @Impertinenzija

Der Gedanke von @tante ist spannend. Mit meinen eigenen Worten:

Da #GenAI mit Material unserer Vergangenheit trainiert ist, tendiert sie (auch unabsichtlich) zu rückwärtsgewandten ggf. sogar faschistischen Sichtweisen. Potenzieller Widerspruch ist unterrepräsentiert, bzw kann nicht mit trainiert werden, Progressives ist quasi unmöglich.

Das, was also heute als #KI vermarktet wird, neigt dazu, #demokratiefeindlich wirksam zu werden.

Many of us probably hope that we’ll get back to normal when the #genAI bubble bursts, but this isn’t going to happen. In academia, genAI *does* work, in the sense of: for many people it solves a lot of problems, and removes the need for like doing homework, reading, writing, learning, and, yes, thinking. Who cares whether its “ethical” or whatever, everybody’s using it!

My bet is that post-bubble, education will be *the* market for genAI, and things will get even worse than they are now.

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And here’s what I’m trying to get at: when the bubble bursts, many “AI” “applications” will disappear, but #genAI is here to stay in academia. Companies will discover students and academics as a market and, when the free offers go away, inevitably crank up the prices. But as students have already become dependent on #genAI, they will be desperate enough to pay high prices to keep them for graduate studies. The same goes for those researchers who experienced a “productivity” boost. ⇢

Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI

https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Frobpike.io%2Fpost%2F3matwg6w3ic2s&viewtype=tree

#HackerNews #RobPike #GenAI #NuclearTech #HackerNews #AIRevolution

Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI

https://imgur.com/nUJCI3o

#HackerNews #RobPike #GenAI #NuclearTech #HackerNews #AIdebate

In the second issue of #IRRJ, Paul Kantor writes the editorial, arguing for a more critical adoption of generative AI in information retrieval. He puts his concerns under three distinct headings: consistency, confidence, and completeness. #GenAI, #GenerativeAI, #InformationRetrieval

https://irrj.org/article/view/25004

"I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersonated me."

https://eiratansey.com/2025/12/20/i-announced-my-divorce-on-instagram-and-then-ai-impersonated-me/

#tech #technology #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Meta #Google #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude

Right, #genAI will revolutionize science. As in, there’s nothing going to be left after the zone has been completed flooded with shit. There’s really no point in publishing anything anymore, as it’ll be drowned out by #AIslop.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/

https://prospect.org/2025/12/22/demands-for-data-center-moratoriums-surge/

Maybe this will bring these folks down before they burn down the world.

#ai #genai #techbros #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #datacenters #democracy #justice #affordability #humanrights #labor

"I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersonated me."

https://eiratansey.com/2025/12/20/i-announced-my-divorce-on-instagram-and-then-ai-impersonated-me/

#tech #technology #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Meta #Google #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude

In the second issue of #IRRJ, Paul Kantor writes the editorial, arguing for a more critical adoption of generative AI in information retrieval. He puts his concerns under three distinct headings: consistency, confidence, and completeness. #GenAI, #GenerativeAI, #InformationRetrieval

https://irrj.org/article/view/25004