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The AI Pascal’s Wager

Should you accept contributions generated by LLMs in your Open Source project?

https://ploum.net/2026-10-01-pascal_wager.html

I’ve been struggling to put my finger on this, but Rachel has totally nailed why AI tutorial/educational content just isn’t the same (or as good!) as a human writer. (I’m not saying my writing isn’t flawed, but relevant context and framing is something I really work hard at!)

https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/09/30/more-than-words/

@fuzzyleapfrog vermutlich um sich drüber lustig zu machen oder sie studieren die antiken Texte?

@justinmponcet je comprends totalement. et, pour avoir le support, il faut d'abord passer par un chatbot - au moins, j'avais souvent une réponse utile et humaine (je crois...) le même jour.

@mpe It’s telling that Tennessee bungled this execution, twice, though I’d *expected* a bungle.
USA’s a bizarre place, and “shared values” with Australia is an increasingly dubious claim.

It's a lifestyle in search of an income 😅
on @gocomics + http://stickycomics.com today

@mherbert There is a half-written novella waiting to be picked up at some point. But it'd be a mistake to get distracted from the space opera(s) before I've got them in the can.

@farah thingie or “doobie”

@davidgerard

"mating"

This has never ever once been a good sign when used in reference to humans.

https://privacystrategica.org/2026/09/27/decreto-legislativo-9-settembre-2026-n-160-e-illegale/

#DECRETOLEGISLATIVO9 settembre 2026, n. 160

Adeguamento della normativa nazionale alle disposizioni del regolamento (UE) 2024/1689 del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio, del 13 giugno 2024, che stabilisce regole armonizzate sull’intelligenza artificiale, in materia di utilizzo dei sistemi di intelligenza artificiale per l’attivita’ di polizia e di responsabilita’ civile e penale. (26G00179) (GU Serie Generale n.214 del 15-09-2026)

Note: Entrata in vigore del provvedimento: 30/09/2026

Un procedimento di tale rilevanza dovrebbe passare per il parlamento e divenire legge secondo tutti i criteri, invece il governo ha fatto la solita porcata come tutti i precedenti da almeno 25 anni ad oggi, di governi illegittimi.
Sono riusciti con la complicità del parlamento italico assenteista, a far passare in sordina un atto che non è urgente, privo di ragioni straordinarie, come se fosse una necessità primaria (quella di spiare i cittadini).

Vogliono abituarci, oramai da tempo, alla nuova modalità di governo, quella fatta di strumenti come; decreti legge, decreti legislativi, o come abbiamo già subito, addirittura come DPCM.
In sostanza, alla dittatura tecnocratica!

https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2026/09/15/26G00179/SG

@davidgerard Sounded a bit like "nuh-uh" to me. But I suspect he's one of yours. I don't know that I've interacted with the account before and it's a lot of weirdly terse replies to Doctorow and Stross. I would advise not investing the time in looking up elections maps from the last two local elections and then drawing big circles around the newly-Green seats. Seems like it's low payoff.

@simeon I already had that, but the calories and raw energy expenditure stopped me from mania coding everything I wanted, now the mania is in the cloud.

@EUCommission and of course bulletproof, cannot be hacked 🤡

Reach of podcasts stays steady: The Podcast Landscape 2026: More new listeners are finding podcasts though https://podnews.net/update/podcast-landscape-26

@abekonge an open source (silicon) microprocessor

New Weight-Loss Drug Helped Nearly 1 in 3 Adults Reach a Striking Milestone
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