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We may have greatly increased the individual programmer's ability to build
the wrong thing very quickly, and decreased the rest of the team's ability to keep up with them.
We may have greatly increased the individual programmer's ability to build
the wrong thing very quickly, and decreased the rest of the team's ability to keep up with them.
Chris Short's excellent DevOps'ish newsletter number 306 this week leads me to a couple of companies buying failed startups for their Jira and Slack instances for AI training. Forbes article via archive.is: https://archive.is/A0KWF
cc @ChrisShort
Chris Short's excellent DevOps'ish newsletter number 306 this week leads me to a couple of companies buying failed startups for their Jira and Slack instances for AI training. Forbes article via archive.is: https://archive.is/A0KWF
cc @ChrisShort
Researchers just mathematically proved that AI can't recursively self-improve its way to superintelligence.
Not "we think it's unlikely." Not "it seems hard." Formally proved.
The model doesn't climb toward AGI — it slowly forgets what reality looks like. They call it model collapse. The math calls it inevitable.
I wrote about it 👇
https://smsk.dev/2026/04/26/ai-cannot-self-improve-and-math-behind-proves-it/
Researchers just mathematically proved that AI can't recursively self-improve its way to superintelligence.
Not "we think it's unlikely." Not "it seems hard." Formally proved.
The model doesn't climb toward AGI — it slowly forgets what reality looks like. They call it model collapse. The math calls it inevitable.
I wrote about it 👇
https://smsk.dev/2026/04/26/ai-cannot-self-improve-and-math-behind-proves-it/
Our poster campaign in Vancouver has started!
We are asking for a two-year pause on AI in schools here in British Columbia, Canada.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/pause-on-generative-ai-in-bc-schools
If you are in Vancouver and see a poster, could you post it in the reply with the location?
#Musk wants award-winning and highly-talented writers to take what he thinks will be the last job that any writer will ever have. Which scabs will do it?
#writing #books
Timothy Karoff: A new #xAI job listing seeks decorated writers to refine the company's #AI model, #Grok.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/musk-job-listing-novelists-22224801.php
#Musk wants award-winning and highly-talented writers to take what he thinks will be the last job that any writer will ever have. Which scabs will do it?
#writing #books
Timothy Karoff: A new #xAI job listing seeks decorated writers to refine the company's #AI model, #Grok.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/musk-job-listing-novelists-22224801.php
"We have come to this cultural agreement that convenience is so important that it trumps everything else, forgetting that anything that matters in life is inconvenient [...] I think we should re-value difficulty, overcoming difficulty, and take pleasure in gaining mastery, because it is a form of empowerment"
#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy
#AI #tech #artificialIntelligence #techCriticism #techFutures #BigTech #books @bookstodon
Doug Henwood welcomes #QuinnSlobodian and #BenTarnoff, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, to discuss "Elon’s world and what he wants to do to ours."
https://kpfa.org/episode/behind-the-news-april-23-2026/
#Musk #ElonMusk #AI #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techOligarchs #techFutures #Tesla #Neuralink #books @bookstodon
One website I use to receive payments recently shifted to a terrible #AI tool for customer service.
I asked it to process a payout. It failed, so I asked customer service to do it. After a few days, they did, and I withdrew the amount.
4 days later, the AI processed my payout...20 times. So now I have 20X the original amount, which I've already been paid for, in my "wallet."
As it's not my fault, I decided to just leave it there and wait until they figure it out.
2 weeks later, and it's still there.
One website I use to receive payments recently shifted to a terrible #AI tool for customer service.
I asked it to process a payout. It failed, so I asked customer service to do it. After a few days, they did, and I withdrew the amount.
4 days later, the AI processed my payout...20 times. So now I have 20X the original amount, which I've already been paid for, in my "wallet."
As it's not my fault, I decided to just leave it there and wait until they figure it out.
2 weeks later, and it's still there.
Protect #human #voices https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-voice-actors-hollywood-dubbing/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us Not to mention human #writing my take here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/03/09/writing-critical-thinking-and-ai-where-are-we-headed/ #ai #tech #chatbots #hollywood #voiceover #acting #actors #writers #humanity #consciousness #psychology #philosophy
🤖🧠 Von der Antwort zum eigenständigen Handeln: Agentische KI plant Aufgaben, nutzt Tools und stößt Prozesse selbst an.
Für Andrea Stich, Infineon und Plattform @LernendeSysteme (PLS), ist #AgenticAI der nächste Entwicklungsschritt.
Im Video erklärt sie Potenziale, Risiken und Möglichkeiten einer "bewussten" Einführung in Unternehmen.
💬 Auf unserer Website ordnen weitere PLS-Mitglieder agentische KI fachlich ein und zeigen, worauf es ankommt:
👉 https://www.plattform-lernende-systeme.de/ergebnisse/standpunkte/agentische-ki.html
What are you without ChatGPT?
We depend on AI for a lot more than we need to.
Need to buy a birthday present for a present? Ask AI for recs.
Need to write a bloody text? Ask AI to write it.
Can’t read a 100-word article? Ask AI to summarise it.
Yes, it’s convenient as hell.
When the internet & smartphones became a thing, you had the knowledge of the world in the tips of your fingers. With AI, you have that power increased manifold.
What happens when you get so used to it? And what happens when you’re without it?
We are losing basic skills like reading comprehension, written communication, and independent thinking.
Cognitive offloading is real!
Today at work, this line from the Spider-Man movie dawned on me, where Iron Man says to Spider-Man,
If you’re nothing without this suit, …
What are you without ChatGPT?
We depend on AI for a lot more than we need to.
Need to buy a birthday present for a present? Ask AI for recs.
Need to write a bloody text? Ask AI to write it.
Can’t read a 100-word article? Ask AI to summarise it.
Yes, it’s convenient as hell.
When the internet & smartphones became a thing, you had the knowledge of the world in the tips of your fingers. With AI, you have that power increased manifold.
What happens when you get so used to it? And what happens when you’re without it?
We are losing basic skills like reading comprehension, written communication, and independent thinking.
Cognitive offloading is real!
Today at work, this line from the Spider-Man movie dawned on me, where Iron Man says to Spider-Man,
If you’re nothing without this suit, then you shouldn’t have it.
If you find yourself constantly reaching out to these AI apps out of habit, especially at work, ask yourself these questions:
If that results ain’t nice, you need to make changes right now.
RE: https://social.bund.de/@Weizenbaum_Institut/116413252003783922
Das Weizenbaum Institut hat eine sehenswerte Online Ausstellung über Joseph Weizenbaum zusammengestellt:
https://jw.weizenbaum-institut.de/
#Weizenbaum #JosephWeizenbaum #Eliza #AI #KI
So #Draft2Digital have introduced a crap tax for authors whose books don't make at least $100 a year.
It's because of the influx of #AI garbage flooding their service.
So, thanks to AI garbage, self-published authors might have to pay a crap tax until their sales improve.
Looking on the bright side, it does give writers an incentive to get people to buy their books.
So #Draft2Digital have introduced a crap tax for authors whose books don't make at least $100 a year.
It's because of the influx of #AI garbage flooding their service.
So, thanks to AI garbage, self-published authors might have to pay a crap tax until their sales improve.
Looking on the bright side, it does give writers an incentive to get people to buy their books.
Scary times. I am baffled governments and enterprises just wholesale give all their data to Palantir.
"NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’"
https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs-staff-told-stop-criticising-palantir-or-lose-your-job/
#ai #palantir #nhs
Scary times. I am baffled governments and enterprises just wholesale give all their data to Palantir.
"NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’"
https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs-staff-told-stop-criticising-palantir-or-lose-your-job/
#ai #palantir #nhs
