The_Icarian

The_Icarian, 16 hours ago to random

The reality is that no matter how much OpenAI, Google, and the rest of the heavy hitters in Silicon Valley might want to continue the illusion that generative AI represents a transformative moment in the history of digital technology, the truth is that their fantasy is getting increasingly difficult to maintain. That’s in part because the chatbots are still making a ton of mistakes in the answers they give to users, including during Google’s I/O keynote.
https://disconnect.blog/ai-hype-is-over-ai-exhaustion-is-setting-in/

The_Icarian, 17 hours ago to random

AI hype is over. AI exhaustion is setting in.
Google and OpenAI’s latest showcases suggest the AI bubble’s days are numbered
https://disconnect.blog/ai-hype-is-over-ai-exhaustion-is-setting-in/
Beyond the massively oversold new features that might not even need an LLM in the first place, the leaders of this AI push are getting lost in their own fantasies.

mastodonmigration, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

So now SpaceX, with no working spacesuit, and years behind on it's multi-billion dollar moon lander, is lobbying NASA to go to the Hubble Space Telescope.

"A successful private mission could improve Hubble's ability to point at celestial objects and, by boosting its orbit, extend its life by years... however, an accident could leave the multibillion-dollar telescope broken — or, even more tragically, tethered to the dead bodies of the astronauts sent to repair it."

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1250250249/spacex-repair-hubble-space-telescope-nasa-foia

The_Icarian, 2 days ago to random

WhyNotZoidberg, 8 days ago to internet

Gods I love the modern #Internet.
Suddenly last week I started getting tons of emails from #Substack for some reason.

Thanks to the #Enshittification of the Internet apparently when a newsletter I once read moved to substack, Substack auto-creates an account for you and start pumping out newsletters. Without consent.

I had to log in, create a profile (thank Artemis only a name was required) and then move into account settings and delete the account.

The_Icarian, 10 days ago to random

Just How Compromised Is The GOP By The Russians?
There's increasing evidence that the Russians are pulling the GOP’s puppet strings.
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-russia-kompromat-putin-congress

The_Icarian, 11 days ago to random

Boeing does illegal things because it knows it can and its perfectly legal...

Whistleblower Laws That Protect Lawbreakers

The late whistleblower John Barnett described Boeing as a psychological torture chamber for anyone who cared about safety. A 2000 law makes fighting back nearly impossible.
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-04-30-whistleblower-laws-protect-lawbreakers/

The_Icarian, 11 days ago to random

If the GOP Can't Keep Voters from Putting Abortion on the Ballot, They Will Try To Trick Voters. They Will Cheat.
The "Decline to Sign" movement is gaining traction in GOP-dominated states
https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/if-the-gop-cant-keep-voters-from

All of CONservative political strategy is based on lies and cheating. They can't win without them.

The_Icarian, 13 days ago to random

Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change
https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/denial-disinformation-and-doublespeak_big-oils-evolving-efforts-to-avoid-accountability-for-climate-change

The_Icarian, 22 days ago to random

If she was white this would never have happened. When she wins again they'll probably the cops hound her the rest of her life.

Prosecutor to appeal against Texas woman’s acquittal over voting error

Court ruled last month that Crystal Mason, initially sentenced to five years in prison, did not know she was ineligible to vote in 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/crystal-mason-black-woman-voting-error-acquittal

The_Icarian, 24 days ago to random

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/23/university-protests-arrests-yale-nyu-columbia
It seems we're regressing into the the 60s and this is the new Vietnam war, only with MUCH high stakes.
CONservatives may be getting their fondest wish to live in the past, but may not like the past they're getting.

The_Icarian, 27 days ago to random

What the Cybertruck’s many failures mean for Tesla
Recall represents another ‘black eye’ for the company which saw its share prices fall this week, wiping away all its gains this year
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/20/cybertruck-failures-tesla-elon-musk

“What we have seen perpetually with Tesla is the ethos of a tech company, wanting to push out product as quickly as possible, wrapped up in an automotive manufacturer, which should be far more intentional and thoughtful in producing vehicles.”

The_Icarian, 1 month ago to random

Donald Trump appears to be nodding off.

His eyes close and his head tilts or lowers and then it jolts him awake again.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/apr/15/donald-trump-criminal-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels-former-us-president-latest-updates

The_Icarian, 1 month ago to random

Hollywood liberals didn’t destroy the family farm, college professors didn’t move manufacturing jobs overseas, immigrants didn’t pour opioids into rural communities, and critical race theory didn’t close hundreds of rural hospitals. When Republican politicians and the conservative media tell rural whites to aim their anger at those targets, it’s so they won’t ask why the people they keep electing haven’t done anything to improve life in their communities.
https://digbysblog.net/2024/04/12/rural-white-pity-party/

The_Icarian, 1 month ago to random

Woman sentenced to prison for stealing and selling Biden’s daughter’s diary

Aimee Harris of Florida sold Ashley Biden’s diary to conservative group Project Veritas in actions judge called ‘despicable’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/09/biden-diary-project-veritas-sentenced

The_Icarian, 1 month ago to random

In South Carolina, one of the most corrupt and racist US states, it looks like someone's embezzlement scheme was uncovered. GQPers: Gee, we have no idea how this got here. They're even denying it's real money.

South Carolina mulls mystery $1.8bn in account: ‘We don’t know why it’s there’

Governor says officials don’t know how or when money materialized in state coffers, what it’s for, or if it’s even real
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/04/south-carolina-state-bank-account-mystery

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The_Icarian, 1 month ago to random

Yep. Search is dead. soon everyone will have to pay for crappy and unreliable as AI spreads misinformation and lies.

I tried the new Google. Its answers are worse.
Google’s AI-‘supercharged’ Search Generative Experience, or SGE, sometimes makes up facts, misinterprets questions and picks low-quality sources — even after nearly 11 months of public testing.
(git link)
https://wapo.st/3POb6be

The_Icarian, 1 month ago to random

MAMMA MIA! Actor Sara Poyzer Reveals BBC Voiceover Role Was Replaced With AI
Sara Poyzer, a stage and screen actor who is best known for performing in Mamma Mia! in the UK for many years, has taken to social media to share a story she's calling "sobering."

Poyzer was recently cast as a voice actor in an unnamed BBC show, but was later told, via email, that she will no longer be needed as her voiceover role was replaced with AI.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MAMMA-MIA-Actor-Sara-Poyzer-Reveals-BBC-Voiceover-Role-Was-Replaced-With-AI-20240328

The_Icarian, 1 month ago to random

No one really knows how many people die in the U.S. after encounters with police that didn’t involve a firearm.

The federal government is supposed to track these fatalities, but efforts have repeatedly failed.

A team of reporters led by The Associated Press set out to investigate and documented more than 1,000 deaths from 2012 through 2021.
https://apnews.com/projects/investigation-police-use-of-force/visual-story/

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skykiss, 1 month ago to random

"Truth social" Scam Phantom Stock:

• Social media platform is like phantom stocks. They appear substantial, but their value is elusive.

2. How Phantom Stock Works:

• Phantom shares mimic real stock value.

3. Pump & Dump Scheme: A fraudulent practice where individuals artificially inflate the price of a stock (or in this case, social media company) to attract unsuspecting or criminal/dark money investors who “pump” stock prices, the inflated worth is illusory.

4. Money Laundering: Trump concealing the origins of illicitly obtained funds by passing them through a complex sequence of banking transfers or commercial transactions.

Truth Social is a failed social media platform, that will merge with a publicly traded SHELL company. Financial Performance: Since its 2021 launch, Truth Social generated sales of less than $5 million. However, Trump’s supporters rallied to boost shares in the shell company, Digital World Acquisition Corp. Its a money laundering scheme.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/business/trump-truth-social-dwac-shares/index.html