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danhulton

@danhulton@hachyderm.io

Software developer, entrepreneur, socialist, coffee-drinker, opinion-haver, and all-around busybody. He/him.

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GossiTheDog, to random
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I strongly believe we're within 5 years of the generative AI boom collapsing almost completely, and it will have a profound economic impact, as the use cases for the products being sold almost entirely suck arse.

danhulton,
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@GossiTheDog 5 years? So you're an optimist, huh? 🀣

(For the record, I think there are legitimate, long-term beneficial uses, but they're VERY limited, given the nature of the tech. So much of what we're seeing now is "solution in search of a problem, any problem, even a problem it doesn't really solve" thinking and it shows.)

danhulton, to random
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This gives an insteresting attack vector I hadn't previously thought of - instead of stealing the victim's data, insert doctored screenshots and OCR database history to make it look as if the victim was committing illegal activities. Then, call in the cops, who confiscate the computer, check Recall, and oh my goodness, a felon has been found!

Microsoft have REALLY not thought through this one, like, AT ALL at all. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112565106923761296

aburka, to random
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Microsoft Recall is horrifying for many reasons but it's also really funny to me that the operating system, processes, window manager and desktop environment all cooperate to render text to the screen, so the computer knows what it says (that's how screen readers work after all) but then we're going to use AI to OCR it back out of screenshots because, just like, fuck it why not. It feels nihilistic in a way.

danhulton,
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@aburka @joby I'm willing to bet it's because there's always gonna be edge cases where OS functions aren't being used to display text (for example, in an image file) and they didn't want any way for any little morsel of delicious information to escape their grasp.

wood, to ruby
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Who wants to join my secret Honeybadger Discord?

Things we could chat about there:

  • DevOps, monitoring, observability
  • Indie SaaS and marketing
  • Junior devs/early career
  • General goofing off

Reply and I'll send you an invite.

#Ruby #RubyOnRails

danhulton,
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@wood Oh, I know all about General Goofing Off, that better be a channel, cuz I'll basically live there.

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