TechTakes

Burn more dollars! More dollars! More!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of7mFohI6ZA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260106-most-venture-capital-deals-are-now-ai - podcast

time: 5 min 25 sec

Delta Goodrem with three hands, an extra Story Bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhkTmIJrx44&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260105-channel-9-australias-ai-tv-promo-and-cartoon - podcast

time: 3 min 32 sec

your Pivot to AI holiday special!

for the old guard sneers - a quote from our old comrade su3su2u1, who was also after these fuckers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYBhsDkv1v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251231-ubeam-from-2015-never-mind-reality-heres-the-vcs - podcast

time: 10 min 15 sec

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Last substack for 2025 - may 2026 bring better tidings. Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

so here it is, Merry Botmas, everybody’s sick of slop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFaM8RDGv30&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251224-openai-does-norads-santa-tracker-and-it-doesnt-work - podcast

time: 4 min 49 sec

where ‘absolutely not’ means ‘maybe later’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40irxnC_qM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251223-firefox-browser-falls-to-ai-what-do-we-do-now - podcast

time: 9 min 39 sec

how many three-window rooms can one AI make

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khysGsyK9Qo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251222-ai-image-generators-have-just-12-templates - podcast

time: 6 min 46 sec

Did catgirl Riley cheat at a videogame, or is she just that good? Detective Karl Jobst is on the case. Are the critics from platform One True King (OTK), like Asmongold and Tectone, correct in their analysis of Riley's gameplay? Or are they just haters who can't stand how good she is? Bonus appearance from Tommy Tallarico.

Content warning: Quite a bit of transmisogyny. Asmongold and Tectone are both transphobes who say multiple slurs and constantly misgender Riley, and their Twitch chats also are filled with slurs. Jobst does not endorse anything that they say, but he also quotes their videos and screenshots directly.

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. Merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, and happy holidays in general!)

speaking to Kim Crawley and Ryan Wilson

CONTENT WARNING: mild salty language, concerning generative AI

https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251219-how-do-people-survive-a-chat-with-stopgenai - podcast

time: 32 min 48 sec

blog post version likely to come over the weekend

‘Well, we’re building an AI lawyer’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pdPjuHeZEU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251218-robin-ai-legal-review-ai-that-was-humans-and-just-went-broke - podcast

time: 6 min 55 sec

we’ve got Torment Nexus at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrEoN5EC1xg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251217-the-resonant-computing-manifesto-same-ai-slop-same-ai-guys - podcast

time: 6 min 50 sec

[Everyone disliked that]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK89SGSEf1s&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251216-amazon-discovers-ai-sucks-at-automated-tv-recaps - podcast

time: 4 min 46 sec

no way to de-slop it, it’s totally Automattic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEaBAU8g50A&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251215-wordpress-wants-to-force-ai-onto-43-of-all-websites-in-the-world - podcast

time: 9 min 03 sec

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. This was a bit late - I was too busy goofing around on Discord)

to shake down everyone else for licenses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBbVPmlfUqk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251212-why-disney-just-put-1b-into-openai - podcast

time: 5 min 30 sec

Boom Supersonic will totally make this happen, this time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkFdqAbpUc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251211-lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-gas-turbines - podcast

time: 6 min 26 sec

A Harpers contributer does the legwork and gets a head start on deflating the next dumb hype cycle.

I was only following the bot’s orders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9dirnYeA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251210-department-of-defense-goes-to-war-by-ai-chatbot - podcast

time: 5 min 29 sec

Microsoft denies everything! Except the actual claim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmwVsxYkhwI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251209-microsoft-cuts-ai-sales-quotas-stock-drops-3 - podcast

time: 4 min 47 sec

Adobe Express: ‘Real sexy boss, like you asked’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZT5NulzUVM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251208-la-unified-school-district-forces-unfiltered-ai-on-kids - podcast

time: 6 min 28 sec

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

‘a small UI experiment’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCspbG5K57k&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251205-google-ai-mangles-news-headlines-in-discover-feed - podcast

time: 4 min 18 sec

404 Media develops a skeptical take on an unhinged conference presentation.

TLDR: IAEA appears to be cooked. Peak lunacy is on display.

The comments are full of quality sneers.

Edit: The whole presentation feels like the product of an extended manic episode, it's comoleyely ungrounded from the realities of operating a commercial nuclear power plant.