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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 5 months ago (7 children)

please excuse me while I infinitely recursively scream into the void

Large Generative AI Models in telecommunications

(this shit has been getting airtime at a couple of different networking conferences, and it's all as ridiculous and pointless as you'd blindly guess)

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

eyelid twitching

sure, we barely understand all applicable bio systems, let's have some shitty model dream up answers on how things work! it'll go great

Much as a chatbot can discern style and perhaps even meaning from huge volumes of written language,

going to have to add this author to the List, aren't I

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

they are gonna bridge gaps in fundamental knowledge of cell biology using innovative approach of making shit up

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 5 months ago

gonna add a whole new weight to "lying synthesis machines" :|

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[–] nightsky@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago

Reading through announcements of new hardware from CES and the endless series of products containing "AI" is so tiring. Not suprising, but still... ugh. Claims of AI in everything.

My favourite so far: USB controller with "AI enhancements" because... uuh... if I understand it right, you could theoretically use it to connect an external GPU and use that for AI, so that's why "AI" is in the marketing for the USB controller...?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 2 points 5 months ago

The New Antitrust is so goddamn meta, deep writing from the 2025 authors

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago

su;dr

(saw URL; didn't read)

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 4 points 5 months ago (8 children)

The comments are something else alright:

The part about kids is wrong. Per Aella's survey, many people report having masturbated well before puberty. Breeding and pregnancy were actually one of my earliest kinks when I was 7.

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