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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 138 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

So typing isn't fast enough to burn all the daily tokens?

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 59 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The faster you burn them the sooner you knock off for the day.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

the faster you burn them the sooner you burnout

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

"knock off for the day?" Not until you've trained your replacement (LLM)!

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago

if you talk AND type you can burn twice the tokens and get the same result! it’s a win win win

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[–] homes@piefed.world 69 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

in this one picture, I see generation of so many individual great ideas coalescing into one fantastically bad idea that is so... bizarre that I can both simultaneously understand why nobody really saw it coming, and am in low-key disbelief that this is even real...

[–] SparroHawc@piefed.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, that's a steno mask, and anyone who's had issues with hand pain but wants to communicate via text has probably wished for something resembling this. The problem is that they're obnoxiously expensive. (And they look ridiculous, but that's its own issue.)

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 67 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I just cannot tell if this is satire or not

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 19 points 3 weeks ago

Welcome to clown world!

[–] quakki@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 weeks ago

Mate they could just type out the prompt instead of dictating with the vader mask.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Techbros will have workers do anything but work from home.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Or have single-person offices instead of an open space

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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 39 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

Isn’t it cheaper and quieter to just type out your prompts?

This is akin to people who have conversations on speakerphone in public places.

[–] axus@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago

AI needs to measure the level of confidence in your voice, to calibrate its bullshit accordingly

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

you assume that vibe-coders can actually touch type. or type at all.

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I would rather do almost anything than talk to a device, except in very specific circumstances.

I set timers and play music on a smart speaker somewhat often.

Occasionally, when I am alone, know exactly what I want to say, and my hands are full, I might dictate a text message.

But other than that, I will not be talking to my device, thanks. The human voice is primarily for talking to other humans, with all the imprecision and uncertainty and emotional resonance that entails. Keyboards are great tools designed for precise computer input, and I would like to continue to use them.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 30 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Why stop at feeding? Where's the penis and vagina tubes? We might as well be jorkin' it too if all the rich and powerful are.

[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It does mention “all the other tubes”. I wonder if it will be THX 1138 style.

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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did the CEOs unplug their keyboards? Wtf even is this?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Well the mask is a steno mask

Theoretically most peopl will speak faster than they typ. You have to type around 180-200 wpm to be faster than speaking.

(I say theoretically, because usually typing speed ratings also ding you for errors, and uh, speech transcription isn’t really there, either.)

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The hard part of both speech and typing is thinking about what you say. Typing nor speaking are going to change the speed I can get information into the computer.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe we could ask the AI to do that thinking bit then tell us what to say.

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Anyone needs handmade wooden furniture?

Because that's what i'm going to be switching careers to if that trend comes to my place.

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Woodworking is surprisingly popular among tech folk. It seems some hobbies just click better for techies. Bouldering is another example.

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[–] RedFrank24@piefed.social 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hook it up to a bong and you've suddenly made work a hell of a lot more interesting.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was gonna fill mine with oatmeal and chow down, but I think there's some good work we can do putting both our minds together on this one.

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago
[–] NullPointerException@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or, listen me out, they could work from home.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 27 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Working from home doesn't appeal to the emotional needs of fragile managers.

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[–] untorquer@quokk.au 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

high end office headsets already have excellent isolation, wearing a muzzle is just a humiliation ritual.

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[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Back in the day there used to be specialized equipment for this purpose called an office, of which you had your own and could close the door to

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[–] dasrael@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 weeks ago

It's lazy enough to vibe code, but when you're too lazy to even type a prompt.....sheeeesh

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This looks uncomfortable and humiliating. Now if they were to make it in the form of a suppository...

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

How about we just get to the logical conclusion:

Techbro Land

Hook them up to a simulation, yes, like The Matrix! In this simulation they get to do everything they dream of.

Crypto shitcoins as far as the eye can see. Their stonks all go to the moon. Everybody is prompting Ai any time their neurons accidentally bump together. The simulation will accurately simulate an entire earth population just prompting AI and glued to their phones. Look! More profits! Wow.

Ai gambling! Ai sports! Ai art! Ai dating! Ai social media! Ai business! Ai porn! It's all here in ✨ Techbro Land ✨.

We can even accurately simulate mass misery of the general population so our little tenants feel superior! Meanwhile, the Techbro doesn't need to sleep. They believe they unlocked the code to Immortality by micro dosing various hallucinogens and stimulants, allowing them to spend 100% of their day in a chair reviewing an Ai agent's reviewing of vibe code!

There are no "regulations" or even governments in ✨ Techbro Land ✨ . There's a single AI Simulated Singularity (A.S.S) TechBroKing Fascist that makes all the memes, and punishes all the poor working consumption class. Every living situation is AirBnB. All the cars are self driving 24 ton pickups. Trains only exist to ship drones and supplies for infinite data centers and government contracts.

Computing is subscription only, games are rented by the minute, nobody owns anything.

Profits go up and up and up and up and up without end. No climate change, despite the global temperature going up 12⁰C, wars are fought daily with killer robots...I could go on.

The important thing is: These little hoodie-clad megalomanics can't even tell they're actually just locked safely away from the rest of us in stasis in a former mega data center.


...The rest of us, in the real world, take the best of our computing standards with us, and dial all the bullshit back to like 2004 and try this shit again.

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[–] beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago

This is such a Kafkaesque cyberpunk dystopian problem. This is needed because owners and managers want open offices for surveillance and coat cutting. They are also aware that only about half of workers thrive in those environments while the other have drops in productivity. Solution a cheap muzzle so that the workers who aren't as productive in noisy environments aren't disturbed.

Meanwhile could you imagine the smell of those things. You'd have to wash them everyday or have some kind of cover for them not to just have a permanent funk.

[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

Company-issued slop muzzles

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

A noise cancelling microphone isn't a terrible invention though.

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[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 weeks ago

If only there was some sort of device that would allow you to input those commands without interfering with others, or vice versa... But it's probably just a dream...

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If YouTube’s automated subtitles are anything to go by, it’ll randomly start thinking I’m speaking Vietnamese.

[–] ChanchoManco@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
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[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Lets assume AI can produce production ready code without any problems (this is what these CEOs likely believe anyway). Something that can produce thousands of lines of code per minute is not enough for these greedy fucks that now they want prompts given by speaking so that things move even faster?

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I love the implication that he's speaking to the AI and wants to not disturb people, but has no headphones on. so I can only assume it's responding from the speakers.

noteYes, I know it could be responding over text instead of voice.

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[–] kubica@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The furry mask, which was the style at the time.

[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 11 points 3 weeks ago

"Ah, dang it, I showed up late and they're out of masks. I guess that means I'll have to use the voice-cancelling ball gag again..."

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