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Anthropic watermarks AI output — and the AI bros yell in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 1 points 1 day ago

That sentiment kinda sorta works for software. "I want an app that does a thing, but I don't care how it's written/don't have time to code/suck at coding/etc." But the whole point of writing something is, you know, writing. So he wants a blog post about his thoughts on a thing but doesn't have time to write it, so instead he gets a AI to write the blog post about the thing that isn't really his thoughts on the thing... does not compute

rsync goes AI slop, breaks your backups in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago

krokodil is such a good analogy goddamn

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 26th April 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 3 points 3 months ago

murder as virtue signaling

New Round of Criti-Hype Propaganda Drops Next Week in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 6 points 5 months ago

They're going to have their AI watch it and summarize it for them so then can nod their head and go "mmhm" and know that they are truly the pioneers of the Future...

Facebook shutting down its Horizon Worlds VR Metaverse in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 9 points 5 months ago

Both customers will still be able to get Horizon Worlds on a mobile phone

I loled

AI companies try to pay staff in AI tokens, not money in c/techtakes@awful.systems

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

AI as the realization of Huey Lewis and the News iconic hit song "I Want a New Drug"

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st March 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

ads that don't suck

does not compute

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st March 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 13 points 5 months ago

Ran across https://406.fail/ and had a chuckle.

Art student protests other student’s AI ‘art’: he eats it in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 5 points 7 months ago

the proof of the art is in the tasting

At the forefront of AI thought thought leadership leadership: the Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 6 points 11 months ago

yeah i wasn't sure until i saw that

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 31st August 2025 - awful.systems in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was it the "Hyperreal Simulacrum" from the joe rogan takedown videos you linked in last weeks stubsack?

Excel COPILOT: make up spreadsheet numbers with AI! in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 3 points 11 months ago

i like how the "summary" just crammed everything together in one big sentence.