I quite like Ed’s writing for a cathartic rant against the stupidity of AI.

Has anyone got any reading recommendations on the LLM insanity from a marxist perspective though? Assuming AI can replace labour in some industries, it immediately comes up against the LTV, with the value of the output immediately going to almost zero. Companies therefore have to maintain monopolistic false scarcity, which of course tech companies are already trying to do, but it seems to have wider implications for the economy - technofeudalism I guess.

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2. No, not to my knowledge

Sorry to hear that

So far in my tech bubble I haven’t seen lay-offs explicitly due to AI, but there’s been increasing usage of it to produce more content. So it’s reducing the demand for contract writers and producers.

Tech does seem cooked at the moment, but I assume that’s mostly due to no more free money.

I really wish Graeber was still here, I need the Bullshit Jobs vs AI synthesis.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/29/24167072/openai-content-copyright-vox-media-the-atlantic

Expect [Article produced using AI] tags on your “Why bombing children is sometimes acceptable” very soon

Shit sucks. I’ve been sick for like 3 weeks

I ended up renting a byd a few weeks ago, felt luxury as hell, for I assume much less than western brands. although I’m not a car guy.

Wtf is this dumb AI image everyone is sharing for all eyes on rafah. Is there not something better to indicate you’re against genocide than the most trash image of all time

This is so cool, thanks for posting. I’ve suddenly got 8 bags of oyster mushrooms all fruiting!

I agree, I think this could work. Google already has featured snippets, this just feels like an extension to that. I’m pretty sure those snippets often screwed over the sites they were taken from too, because people read them but don’t click through. But the AI summary ensures they get even less credit/ad revenue.

Any high-value search terms and Google hides the summary. So you either get ads or AI slop for every search.

Hell yeah dude

Worth checking b12 + iron if it’s a physical tiredness

Apples, not woke. But horned melon? Kumquat? The wokeness must stop

I only eat woke food because I’m a true leftist

Caught up with an old friend who I was really close with but who I haven’t seen much in recent years.

They’ve got full reactionary brainworms Now I’m bouncing between: “I need to fix them” and “I don’t want to see them again.”

I like Yanis, but this logo keeps setting of my :hitler-particle-detector:

Israel can have little a genocide as a treat

Channel 14 reporting that US called off an immediate strike: Hebrew Link

No idea what that really means

The actual doc is out later this week I think. This is an interview with one of the creators

…I should rewatch The Wire