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> I do miss coding, but it just isn't worth it anymore.

This pretty much sums up my current mood with AI. I also like to think, but it just isn't worth it anymore as a SE at bigCorp. Just ask AI to do it and think for you and the result only has to be "good enough" (=> works, passes tests). Makes sense business wise, but it breaks me, personally.

> What are Eurosky’s goals?

> In the next 12 months we aim to set up and operate key components in the AT Protocol tech stack: PDS services, relays, and content moderation, in order to ensure that the ecosystem is robust, resilient and with a base in Europe. We also aim to kickstart the development of a suite of social applications that advance democratic and participatory civics, through technical support, access to resources, and collaboration with communities.

> To do that, we aim to raise €5-7 million over the next 12 months, and €15 million in funding by 2028.

€5-7m for operating a BlueSky instance. Great use of european funds right here!

They don't need to instill fear in everyone, but only a critical mass and most importantly _regulators_.

So there will be laws because not everyone can be trusted to host and use this "dangerous", new tech.

And then you have a few "trusted" big tech firms forming an oligopoly of ai, with all of the drawbacks.

My prediction is that YouTube will do the opposite. Completely embrace AI content (mostly short-form) and inject their own generated clips.

Having short form content that captures users without having to pay shares to content creators seems to a believable goal for the service

Slightly OT, but who is HelixGuard?

The website is a mess (broken links, broken UI elements, no about section)

There is no history on webarchive. There is no information outside of this website and their "customers" are crypto exchanges and some japanese payment provider.

This seems a bit fishy to me - or am I too paranoid?

I for one like it to be able to post stuff on my website without the risk of someone sending me pizza or swat teams to my home address...

If I understand correctly it does only show stats for the current frontpage (aka top 30). So it's the "Most Upvoted Story (on the frontpage right now)".

That is not true for most states in Germany.

After 10 years of mandatory school most states have what is called "Berufsschulpflicht" until you are at least 18 years old.

That means you have to learn a job, which is not the same as working full-time and still considered education.

> So, if traditional game worlds are paintings, neural worlds are photographs. Information flows from sensor to screen without passing through human hands.

I don't get this analogy at all. Instead of a human information flows through a neural network which alters the information.

> Every lifelike detail in the final world is only there because my phone recorded it.

I might be wrong here but I don't think this is true. It might also be there because the network inferred that it is there based on previous data.

Imo this just takes the human out of a artistic process - creating video game worlds and I'm not sure if this is worth archiving.

Yeah right. We also got "vibe coding" out of it.

The article contains a paragraph about ads and it reads like a nightmare:

> The full-page advertisement you saw on the previous page is an example.

> the paginated website design opens up new possibilities for ad placement and presentation, allowing for innovative approaches in terms of ad type, location, size, and interaction compared to traditional scrolling.

> highlighted and annotated sections often represent the user's key interests, allowing for more targeted and relevant ad placements

> ads embedded in the website will be included in these downloaded PDFs, increasing ad exposure each time the user reviews the PDF file.

> Paid subscribers could download ad-free PDFs, while non-paying users receive PDFs with embedded advertisements, providing a tiered reading experience.