faefox

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internet creature, slop detractor
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Comment · 2 days ago
Yeah, it manages to feel terse and yet overly-verbose all at once. Human language without human taste. And like most AI-generated content once you've suffered through a few of these "articles" they all start to look the same... because they are.
Comment · 2 days ago
We're socializing the costs of everything else. I'd much rather my tax dollars go to pizza delivery (and single-payer healthcare) than lining the pockets of tech monopolists and the military-industrial complex.
Comment · 1 month ago
Yes, anything that potentially costs Elon Musk money is objectively a good thing. :)
Comment · 1 month ago
Yeah, who does the Internet Archive think it is, (insert literally any AI company here)?
Comment · 1 month ago
This couldn't be further from the truth. The indie web was exciting because it was the product of distinct human voices. LLMs only speak in one voice (with subtle differences between the major models but similar "tells"). This is why so many people have such an immediate and visceral negative reaction to AI slop. It is distinctly lacking the human spark and it is uncanny and off-putting in that way.
Comment · 1 month ago
What I always find interesting is how folks like DHH love to cloak themselves in righteousness saying they're making a place away from "those people" where everyone can feel welcome "regardless of their beliefs." Beliefs like what, DHH? Why not just come out and say what you mean if it's nothing to be ashamed of?
Comment · 2 months ago
Or maybe societies could instead make the prospect of having children less onerous? It's not an uncommon story in America that a couple will choose to stay unmarried when having children so that the mother can qualify for benefits like childcare (which, if you haven't had children yourself, is staggeringly expensive when it's available at all).

To think that the solution here is to penalize women even more is insane.

Comment · 3 months ago
AI industry profits have and will continue to be privatized while the enormous costs of job displacement (to name just one of many negative externalities) will be gleefully socialized. We've seen this film before.
Comment · 3 months ago
Praying that this means the bubble is finally (inevitably) beginning to burst.
Comment · 3 months ago
Give that a try and let us all know how it goes. :)
Comment · 3 months ago
Fine, the Hank Green.

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