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(DIR) Post #Av02HtvqMDSmMa9bkG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-10T21:18:05Z
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This whole AI thing in like being in a restaurant with a fancy waiter who has one of those giant pepper shakers, only it's full of bird poop and anthrax and he keeps asking "would miss like a little AI on her pasta?" with every dish that comes out... and when you say "NO" he starts grinding anyway and won't stop until you physically knock him over.
(DIR) Post #Av03nlLDvsJSwNmXgW by noodlemaz@med-mastodon.com
2025-06-10T21:34:49Z
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@futurebird (is like*, bc it would annoy me if I didn't fix it!)
(DIR) Post #Av0ATiNPwclHdLCBnc by Fat_Farang@mastodon.social
2025-06-10T22:49:50Z
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@futurebird AI Luddites Unite to kill all the AI waiters!
(DIR) Post #Av0AaTHYSq2CqUfvKi by dpnash@c.im
2025-06-10T22:51:02Z
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@futurebird My employer is dealing with this now.A bit over two years ago: my data engineering team determines that a rather niche 3rd party database product, already in use by another team, is a logical choice for my team as well, since the two teams will likely need to share data in a way that the database is a good fit for.About 1 year ago: get email that the 3rd party database company is bought by an "AI"-focused company.About 1 year ago minus 10 seconds: *groans internally*, knowing what will probably happen soon.About 2 months ago: new company stuffs "AI" features into the database service and doubles the price for the "AI"-enabled service. There is no "old service, hold the AI, please" option. Since my company is gigantic, it is able to negotiate a one-time 12-month extension of the current DB service, but it's not going to be able to do that indefinitely.4 hours ago: Discover all of this in a meeting, and get annoyed at having to contemplate completely throwing out a bit over 2 years of work to get something similar to what we were using just fine back then.
(DIR) Post #Av0DyREU2Ge5IlMHtg by tersenurse@mastodon.social
2025-06-10T23:29:01Z
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@futurebird that is the best analogy I have heard yet!
(DIR) Post #Av0FwAdEz9kD91z7lw by tuban_muzuru@ohai.social
2025-06-10T23:51:00Z
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@futurebird Remember those 90s tech ads where smart young people were showing each other the cool stuff? And the older guy, clearly the CEO, looks on approvingly.We're at the same place with AI now. The hype and the hucksters, same song, different verse.It will settle down and some damned interesting aspects of scientific work will be done in them.
(DIR) Post #Av0GqNlvJmPq79qle4 by ketmorco@fosstodon.org
2025-06-11T00:01:09Z
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@futurebird I SAID WHEN BEFORE YOU EVEN STARTED!!
(DIR) Post #Av0HJCBXTc7EZnZRWy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-11T00:06:24Z
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@ketmorco "MORE? Of course! We aim to serve."**cranks the grinder faster**
(DIR) Post #Av0HeYPU2Xy3aSHH5E by iveyline@mastodon.world
2025-06-11T00:10:13Z
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@futurebird So well put!!
(DIR) Post #Av0KpKd7uhuJtgUR8K by nosword@localization.cafe
2025-06-11T00:45:46Z
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@futurebird And the check goes up by 50% for "bird poop- and anthrax-enabled features."
(DIR) Post #Av0TIeuJnSEUdWkakS by JimJoe@mastodon.social
2025-06-11T02:20:43Z
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@futurebird Just think of all the investors that are loosing their money. This crash will be bigger than the internet boom.
(DIR) Post #Av0f1o8HRXvlm70p6G by BoysenberryCider@mastodon.social
2025-06-11T04:32:08Z
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@futurebird I appreciate such well phrased AI hatred, and also that the scenario is deranged enough it could be an AI painting.
(DIR) Post #Av0fR3WrKwUGlXY3Bg by Mikal@sfba.social
2025-06-11T04:36:40Z
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@futurebird You are right and I hate this so much.
(DIR) Post #Av1mvGut1KCToM6NA8 by geist@eldritch.cafe
2025-06-11T17:35:15Z
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@futurebird @CppGuy would love to physically knock AI over