Post B2FiBMgwWBPRWpu3Y8 by hazlin@annihilation.social
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(DIR) Post #B2FfG9Tgm4AQ8GIKa8 by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T19:20:12.636107Z
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I continue to be amazed at the lack of resistance to AI adaptation.The only real holdouts seem to be on the ground that the AI can't meet their needs. And, largely most of the dialog I've seen talking against it over the last year, boils down to, you shouldn't use it because it is low quality. But, as AI continues to improve, it appears that everyone will accept it. The foundation for the future is Democracy participation, smart phone dependency, and AI that is both helpful and reliable.It is the future that people are whole heartedly accepting.Back around 2000, some people still had a sense of danger. They looked at the push to get people to use plastic bank cards to pay for stuff, and voiced their concern. The only thing I am certain of at the moment, is, resist or comply, the dawn of a terrible future is on the rise. And, there is no stopping it.
(DIR) Post #B2FfImRWsEI7YlXPLU by dcc@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T19:20:42.086023Z
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@hazlin Another 500 years my fren
(DIR) Post #B2FfQ813443YUgehNY by deprecated_ii@poa.st
2026-01-13T19:22:01.926812Z
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@hazlin it has become evident that most people, even smart people, absolutely hate thinking. so what better a gift than a prosthetic brain?
(DIR) Post #B2FfQKygs8tWh8eV0a by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T19:22:03.941940Z
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@dcc 500 years till what lol?The development of technology and the transformation of society is an exponential curve.
(DIR) Post #B2FfX4h5oVBcDbdLc0 by dcc@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T19:23:16.655275Z
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@hazlin Till anything changes :beating:
(DIR) Post #B2Fg3gAO1kSfhhsmMC by binkle@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-13T19:29:09.839722Z
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@hazlin I see a growing desire to get away from smartphones as time goes on. I suspect as AI develops and people run directly into the negative consequences of it, a similar thing will happen therehow large the move away from those technologies is, is largely dependent on how bad the apparent consequences are
(DIR) Post #B2Fg7lOIXqux47KxfM by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T19:29:55.294361Z
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@deprecated_ii that is such a terrible way of putting it, but it is so true.There mind and actions will be shaped by the stance instructions of the AI they talk to xDEven here on fedi, I have seen people mention that they discuss their social situations with AI.
(DIR) Post #B2FgKeXpJKI7b2wLwm by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T19:32:15.085584Z
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@binkle I see people voice a desire to get away from their smart phone. But, what I see is them become more and more dependent on that very same smart phone.
(DIR) Post #B2FgLn70wU1ySRwRVo by creamqueen@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-13T19:32:26.271768Z
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@binkle @hazlin I was already fed up with ai being shoehorned into every facet of my life, but after I tried looking up a torque spec for my steering wheel and google ai said "27 inch pounds" I got irrationally angry and swore it off forever
(DIR) Post #B2Fh5a1rutnbCcMv8y by creamqueen@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-13T19:40:42.683652Z
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@binkle @hazlin not only that, but how fucking annoying it is to use the internet now. This is fucking dreadful. The create account popup the cookie popup, then it the use location permission popupThe download app popup. Just let me use the fucking webpage FUCK. Its gotta load a whole bunch of bullshit. Drop down ui struggles to function and take 5 minutes to load the whole page. We are beyond raped.
(DIR) Post #B2Fh6w0hg0mJfKTAzQ by skylar@misskey.yandere.love
2026-01-13T19:40:57.469576Z
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@hazlin people have always been willing to adopt new tools once they work well enough and offer a real improvement even the amish do it, as long as it's used for work purposes
(DIR) Post #B2Fh8x12uQKDMaaiNU by binkle@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-13T19:41:19.165408Z
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@hazlin how do you account for the growth of the dumb-phone/feature-phone market, given the current economic conditions then? You don't get the sidephone, or the light phone, etc when so many people are struggling if there isn't a genuine desire to move away from smartphonesI suppose I should clarify that I make no claims about the majority of people, only that there is a sub-population that will avoid these technologies and use alternate solutions
(DIR) Post #B2Fhia2VoP2yWpGZqi by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T19:47:46.222349Z
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@skylar That is my point, that the token resistance about usefulness, is just stalling.A camera can help an artist capture a particular view. But, it cannot manipulate the artist.AI, all AI handle each request according to indirect ideological decisions about training data. And, by direct ideological decisions from a stance and instruction document. Even in this introduction phase, where they want it to be as useful and harmless as possible, it is still shaping peoples perspectives and thought processes, according to its instructions. Who holds they keys? Some elite that hates you. IF you cannot see the danger, then that is actually insane lol.
(DIR) Post #B2Fhk2YtFiQHHJ6hoO by MisterRogersSnapped
2026-01-13T19:48:03.619503Z
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@binkle @hazlin Evangelicals with porn addiction not being the least of these.There is a growing market for it, people have figured out how many hours of their lives are slipping away. If not a straight out dumb phone they get a new smartphone and do not log into their socials on it.
(DIR) Post #B2FhmlPVTeKkx9169I by deprecated_ii@poa.st
2026-01-13T19:48:27.108785Z
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@skylar @hazlin along the way, especially over the last 50 years or so, the average person has become a helpless retard who has less mastery over his environment than a woodchuck. now AI is the "everything" tool, and it's going to create people who can't do even the simplest things without it
(DIR) Post #B2FiBMgwWBPRWpu3Y8 by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T19:52:58.643537Z
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@binkle I agree with what you've said.I know some people that hate their phone, but they run a business, and it really would be impractical for them to dis-entangle.And, you are right, there is a sub-culture that is rejecting their phones, and AI and every other over reach. I just don't think it matters. The adoption rate is too high. "resist or comply"A switch to digital ID, has already taken place in several countries over the last few months. When interfacing with the government requires a smart phone, people are going to have a really hard time "not using a smart phone".
(DIR) Post #B2Fq4ueEfbs4Rs4TFA by AGARTHA_NOBLE@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-13T21:20:43.803221Z
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@hazlin I'm still using AI. I'm going to be using it heavily, but it's going to be my models on my hardware.
(DIR) Post #B2FqECLMFR1Hw7fWmu by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-13T21:22:23.957358Z
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@hazlin if I don’t “leverage AI to make my job more productive” I will actually get fired, I do not have a choice. This is directly from our CEO. If I don’t use Microsoft copilot I will lose my house.
(DIR) Post #B2FqIh3xyXswMyg4um by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-13T21:23:12.730226Z
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@hazlin my company is pushing AI harder than they pushed the vaccine.
(DIR) Post #B2FqqJUG8XC3610VEG by gentoobro@shitpost.cloud
2026-01-13T21:30:00.457129Z
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Fake it? If you're more productive without it then just do your normal job the normal way and type some fake shit into Copilot. Or get Grok to make up some fake prompts to copypaste into Copilot.
(DIR) Post #B2FtVWeMImU1hXVhYW by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T21:59:51.981210Z
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@AGARTHA_NOBLE very cool. Strangely enough, I think (self use) AI is harmless to those who understand the danger.Personally I'd love to self host generative AI that worked as well as Kagi's Research.
(DIR) Post #B2FtapLcDByb8gGsW8 by AGARTHA_NOBLE@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-13T22:00:06.597335Z
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@hazlin Not hard to do with vLLM/Ollama and OpenWebUI, or ComfyUI for image gen. The tricky bit is training.
(DIR) Post #B2FuDiAepQmkAsgffU by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T22:07:51.141466Z
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@sapphire I can believe that.I tried to regain phone/computer privacy for several years. But, at some point I realized that, it was a lot of work, and didn't stop the macro erosion of privacy in our environment. "What am I gaining for all this effort?" Honestly not much lol. I do like how much more stable linux is than windows, same for getting away from Adobe and MS office. But, I have a regular phone, because it was impractical to use the alternative (that probably didn't buy me any more freedom or privacy)Is AI becoming unavoidable? yesIs it going to make the world worse? yesIs it going to hurt you if you use it for work or play? Probably not if you understand the dangersIs the gov going to abuse it? Absolutely. This is just the honeymoon adoption phase.
(DIR) Post #B2FuSVgbWqClnVgdH6 by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-13T22:09:48.325771Z
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@hazlin I reached technological enlightenment about 5 years ago when I realized the government has chips in datacenter routers that decrypt and log info passing through them, if the government wants me there’s nothing I can do besides disconnect and gigacorps just want to sell me stuff, so the perfect internet privacy attitude is “don’t do illegal things online and run an adblocker”
(DIR) Post #B2FuacqwlaLsLFOUjI by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T22:12:00.356516Z
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@AGARTHA_NOBLE I've been playing with what is effectively gemini image generation these last few days, and it is so much better than anything I'd tried a year ago. It is strange though, the more I use it, and run into the lack of control, the more I want to get back to practicing my own drawing xD
(DIR) Post #B2FuuQHdD3l79KJdAm by AGARTHA_NOBLE@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-13T22:14:51.509185Z
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@hazlin I think that's probably a good thing.
(DIR) Post #B2Fv4eqHw0C1CPPGDI by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T22:17:25.853096Z
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@sapphire Yeah, its like, I can't change the course of technology, instead let me see how much value I can extract without getting screwed xD
(DIR) Post #B2Fv89ZS8wfDN2CNbE by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-13T22:17:19.903223Z
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@hazlin @AGARTHA_NOBLE a lot of artists I talk to use it for reference material but for ideas, like they prompt what they want to draw and then draw it in their own style
(DIR) Post #B2FvJpQGsZVWMDTGnw by hazlin@annihilation.social
2026-01-13T22:20:10.147466Z
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@sapphire @AGARTHA_NOBLE I've been having it spit out, anime faces in different orientations, so I can practice drawing them.As well as illustrations for how I can create one from scratch. It has been doing surprisingly well."Make an animators character sheet that shows, X character from Front back side, and from a 45 degree angle"
(DIR) Post #B2Fvf08cEeXvfgJD4i by AGARTHA_NOBLE@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-13T22:23:16.580862Z
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@sapphire @hazlin Yeah, the whole super-fast iteration loop is really nice. I've made a handful of abominations this way.
(DIR) Post #B2G1EKpnmGXRlbB0qG by lolitechengineer@loli.church
2026-01-13T23:26:24.358Z
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@creamqueen@clubcyberia.co @binkle@clubcyberia.co @hazlin@annihilation.social inch pounds are indeed the unit for torque
(DIR) Post #B2G1MzfPqaJ4itRnhw by creamqueen@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-13T23:27:57.722470Z
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@lolitechengineer @binkle @hazlin 27 inch pounds to torque my steering wheel down would kill me
(DIR) Post #B2G1R5u4bOxBDuG5om by lolitechengineer@loli.church
2026-01-13T23:28:43.137Z
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@creamqueen@clubcyberia.co @binkle@clubcyberia.co @hazlin@annihilation.social toughen up buttercup 💪
(DIR) Post #B2bVysOq7CONruNnDk by dieulast@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-24T08:19:51.536374Z
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@gentoobro @hazlin @sapphire Faking it is a ngmi tier mistake because you can't and shouldn't try to compete with the volume of verbose garbage it spews out, and people who are responsible for the decision making who enforce that look at volume of code produced as a valid metric, and if it's a metric you can game it. They enshittify their own product, and y'know what, you should gleefully contribute to that as long as your success isn't tied to it long-term.
(DIR) Post #B2bW7v2ZfKv0fJHQu0 by dieulast@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-24T08:21:31.281999Z
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@sapphire @hazlin That makes sense. Vax was a society alignment test, AI in the meantime is perceived as a profit multiplier.