Posts by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
(DIR) Post #AwjzGQcyUpYxI9QwaW by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-08-01T23:13:04Z
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@monarchist Nazi shit? No thanks
(DIR) Post #AxTwmAQEv9ethu4m24 by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-08-24T03:21:39Z
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@Yuki Wildest incident so far? đż
(DIR) Post #Axwq61WkdYWlogTsC8 by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-07T01:13:44Z
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@Yuki Cats were gods once you would not defy a god would you
(DIR) Post #AyjVT10P7Cz2DEzQsi by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-30T01:49:43Z
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Ed Zitron keeps choosing violence for breakfast: "Every CEO talking about AI replacing workers is an example of the real problem: that most companies are run by people who donât understand or experience the problems theyâre solving, donât do any real work, donât face any real problems, and thus can never be trusted to solve them."The Case Against Generative AI. A thread full of bangers đ 𧔠https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/
(DIR) Post #AyjVT8oI6830PzNs6y by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-30T01:52:03Z
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"When youâre a big, stupid asshole, every job that you see is condensed to its outputs, and not the stuff that leads up to the output, or the small nuances and conscious decisions that make an output good as opposed to simply acceptable, or even bad."
(DIR) Post #AyjVTGOht8KtwxTYLQ by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-30T01:53:52Z
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"A writer doesnât just âwrite words.â They jostle ideas and ideals and emotions and thoughts and facts and feelings into a condensed piece of text, explaining both whatâs happening and why itâs happening from their perspective, finding nuanced ways to convey large topics, none of which is the result of a single (or many) prompts but the ever-shifting sand of a writerâs brain"
(DIR) Post #AyjVTNvvs04ZK24gbY by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-30T01:54:47Z
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"Business Idiots see our labor as the result of a smart manager saying âdo this,â rather than human ingenuity interpreting both a request and the shit the manager didnât say."
(DIR) Post #AyjVTV9J2fvhhXNxvE by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-30T01:58:58Z
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"Underpinning these stories about huge amounts of money and endless opportunity lies a dark secret â that none of this is working, and all of this money has been invested in a technology that doesnât make much revenue and loves to burn millions or billions or hundreds of billions of dollars."
(DIR) Post #AyjVTcrsLMjxdnI9rc by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-30T02:03:15Z
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"Where we sit today is a time of immense tension. Mark Zuckerberg says weâre in a bubble, Sam Altman says weâre in a bubble, Alibaba Chairman and billionaire Joe Tsai says weâre in a bubble, Apollo says weâre in a bubble, nobody is making money and nobody knows why theyâre actually doing this anymore, just that they must do it immediately."
(DIR) Post #AyjVTk6JS5Rq4b6Hq4 by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-30T02:06:23Z
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"You can add as many levels of intrigue and âreasoningâ as you want, but Large Language Models cannot be trusted to do something correctly, or even consistently, every time"
(DIR) Post #AyjVTs6xfYiiuvSuxc by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2025-09-30T02:11:58Z
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"We are in the midst of one of the darkest forms of software in history, described by many as an unwanted guest invading their products, their social media feeds, their bossesâ empty minds, and resting in the hands of monsters."
(DIR) Post #B29nZmm4WpKWCA0TpI by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-01-10T23:00:30Z
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#forkiverse Welcome y'all! Couple stuff in case you are still sorting things out:Use hashtags. This network does not have an algorithm, so they are the main way to find content. You can subscribe to them in the client of your choice. Some people of other instances are already giving some advice.Some random hashtags to start (I used a space so I do not disturb all of the hashtags)# catsofmastodon - self explanatory# dogsofmastodon - ditto# bookstodon and # books - for bookish stuff# monsterdon - We gather every Sunday night to watch a crappy sci-fi/horror movie. John us!# getfedihired If you want to signal that you are looking for job.# mutualaid if you are in a rough patch and need assistance or want to help others in a rough patch (I'd suggest you inform yourself about mutual aid before using it if you are not familiarized with the term).Speaking about clients and apps: There are many nice and cool apps for Mastodon both in iOS and Android that add functionality (a "for you" page if you need that kind of stuff, etc)There is an established culture in the fediverse. Please do not feel overwhelmed. We do not expect you will get everything right in day one. Just be open and kind and people will be as well. This is a diverse place. We still have work to do, but there are minorities that see this place as a safe haven for them and their loved ones. If you are a LGTBQ+ person, you may feel comfy here. Speaking about that, this network is extremely involved in the fight against transphobia.For Mods: Get a good mod list as soon as possible. Will not bore you with the details here, but do some research about it.Also for Mods: follow the # fediblock hashtag, it is kind of a crowd sourced alert system against instances and users with illegal/racist/bigoted content.That One Mastodon Joke:John Mastodon is the creator of Mastodon and the ruler of the Fediverse.Hope this helped. Happy browsing!
(DIR) Post #B3cHOJu7Rwc5NJi1uy by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-02-23T07:08:18Z
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Saying that you do not want GenAI in the #books you read, the things you watch or the games you play is an understandable and NORMAL position. Maybe they have ethical concerns, maybe they love their artist homies. Maybe they don't like the bland garbage that AI generates. Stop framing this like an horde of neoluddites is starting the Butlerian Jihad (would be fun doh) just because they do not want to follow a romance autor who has a computer shitting novels instead of writing them herself.
(DIR) Post #B3cHOLW5SGZuNMTrjk by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-02-23T07:10:31Z
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Look, we do not have a lot of ways to avoid that shit in the workplace lately. But people like to select their own fun.Books about AI are fun. Books made by AI are not.
(DIR) Post #B3cHOMVPmFdPRZAqKO by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-02-23T07:13:58Z
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And please spare me with the "both sides" argument. Because one of them is trying to force feed things to the other. And one of them has all the money and resources and the other has not. This is not people taking sides. This is people trying for the boot to stop pressing against their face.
(DIR) Post #B3cHOUSAEDmu5niMN6 by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-02-23T07:16:26Z
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You keep mentioning fear of the machines.Not about that.You keep mentioning grammar checking and transcription functionality.Not about that.
(DIR) Post #B3cHOcpV5LCy4Uh6rA by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-02-23T07:23:48Z
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Look, we get it. AI sounds hot. We read the same science fiction books and it is nice to think that maybe one day LLM technology can be leveraged against oppression. News about fake open models are fun in a sense because every time one of those pops up, some idiot is going to lose millions yadda yadda. But you are missing a very important point here: a permission structure is being built around us, and stopping it is absolutely crucial
(DIR) Post #B3cHOl8EDawTotWB9s by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-02-23T07:31:52Z
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Every time you do a "both sides" stuff between "AI hypers and deniers" you are basically telling me that the person worried about the destruction of their life, their job and the environment has the level of delusion of a person like Peter Thiel, an eldritch horror in a vessel made of flesh that thinks humanity, umm, should not exist.
(DIR) Post #B3cHOtguOXR8MlnzKC by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-02-23T07:37:08Z
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This is Mastodon. There is people here that can install GotoSocial in a smart oven toaster and then proceed to launch it in low orbit just for fun. Please stop making allusions to technophobia. It's irritating and disrespectful
(DIR) Post #B3lbV4rnVIPeGolJZI by berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
2026-02-28T03:00:28Z
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@foone @ukscone Me when I found Utah's archives mentioned in Spain's syllabus for Archives đźMe when I searched more about Granite Mountain đź đź đź đź đź