Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23rd March 2025plus-squarepinawful.systems BlueMonday1984 ( @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems ) English • 1 day ago message-square10fedilinkarrow-up19
arrow-up19external-linkStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 23rd March 2025plus-squarepinawful.systems BlueMonday1984 ( @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems ) English • 1 day ago message-square10fedilink
OpenAI brings you statistically average literary fictionplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 5 hours ago message-square2fedilinkarrow-up114
arrow-up114external-linkOpenAI brings you statistically average literary fictionplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 5 hours ago message-square2fedilink
The broken search bar is symbiotic with the bullshitting chatbotplus-square mirrorwitch ( @mirrorwitch@awful.systems ) English • edit-22 days ago message-square16fedilinkarrow-up140
arrow-up140message-squareThe broken search bar is symbiotic with the bullshitting chatbotplus-square mirrorwitch ( @mirrorwitch@awful.systems ) English • edit-22 days ago message-square16fedilink
"Tear gas is bad because it violates the Geneva convention" makes as much sense as "MLK is a bad person because he's a criminal"plus-squarenews.ycombinator.com sue_me_please ( @sue_me_please@awful.systems ) English • 1 day ago message-square7fedilinkarrow-up124
arrow-up124external-link"Tear gas is bad because it violates the Geneva convention" makes as much sense as "MLK is a bad person because he's a criminal"plus-squarenews.ycombinator.com sue_me_please ( @sue_me_please@awful.systems ) English • 1 day ago message-square7fedilink
CJR: LLMs are still really bad search enginesplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 1 day ago message-square0fedilinkarrow-up120
arrow-up120external-linkCJR: LLMs are still really bad search enginesplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 1 day ago message-square0fedilink
Microsoft Copilot for Games: an AI Clippy for your Xboxplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 2 days ago message-square4fedilinkarrow-up114
arrow-up114external-linkMicrosoft Copilot for Games: an AI Clippy for your Xboxplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 2 days ago message-square4fedilink
OpenAI asks the US government for the moon on a stickplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 3 days ago message-square1fedilinkarrow-up115
arrow-up115external-linkOpenAI asks the US government for the moon on a stickplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 3 days ago message-square1fedilink
Kevin Roose is not beating the "ChatGPT with a spray-on beard" allegationsplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-link NegativeCheese ( @NegativeCheese@awful.systems ) English • 3 days ago message-square3fedilinkarrow-up115
arrow-up115external-linkKevin Roose is not beating the "ChatGPT with a spray-on beard" allegationsplus-squarewww.nytimes.com NegativeCheese ( @NegativeCheese@awful.systems ) English • 3 days ago message-square3fedilink
Cursor AI assistant tells vibe coder: learn to codeplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 5 days ago message-square13fedilinkarrow-up129
arrow-up129external-linkCursor AI assistant tells vibe coder: learn to codeplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 5 days ago message-square13fedilink
Yud follows up Sammy Boy's AI-Generated "Metafiction"plus-squareawful.systems BlueMonday1984 ( @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems ) English • 4 days ago message-square22fedilinkarrow-up18
arrow-up18external-linkYud follows up Sammy Boy's AI-Generated "Metafiction"plus-squareawful.systems BlueMonday1984 ( @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems ) English • 4 days ago message-square22fedilink
I find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them.plus-squarex.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 6 days ago message-square35fedilinkarrow-up152
arrow-up152external-linkI find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them.plus-squarex.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 6 days ago message-square35fedilink
UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for adviceplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 4 days ago message-square1fedilinkarrow-up18
arrow-up18external-linkUK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for adviceplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 4 days ago message-square1fedilink
OpenAI’s for-profit plan is in troubleplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 6 days ago message-square2fedilinkarrow-up120
arrow-up120external-linkOpenAI’s for-profit plan is in troubleplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 6 days ago message-square2fedilink
Foreign Policy: The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Startplus-squareforeignpolicy.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 7 days ago message-square17fedilinkarrow-up119
arrow-up119external-linkForeign Policy: The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Startplus-squareforeignpolicy.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 7 days ago message-square17fedilink
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 16th March 2025plus-squareawful.systems BlueMonday1984 ( @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems ) English • 8 days ago message-square140fedilinkarrow-up112
arrow-up112external-linkStubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 16th March 2025plus-squareawful.systems BlueMonday1984 ( @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems ) English • 8 days ago message-square140fedilink
Credulous coverage of AI slop on Wikipediaplus-square blakestacey ( @blakestacey@awful.systems ) English • 8 days ago message-square38fedilinkarrow-up136
arrow-up136message-squareCredulous coverage of AI slop on Wikipediaplus-square blakestacey ( @blakestacey@awful.systems ) English • 8 days ago message-square38fedilink
Edge-case marketingplus-squarewww.youtube.com Steve ( @fasterandworse@awful.systems ) English • 7 days ago message-square0fedilinkarrow-up18
arrow-up18external-linkEdge-case marketingplus-squarewww.youtube.com Steve ( @fasterandworse@awful.systems ) English • 7 days ago message-square0fedilink
Let’s write PR pitches with an AI! (report spam, block sender)plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 7 days ago message-square0fedilinkarrow-up15
arrow-up15external-linkLet’s write PR pitches with an AI! (report spam, block sender)plus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 7 days ago message-square0fedilink
Science journal Nature promotes using chatbots for academic peer reviewplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 9 days ago message-square2fedilinkarrow-up113
arrow-up113external-linkScience journal Nature promotes using chatbots for academic peer reviewplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 9 days ago message-square2fedilink
Oops, all AI! Google replaces search with the AI Overviewplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-link David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 10 days ago message-square12fedilinkarrow-up119
arrow-up119external-linkOops, all AI! Google replaces search with the AI Overviewplus-squarepivot-to-ai.com David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English • 10 days ago message-square12fedilink
