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Rightmove discovers AI is no excuse for profit warnings
let’s dump 24% in an hour!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251110-rig... - podcast
time: 4 min 21 sec
let’s dump 24% in an hour!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251110-rig... - podcast
time: 4 min 21 sec
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rightmove discovers AI is no excuse for profit warnings
let’s dump 24% in an hour!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251110-rig... - podcast
time: 4 min 21 sec
let’s dump 24% in an hour!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251110-rig... - podcast
time: 4 min 21 sec
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Rightmove discovers AI is no excuse for profit warnings
let’s dump 24% in an hour!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251110-rig... - podcast
time: 4 min 21 sec
let’s dump 24% in an hour!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251110-rig... - podcast
time: 4 min 21 sec
i know a lotta sysadmins around my age, in their 50s
they're choosing to retire rather than get a new job herding slop
let's say there's gonna be a *ton* of opportunities in sysadmin/devops in a couple of years, as it becomes harder to find people who know what the fuck they're doing
they're choosing to retire rather than get a new job herding slop
let's say there's gonna be a *ton* of opportunities in sysadmin/devops in a couple of years, as it becomes harder to find people who know what the fuck they're doing
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
i know a lotta sysadmins around my age, in their 50s
they're choosing to retire rather than get a new job herding slop
let's say there's gonna be a *ton* of opportunities in sysadmin/devops in a couple of years, as it becomes harder to find people who know what the fuck they're doing
they're choosing to retire rather than get a new job herding slop
let's say there's gonna be a *ton* of opportunities in sysadmin/devops in a couple of years, as it becomes harder to find people who know what the fuck they're doing
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For those who do not do PHP software development: the arrow points to an annotation which ChatGPT said according to prompt is not to be used. It also points to a code segment which is pure nonsense. It's not merely not doing what it should, it's pure nonsense, PHP will abort with a syntax error.
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
For those who do not do PHP software development: the arrow points to an annotation which ChatGPT said according to prompt is not to be used. It also points to a code segment which is pure nonsense. It's not merely not doing what it should, it's pure nonsense, PHP will abort with a syntax error.
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Quantum AI is just going to be "I swear to God it works, but only if you don't observe the inputs. Or outputs. Or anything really."
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Quantum AI is just going to be "I swear to God it works, but only if you don't observe the inputs. Or outputs. Or anything really."
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Really important point that people need to grasp: it's not that "AI doesn't work right now" or "I don't want AI to work because I'm a vicious hater". Both those are true but they stem from the more salient reality: "AI" cannot work.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Really important point that people need to grasp: it's not that "AI doesn't work right now" or "I don't want AI to work because I'm a vicious hater". Both those are true but they stem from the more salient reality: "AI" cannot work.
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It's important to know that just because Gen AI just repeats bullshit, isn't intelligent, cannot replace humans effectively...
Doesn't mean that people aren't losing livelihoods anyway.
Our billionaire overlords don't care that Gen AI is unable to do our work, they're using it as a reason.
Doesn't mean that people aren't losing livelihoods anyway.
Our billionaire overlords don't care that Gen AI is unable to do our work, they're using it as a reason.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's important to know that just because Gen AI just repeats bullshit, isn't intelligent, cannot replace humans effectively...
Doesn't mean that people aren't losing livelihoods anyway.
Our billionaire overlords don't care that Gen AI is unable to do our work, they're using it as a reason.
Doesn't mean that people aren't losing livelihoods anyway.
Our billionaire overlords don't care that Gen AI is unable to do our work, they're using it as a reason.
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A friend works in recycling logistics and was asking CTO of another popular recycling app company how they do their vision ML for IDing high-quality recycled clothing, and it's literally just a wrapper over ChatGPT that works only slightly better than random chance
The key weakness in AI agents is that they're a lie. They don't work. They just don't fuckin' work. You can't set a hallucination engine to work doing tasks. It's pants on head stupid. The hype pretends this isn't the case and hypothesises a fabulous future where they work *at all*. This is a lie.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A friend works in recycling logistics and was asking CTO of another popular recycling app company how they do their vision ML for IDing high-quality recycled clothing, and it's literally just a wrapper over ChatGPT that works only slightly better than random chance
woke up last night, laptop fuckin died
woke up this afternoon, second laptop fuckin died
woke up later this afternoon, answered lenovo tech support who failed to read the ticket
got those gotta buy another fuckin lenovo blues
woke up this afternoon, second laptop fuckin died
woke up later this afternoon, answered lenovo tech support who failed to read the ticket
got those gotta buy another fuckin lenovo blues
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
woke up last night, laptop fuckin died
woke up this afternoon, second laptop fuckin died
woke up later this afternoon, answered lenovo tech support who failed to read the ticket
got those gotta buy another fuckin lenovo blues
woke up this afternoon, second laptop fuckin died
woke up later this afternoon, answered lenovo tech support who failed to read the ticket
got those gotta buy another fuckin lenovo blues
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Gerard is right here; but what strikes me, as we wander the thicket of stupidity that is "agents" discourse, is the shortsightedness.
Hype can go pretty far, esp. considering the credulity of devs and if one creates six dozen Python APIs to keep them busy.
But that can only last mere months.
Hype can go pretty far, esp. considering the credulity of devs and if one creates six dozen Python APIs to keep them busy.
But that can only last mere months.
A useful model for "AI agents" is that they're the current excuse meme for AI. They're not a thing that works at all, now or in the fabulous future. But they're *such* good material for hypecrafting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Gerard is right here; but what strikes me, as we wander the thicket of stupidity that is "agents" discourse, is the shortsightedness.
Hype can go pretty far, esp. considering the credulity of devs and if one creates six dozen Python APIs to keep them busy.
But that can only last mere months.
Hype can go pretty far, esp. considering the credulity of devs and if one creates six dozen Python APIs to keep them busy.
But that can only last mere months.
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Oh the **spectacular** amount of compute on the backend of all these "agents" is beyond belief.
I mean, just orders of magnitude larger than a simple text response.
And not **one single** dev building these things even thinks about that. Not one. They get pissy if you even mention it.
I mean, just orders of magnitude larger than a simple text response.
And not **one single** dev building these things even thinks about that. Not one. They get pissy if you even mention it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Oh the **spectacular** amount of compute on the backend of all these "agents" is beyond belief.
I mean, just orders of magnitude larger than a simple text response.
And not **one single** dev building these things even thinks about that. Not one. They get pissy if you even mention it.
I mean, just orders of magnitude larger than a simple text response.
And not **one single** dev building these things even thinks about that. Not one. They get pissy if you even mention it.
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The idea that one could suture together a bunch of LLMs, like one was the doctor in "Human Centipede," and come out with a functional employee replacement technology is...perhaps the dumbest thing I have heard in my many years in tech.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The idea that one could suture together a bunch of LLMs, like one was the doctor in "Human Centipede," and come out with a functional employee replacement technology is...perhaps the dumbest thing I have heard in my many years in tech.
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@rubenbolling.bsky.social had a really good cartoon about this
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
@rubenbolling.bsky.social had a really good cartoon about this
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I keep getting pitches trying to sell me AI agent for safety training for my industry. That’s grossly negligent and I always try to ask who their clients are before telling them to fuck off.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I keep getting pitches trying to sell me AI agent for safety training for my industry. That’s grossly negligent and I always try to ask who their clients are before telling them to fuck off.
I need a new spare laptop! Long post with needs here
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must have 3 physical mouse buttons, which means Lenovo. Various other reqs. See post. Suggestions welcomed.
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must have 3 physical mouse buttons, which means Lenovo. Various other reqs. See post. Suggestions welcomed.
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Lenovo is off for repair. So I'm on the HP, and it's taken to randomly shutting down!
This is unusable for real work, so I need a new spare laptop.
My choice appears to be Lenovo, cos it's the *onl...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I need a new spare laptop! Long post with needs here
circumstances.run/@davidgerard...
must have 3 physical mouse buttons, which means Lenovo. Various other reqs. See post. Suggestions welcomed.
circumstances.run/@davidgerard...
must have 3 physical mouse buttons, which means Lenovo. Various other reqs. See post. Suggestions welcomed.
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Anyone who proposes using an "agent" where "receives untrusted input" and "can do a bad thing" is, at best, ignorant and most likely a grifter.
Prompt injection is unfixable as LLMs have no notion of separate "code" and "data".
Prompt injection is unfixable as LLMs have no notion of separate "code" and "data".
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Anyone who proposes using an "agent" where "receives untrusted input" and "can do a bad thing" is, at best, ignorant and most likely a grifter.
Prompt injection is unfixable as LLMs have no notion of separate "code" and "data".
Prompt injection is unfixable as LLMs have no notion of separate "code" and "data".
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It seems to me the UK "Fraud by false representation" act is tailor made to sue a lot of companies/people using AI. cc @davidgerard.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It seems to me the UK "Fraud by false representation" act is tailor made to sue a lot of companies/people using AI. cc @davidgerard.co.uk
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“Lear jets are cheaper than ever with fuel efficiency undreamed of, the poor have never had it better.”
The poor: :hungry:
The poor: :hungry:
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“Lear jets are cheaper than ever with fuel efficiency undreamed of, the poor have never had it better.”
The poor: :hungry:
The poor: :hungry:
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It is impressive how we've been doing this entire "bread and circusses" thing for two millenia and some people haven't wisened up one bit
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It is impressive how we've been doing this entire "bread and circusses" thing for two millenia and some people haven't wisened up one bit
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There is a Polish song from 19-fucking-89 titled "Freedom" whose entire thing is riffing on this
"Freedom? Why do you need freedom? After all you have television"
"Freedom? Why do you need freedom? After all you have so much money"
repeated 20x with different things.
"Freedom? Why do you need freedom? After all you have television"
"Freedom? Why do you need freedom? After all you have so much money"
repeated 20x with different things.
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
There is a Polish song from 19-fucking-89 titled "Freedom" whose entire thing is riffing on this
"Freedom? Why do you need freedom? After all you have television"
"Freedom? Why do you need freedom? After all you have so much money"
repeated 20x with different things.
"Freedom? Why do you need freedom? After all you have television"
"Freedom? Why do you need freedom? After all you have so much money"
repeated 20x with different things.
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Exactly. It's performance art, storytelling to keep the money spigot turned on full blast. Agents don't work, it is AI Centipede.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Exactly. It's performance art, storytelling to keep the money spigot turned on full blast. Agents don't work, it is AI Centipede.
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Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
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@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
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Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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I really don’t think this is true and it’s unclear to be why the BoE does
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I really don’t think this is true and it’s unclear to be why the BoE does
"you have much more stuff now so you should shut up and live in precarity" is a pitch with a number of defects
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"you have much more stuff now so you should shut up and live in precarity" is a pitch with a number of defects