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Generative "AI" is Evil. Not in a metaphysical "imitation of mankind's sacred gifts" way.
In the way it causes very real harm in environmental damage and steals people's work to make them compete with a poor facsimile of it,
and then makes you complicit in this harm.
You don't have to, you can stop.
In the way it causes very real harm in environmental damage and steals people's work to make them compete with a poor facsimile of it,
and then makes you complicit in this harm.
You don't have to, you can stop.
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i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
Who needs AI when we had stuff like this? I’ll take photoshop edits over the slop any day
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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The BBC currently can't be bothered to put together a Christmastime lineup that doesn't have Would I Lie to You starring a sex pest as a load bearing component, so I'm not sure what you expect me to do
The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall
The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall
I love many shows on the streaming channels, but the BBC is our storyteller. It defines a nation and its culture – and we must defend it, says former BBC director general Tony Hall
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The BBC currently can't be bothered to put together a Christmastime lineup that doesn't have Would I Lie to You starring a sex pest as a load bearing component, so I'm not sure what you expect me to do
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It's way too early for me to be laughing this hard. 🤣
December 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's way too early for me to be laughing this hard. 🤣
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Tbf if the BBC refused to show the new David Walliams panel show appearance just because they were aware of his behaviour, they would have to cancel an awful lot of the Christmas lineup.
December 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tbf if the BBC refused to show the new David Walliams panel show appearance just because they were aware of his behaviour, they would have to cancel an awful lot of the Christmas lineup.
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It’s been a year since I started my band, 1023 megabytes. Still not one gig.
December 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It’s been a year since I started my band, 1023 megabytes. Still not one gig.
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Reminder: The Guardian has a "strategic partnership" with the AI oligarchs. So don't be surprised positive stories about AI will be relentlessly pushed as financial news about the techbros get worse and worse.
December 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Reminder: The Guardian has a "strategic partnership" with the AI oligarchs. So don't be surprised positive stories about AI will be relentlessly pushed as financial news about the techbros get worse and worse.
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It's inefficient to get out of bed in the morning only to get back in the same bed at night. Stay in bed all day to avoid this
December 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's inefficient to get out of bed in the morning only to get back in the same bed at night. Stay in bed all day to avoid this
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It is 100% true that replacing junior developers with AI will mean no more senior developers coming up, but equally, "don't worry, companies will train the next generation of developers in the hope of getting a few years of very cheap labour out of them" wasn't a particularly good system either
December 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It is 100% true that replacing junior developers with AI will mean no more senior developers coming up, but equally, "don't worry, companies will train the next generation of developers in the hope of getting a few years of very cheap labour out of them" wasn't a particularly good system either
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The problem is that those negative outcomes are serious enough that we should not be encouraging widespread gAI adoption in education; we have pastoral responsibilities to our students to stop.
Why can’t we make decisions from a space of caution rather than one of frenzied tech FOMO?
Why can’t we make decisions from a space of caution rather than one of frenzied tech FOMO?
The current (very early!) literature on the cognitive effects and learning outcomes of using GenAI is mixed. There are headline negative ones but also positive ones. If one wants to appeal to the literature in this state you need to provide a thesis on why it is mixed.
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The problem is that those negative outcomes are serious enough that we should not be encouraging widespread gAI adoption in education; we have pastoral responsibilities to our students to stop.
Why can’t we make decisions from a space of caution rather than one of frenzied tech FOMO?
Why can’t we make decisions from a space of caution rather than one of frenzied tech FOMO?
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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Stop posting links to The Guardian.
Always good to keep in mind that Guardian has a partnership with OpenAI.
Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
From companionship to psychotherapy, technology could meet unmet needs – but it needs to be handled responsibly
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Stop posting links to The Guardian.
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this is just basic psychological self defense.
ads - not all ads, but many ads - want to make you FEEL BAD.
they want to create in you a feeling of loss, a feeling of absence, that they can promise to fill with their product.
don’t let them! turn that shit off the moment it comes on.
ads - not all ads, but many ads - want to make you FEEL BAD.
they want to create in you a feeling of loss, a feeling of absence, that they can promise to fill with their product.
don’t let them! turn that shit off the moment it comes on.
December 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
this is just basic psychological self defense.
ads - not all ads, but many ads - want to make you FEEL BAD.
they want to create in you a feeling of loss, a feeling of absence, that they can promise to fill with their product.
don’t let them! turn that shit off the moment it comes on.
ads - not all ads, but many ads - want to make you FEEL BAD.
they want to create in you a feeling of loss, a feeling of absence, that they can promise to fill with their product.
don’t let them! turn that shit off the moment it comes on.
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God, I was so bored of my job at the bouldering centre I was climbing the walls by the end
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
God, I was so bored of my job at the bouldering centre I was climbing the walls by the end
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❤️❤️❤️HUGE CONGRATS!!!❤️❤️❤️
December 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
❤️❤️❤️HUGE CONGRATS!!!❤️❤️❤️
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This is the only 500+ hours thumbs down Steam review I will allow
December 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the only 500+ hours thumbs down Steam review I will allow
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
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AI sloppers out there just pretending everything we learned about technical debt in the last few decades isn't real
December 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
AI sloppers out there just pretending everything we learned about technical debt in the last few decades isn't real
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me: [throwing open blinds] you there! boy! what day is it today?
street urchin: why, it’s Christmas Day sir!
me: oh, wonderful! that means it’s not too late for BOFA
street urchin: what’s-
shopkeeper: listen, kid. he does this every day
street urchin: why, it’s Christmas Day sir!
me: oh, wonderful! that means it’s not too late for BOFA
street urchin: what’s-
shopkeeper: listen, kid. he does this every day
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
me: [throwing open blinds] you there! boy! what day is it today?
street urchin: why, it’s Christmas Day sir!
me: oh, wonderful! that means it’s not too late for BOFA
street urchin: what’s-
shopkeeper: listen, kid. he does this every day
street urchin: why, it’s Christmas Day sir!
me: oh, wonderful! that means it’s not too late for BOFA
street urchin: what’s-
shopkeeper: listen, kid. he does this every day
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
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My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.
So the “figure out how to use it lest you be left behind” replies about ‘AI’ that have been popping up here strike me as inauthentic but also kind of funny because they grant the point that rather than an automation panacea these technologies are quite difficult to figure out how to use effectively
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.