DestroyerOfWorlds
@DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works
The End is Nigh(tly updated, don’t worry)
- Comment on AI products like ChatGPT much hyped but not much used, study says 6 months ago:
I have more than 80% of my credits on two different imaging Ai products. Prompts and crossing your fingers hoping you get what you want got pretty stale quick. Chat GPT never appealed to me. It seemed less about output than what it could gain from user input. The whole thing seems adversarial to the end user, like “if you don’t like it, your not doing it right” kind of attitude. I think the push to get us to adopt it in everyday use is to lower the responsibility and liability of those pushing it. It’s a bubble like all tech fads, but it will leave some sort of scar on our day to day.
there is a great episode of Silicon Valley where this shitty billionaire uses a Siri like voice bot to control his son. that way he doesn’t have to be the bad guy when he wants his son to do something. this is exactly the power of Ai our corporate masters crave.
(Scarlet Johansson voice) Sorry you were denied an extension on you emergency medical loan. How would you like to pay? Don’t forget to take our survey at the end of the transaction! -Medical Credit Authority Assistant powered by Medi-Ai
- Comment on iFixit is breaking up with Samsung 6 months ago:
Oh, ok. iFixit is in the DIY Repair and Sales industry. They are not as noble as they would have you believe. They are a for profit company. They are interested in selling you repair kits, batteries, screens, anti-static mats, and all things they can make a profit on. While promoting themselves as the defacto “right to repair company” they are also using other companies e-waste to build up their own business without actually repairing users products. They avoid any liability (sound familiar?) or responsibility as to having the repaired products actually work. They are a mail order auto-parts catalog. Which is a good thing. Trying to create a cottage industry of tinkerers, makers, and at home fixers is a much better than most tech business models. But this nonsense that they can “break up with” any other company is hilarious self fellating garbage.
Look! I’m throwing a rock at an oil tanker because it’s bad! They are really gonna regret not paying attention to me now! As a matter of fact, I’m going to divorce that oil tanker! Ha! good luck without me oil tanker!>
- Comment on OpenTable won't add first names, photos to old reviews after backlash 8 months ago:
It seems like when an App Company (I refuse to say Tech Company because using your user base for content is no longer a remotely innovative use of Technology) has a popularity plateau/decline, it will do something intentionally stupid to get attention. Then reverse that decision when everyone decides they’ve had enough of its bullshit. All the while pretending to be benevolent overlords of the content you produced.
They are all Cartman.
- Comment on Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? 8 months ago:
I was at a party with Nasa/Space X engineers and they were a bubble about AI. They were a bit older and missed the Bitcoin, NFT, etc craze. I think they felt left out and were absolutely invested in how AI will do this, do that, takeover. It was so aggravating to try explain the concept of the “bubble” and how these trends work to bilk money out of investors. The funny thing is how crazy smart these people are, but still totally susceptable to the old “wonderous health tonic” pitch.
- Comment on Paramount Hopes the Super Bowl Can Power Up Its Streaming Business 10 months ago:
are we more sick of streaming services or superhero movies?
- Comment on [Video essay] The Inevitable Downfall Of True Detective 10 months ago:
I think night country is second best so far. There is heavy Fargo borrowing which is a good thing imo. The spiral symbolism is a little blunt, but the beat down characters that fill out the town is interesting. I have a pretty obvious prediction as to what, who, and how all the deaths occured. Still, its fun to watch how the threads are being wove together. I think the cinematography, effects, lighting, mood, some of the acting, are excellent.
- Comment on David Chase Says TV’s Golden Age Is ‘Over:’ It Was a ’25-Year Blip’ 11 months ago:
I think there is nowhere to go with cuisine. All the good food has been made and no one should try because I’m too stubborn to change or try something new. Also, unrelated, I’ve had great success as a cook and don’t want people to forget so I’ll complain loudly with the last bit of my vanishing influence.
- Comment on Era of complex and ambitious TV is over, says Sopranos creator 11 months ago:
Fargo sorta negates that argument.
- Comment on "Turning an Old School into our House" - 2 Years (in 7 minutes) 1 year ago:
To summarize: Rich stupid people being stressed out by creating rich stupid people problems. Also, they aren’t even close yo being finished.
- Comment on Table made with 1000 feet of denim and 20 gallons of epoxy 1 year ago:
what a wasteful dumbfuck
- Comment on Burning the calories 1 year ago:
Deep Breathing Exercise (long sigh)