deadbeef79000

@deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Downdetector and Speedtest have been sold for over $1 billion⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Prepare for enshittification while Accenture tries to find an RoI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ars Technica Fires Reporter Over AI-Generated Quotes⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not quite like that. The tools used to scrape the web for training data couldn’t access the site to stacks the data, so it’s not encoded in the model.

  The query interface for the model just hallucinates when there’s a ‘vacuum’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Patents Reveal AI-Powered Xbox Helper System That Can Play Games for You⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Not if the president corporate enshittifier does it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT Go subscription rolls out worldwide at $8, but it'll show you ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Enshittification speed run 100%

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About Putting Data Centers in Space?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Space is hot.

  And, the only way to shed heat is radiation.

  The benefits of space is actually that is outside the jurisdiction of all countries. So X can generate as much CSAM as is demanded.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huge win for Internet freedom: Google must sell its Chrome browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Because this monopoly doesn’t directly affect them in a way that’s obvious to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huge win for Internet freedom: Google must sell its Chrome browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Decisions by people who don’t understand, advised by people who don’t want them to understand, funded by people who are prepared to sacrifice a browser to appear like they’re doing something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Diablo IV surpasses $1B in revenue, with $150M coming in from microtransactions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Same boat, but I gave D4 a go. I’m enjoying it. YMMV.

  I entirely understand being burnt by D3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk says his posts did more to ‘financially impair’ X than help it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He was born incredibly rich, he’s never had a material consequence in his life.

  Don’t be fooled, his argument is not that his posts were bad it’s that advertisers didn’t like them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  I X and it rained; for X in:

  1. Washed the car
  2. Hung out the washing
  3. Watered the garden