brianpbeau

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by brianpbeau 24d ago
Now let's do the same analysis for the stuff that easily flows from the mouths of AI CEOs
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by brianpbeau 7mo ago
No one actually believed that Iraq would set all of Kuwait on fire in the 90s until they did.
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by brianpbeau 7mo ago
It's called disaster capitalism, and it's intended. The tech overlords realized they could make money on things if they helped the world collapse. Why? Because they know they would be immune to the nightmare they would create. Plu
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by brianpbeau 8mo ago
I much prefer this headline: The high speed pursuit of greed causes technology to do questionable thing because a bunch of CEOs need new yachts.
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by brianpbeau 8mo ago
The only thing the LLMs did was recognize patterns. There is no intelligence there. None. Zero. Zilch.
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by brianpbeau 8mo ago
Oh good, white knighting for bad and potentially irresponsible tech.
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by brianpbeau 8mo ago
Imagine being the nerd that is still using Chrome in the YOL 2026.
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by brianpbeau 8mo ago
Even before that we had "sweeps week" in broadcasting. This was the period of time where the big networks pushed out their biggest shows, miniseries and end of season episodes. This would lead into the nightly news which would als
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by brianpbeau 8mo ago
The Nature vs Nurture discussion is everywhere.
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by brianpbeau 8mo ago
Enshitification for everyone by everyone. Remember when tech was fun, disruptive and mostly beneficial to the end user?
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by brianpbeau 9mo ago
Yes. What's wrong with that? There are large portions of the population that already do that for other health related issues.
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by brianpbeau 9mo ago
It's also a matter of making foods more addictive to increase sales. And creating marketing to do the same thing. And then creating food deserts, etc.
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by brianpbeau 9mo ago
Ah yes, the ever popular "they are just lazy or weak willed" rhetoric. Obesity is a disease just like addictions are. But I'm sure another round of "just try harder" pep talks and motivation posters will solve every
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by brianpbeau 9mo ago
It's not just processed foods, there is also a genetic struggle as well. Looking at my family living in the US and in the EU, being overweight is a thing for a large portion of us. Even in my grandparents generation of family had issue