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   mhoye (temporarily spooky) (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Sep-2025 06:43:48 JST mhoye (temporarily spooky)

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   But that's what I mean about Potemkin McRib - a massive investment in keeping a market afloat, for the sake of appearances, completely divorced from anything you'd call an insight, a customer need, anything. Nobody's even hinting that this is going to solve any problem anyone anywhere has. Facebook's not even trying to make that Double-Amputee-Wii-Sports MMO thing work, whatever that was called. OpenAI's doing... shopping bots?

   This is hot air inflating a bubble.

   It's McRibs being fed to pigs.

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   Security Writer :donor: (securitywriter@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jun-2025 20:26:37 JST Security Writer :donor:

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   Would you like another prediction?

   Generative AI as we know it is a bubble.

   It’s unsustainable.

   Relying on it now will result in very expensive work to undo that damage in years to come. And we’re going to live with the accuracy debt for decades.

   We are going to have an enormous skills and critical thinking shortage in the very near future, once the layoffs have slowed, and organisations start to cave in under the weight of their own shortsightedness.

   Consultancy demand will go through the roof for people who actually know what they’re doing, attracting large salaries, and many won’t be able to afford this, dooming them further. There will be some bittersweet justice in those being laid off picking up the big money.

   Vendors will transition to alternative technologies while trying to convince us that the technology is improving and AGI is just around the corner. They’re selling you something they haven’t figured out yet, and you won’t be able to afford (or will likely be dead) when it does actually arrive.

   Alternative technologies will continue to be researched, and progress will be made. But they’re not the same thing, don’t let them fool you.

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   Tingo (fixatedpersonsunit@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 18:44:35 JST Tingo

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   One of the most perverse aspects of capital gains concessions and negative gearing is it makes residential property a very attractive safe haven during instability and recessions, such as now ... delivering *more* expensive housing during downturns, along with the ever expanding bubble.

   It's just so fucked up. Labor are cowards for failing to address it (although they did have a go in 2019) and the Coalition are just bastards 'cause it's exactly what they want.

   #auspol

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   13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:43:26 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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   @Longplay_Games @OutofPrintArchive It's really unnerving! Kind of like being trapped in a time bubble.

   It's not like there's any lack of great new music, although I suppose streaming might have torpedoed traditional record industry relationships somewhat.

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   Alex Russell (slightlyoff@toot.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 01:39:02 JST Alex Russell

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   These folks can't be serious thought leaders because they aren't in touch with reality outside the privilege bubble.

   It's fine to ignore them. They haven't been right for a decade, and I think that's long enough.