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   Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 16:28:12 JST Jacek Wesołowski

   Just for the record, it's 18th October 2024, and bots on Twitter are still trying to sell you crypto, while Microsoft has apparently just given up on trying to sell you augmented reality. Everyone's seemingly already past their lootbox stage, and no one remembers Farmville anymore.

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     Rog Dolos 🏳️‍⚧️ (rogdolos@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 18:02:05 JST Rog Dolos 🏳️‍⚧️

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     @jzillw We've entered the next stage of grift.

     I propose ML "AI" be renamed as BG ("big grift"). Although data-collection is up there & may be the major source, as these two are so intertwined.

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 18:14:32 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     • Rog Dolos 🏳️‍⚧️

     @RogDolos Big Grift sounds like a great umbrella term, too, because the AI hype will eventually burn out, but then they'll just come up with something new sill (and I just hope it won't be cyperpunk-style implants, because that would be gross)