Notices by tante (tante@tldr.nettime.org), page 2

"There are no more juniors. There was a funeral for their passing in 2024. Nobody came. The machine does what they do now, but cheaper. Of course, juniors weren't valuable for what they produced, they were valuable for who they would become: the senior engineer who knows where the bodies are buried. We optimized for output, and abolished apprenticeship. A few years from now, we'll wonder where all the seniors are. We shot them. Nobody will remember."

https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp

"The basic strategy of all addictive technologies is very simple. They make you feel extra capable, they addict you, then they make you feel inadequate without them."

(Original title: How to smoke)

https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-smoke/

“AI” as we use the term today is build on fascist ideas. Is structurally supportive of fascist thinking.

(Original title: AI as a Fascist Artifact)

https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/

RE: https://masto.ai/@phoronix/116476120066302561

Okay gotta migrate off to stock Debian then I guess.
Microsoft kills its OS with all the copilot garbage users do not want and Canonical has to go: "Yeah, that's where we need to go."

Strategic genius.

Whenever I see someone self-describe as content creator I get infinitely sad.

Higher education should not just be free but everyone should get financial support while doing it.

Do what you want and get paid to be able to. Doesn't matter if it's STEM or art or humanities.

A lot of the time when people argue that we should look at the opportunities of "AI" instead of always looking at the damages, that "AI" just won't go away I mentally replace "AI" with "child labor" and it really shows how people think about the world.

I never understood why people do not want to know stuff or understand stuff or be able to do stuff.
Sure nobody wants to know/understand/be able to do _everything_ but the current "LLM does t all, I just prod it" is super alien to me.

"Some people say, “I just use it to brainstorm ideas.” If you don’t know what to paint or compose or write, you’re in the wrong job. Art is the business of making up stuff — go make up some stuff. [...] Some people say, “I just use it for research. It only gets things wrong or hallucinates crazy stuff 30 percent of the time.” I don’t need a research assistant that gets things wrong 30 percent of the time. I can do that myself. "
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opinion/art-artificial-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c1A.L3Pm.fNy3jarG5n-T

"AI" as we use the term today is a construct built on fascist ideas and reasoning.

In order to fight fascism we need to get rid of those patterns, not normalize them.

(Original title: AI as a Fascist Artifact)

https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/

The "agentic" in "agentic AI" refers to the agency the "AI" providers want to take from you.

Okay I am a bit late but I promised some people I'd write this. So if all goes well I might get it out of the door today.

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116435835882195004

Personally I mostly tried shifting to "digital agency" ("digitale Handlungsfähigkeit" in German) because it talks about what it's about rather than pointing at the "evil other"

I have been warning about the term "digital sovereignty" and how it is right-wing coded and probably can't be salvaged for non-right-wing politics.

The German fascist party AfD now created a European foundation to push their fascist politics further. The name: "Sovereignty Foundation".

Even though tactically it might feel like it makes sense to use the term to get funding, you are integrating right wing politics into your thinking and speaking.

@cwebber they didn't actually start introducing tokens, did they?

I do not want to "take back tech".

I want something new to grow from the needs, utopias and desires that a community focused on a convivial life develops.

"Tech" as a social structure might not be salvageable.

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116414897025610603

"Tech" wasn't /taken/ from us. We just never were willing to realize that it did not include us except as powerless users and customers.

Love for "Tech" is kinda like being in an abusive relationship.

"How to make a fortune with AI"

(Original title: Make a fortune with AI)

https://designthinkingcomic.substack.com/p/make-a-fortune-with-ai

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/116369759011878409

This is brilliant.

"On the acceptance of GenAI"
https://smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on-the-acceptance-of-genai/