Allosaur
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Does your university use ChatGPT Edu? Please send me a DM if you do. I have identified a potential data breach affecting students' data that has not yet been fixed and I'm trying to compile further examples from other universities.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Does your university use ChatGPT Edu? Please send me a DM if you do. I have identified a potential data breach affecting students' data that has not yet been fixed and I'm trying to compile further examples from other universities.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
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Amazon's latest data center construction outside Canton is one of a fleet of data centers announced statewide. Additional data centers are planned for Lauderdale & Rankin counties, & a third Amazon facility is planned for Vicksburg. Elon Musk's xAI is also building a data center in DeSoto County.
Amazon’s Canton AI Data Center Brings Dust, Noise and Pollution Fears for Neighbors
Canton residents say that a new Amazon data center is bringing unwanted dust and noise, raising concerns about pollution and falling property values.
buff.ly
February 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Amazon's latest data center construction outside Canton is one of a fleet of data centers announced statewide. Additional data centers are planned for Lauderdale & Rankin counties, & a third Amazon facility is planned for Vicksburg. Elon Musk's xAI is also building a data center in DeSoto County.
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i literally do not understand ai clowns. under the latest arse technica fuckup ("oops we used ai and it made up direct quotes!") someone pipes in with how they've been using gemini, and how often it is completely wrong
why do you keep using it, then!? why are you like this!
why do you keep using it, then!? why are you like this!
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The whole situation is so strange. I have started using Gemini quite a bit in the last 3-4 weeks, and it is shocking how good it is and how much detailed information it can give me about obscure topics like particular revisions of automotive parts or configuration settings.
What's also eye-opening is just how often it's completely wrong.
...and when it's incorrect, it's confidently incorrect.
It has suggested parts that fulfill my requirements that simply don't exist, and it has explicitly told me which programming values to change to update the 12V battery configuration in my Mach-e, and when verifying, those values are in the wrong location.
It even explains why those are the correct parts or correct values.
When I correct it, it says, "well spotted! Those are the correct values for the F-150 and x other vehicle. The correct value for your vehicle is 'y'".
It's often still incorrect.
It's so important to verify these things.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gwfx4qjjq2yhjzrgr5xqcnyz/bafkreiflgtymikwfqfi5lbji6orjiovy4coddyryqfcmxqtyxuessh3m4q@jpeg)
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
i literally do not understand ai clowns. under the latest arse technica fuckup ("oops we used ai and it made up direct quotes!") someone pipes in with how they've been using gemini, and how often it is completely wrong
why do you keep using it, then!? why are you like this!
why do you keep using it, then!? why are you like this!
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> Tech people, by contrast, are observably swayed extremely easily by almost any messaging that's presented to them.
This is a near-universal truth of the tech industry. Most tech people are worryingly malleable by authority in my experience and the theory in the quoted post would explain a lot
This is a near-universal truth of the tech industry. Most tech people are worryingly malleable by authority in my experience and the theory in the quoted post would explain a lot
A new article, and this one's definitely one of my weirder ones: it's about how much of the tech industry seems to show symptoms of gender dysphoria.
Carbon Dysphoria | deadSimpleTech
And now the punchline: this depersonalisation, the weird relationship to their bodily existence, inability to enjoy things and an internal void that people constantly try and fill with what they're to...
deadsimpletech.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM
> Tech people, by contrast, are observably swayed extremely easily by almost any messaging that's presented to them.
This is a near-universal truth of the tech industry. Most tech people are worryingly malleable by authority in my experience and the theory in the quoted post would explain a lot
This is a near-universal truth of the tech industry. Most tech people are worryingly malleable by authority in my experience and the theory in the quoted post would explain a lot
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I had a client a couple years ago who was like “I’ll just use ChatGPT to write the grant report!” and I was forced to explain, through clenched teeth, that a grant report literally means telling the funder what you did with their grant, information ChatGPT did not in fact have
she was like “…. oh”
she was like “…. oh”
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I had a client a couple years ago who was like “I’ll just use ChatGPT to write the grant report!” and I was forced to explain, through clenched teeth, that a grant report literally means telling the funder what you did with their grant, information ChatGPT did not in fact have
she was like “…. oh”
she was like “…. oh”
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note: Nadella did not say 30% of MS code is vibed, he said "maybe 20 to 30 percent of the code that is inside of our repos today in some of our projects are probably all written by software" which is a statement so hedged to not be making a claim. His cheerleaders did the rest.
we have not a dot of actual evidence that Windows 11 is being vibe coded
but it sure SMELLS vibe coded
www.neowin.net/news/windows...
but it sure SMELLS vibe coded
www.neowin.net/news/windows...
Windows 11 update KB5077181 is causing critical boot loops for some users
KB5077181 is causing devices to restart over 15 times in an infinite loop. Users also report network issues and error codes.
www.neowin.net
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
note: Nadella did not say 30% of MS code is vibed, he said "maybe 20 to 30 percent of the code that is inside of our repos today in some of our projects are probably all written by software" which is a statement so hedged to not be making a claim. His cheerleaders did the rest.
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pick up the ash and berries
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
pick up the ash and berries
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the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
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Animators, i want to remind you that like 10 or 15 years ago there was a wage-fixing conspiracy involving 3 major studios, and they were found guilty in court and had to pay affected employees, but our rates never recovered.
We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Animators, i want to remind you that like 10 or 15 years ago there was a wage-fixing conspiracy involving 3 major studios, and they were found guilty in court and had to pay affected employees, but our rates never recovered.
We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
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I contracted as a paid media strategist at agencies for many years, basically auditing efficiencies for PPC clients. Throughout 24-25, they axed me because various AI tools made my job “unnecessary”. Seeing this contextualizes the “how’ve you been” text I got from a former colleague last week lol
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I contracted as a paid media strategist at agencies for many years, basically auditing efficiencies for PPC clients. Throughout 24-25, they axed me because various AI tools made my job “unnecessary”. Seeing this contextualizes the “how’ve you been” text I got from a former colleague last week lol
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"I then came across the most helpful piece of the puzzle from a veteran cameraman, in a forum post I can no longer find" is the kind of sentence that hooks my attention. the lost, forgotten lore of a bygone age.
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
February 14, 2026 at 10:43 PM
"I then came across the most helpful piece of the puzzle from a veteran cameraman, in a forum post I can no longer find" is the kind of sentence that hooks my attention. the lost, forgotten lore of a bygone age.
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Someone in the replies rightly told him that email is his most important professional possession right now (hopefully he got it in writing)
February 15, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Someone in the replies rightly told him that email is his most important professional possession right now (hopefully he got it in writing)
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lol you truncated:
"The worst part I raised concerns about needing validation in November and got told I was slowing down innovation."
"The worst part I raised concerns about needing validation in November and got told I was slowing down innovation."
February 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
lol you truncated:
"The worst part I raised concerns about needing validation in November and got told I was slowing down innovation."
"The worst part I raised concerns about needing validation in November and got told I was slowing down innovation."
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Being hated & blocked by people who worship & simp over AI is actually something I really love.
I feel like saying PLEASE, BLOCK ME. Despise me for appreciating & supporting REAL human artists. REAL human creative intellect. HATE ME for wanting the thieves that feed AI to rot behind bars.
I feel like saying PLEASE, BLOCK ME. Despise me for appreciating & supporting REAL human artists. REAL human creative intellect. HATE ME for wanting the thieves that feed AI to rot behind bars.
February 14, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Being hated & blocked by people who worship & simp over AI is actually something I really love.
I feel like saying PLEASE, BLOCK ME. Despise me for appreciating & supporting REAL human artists. REAL human creative intellect. HATE ME for wanting the thieves that feed AI to rot behind bars.
I feel like saying PLEASE, BLOCK ME. Despise me for appreciating & supporting REAL human artists. REAL human creative intellect. HATE ME for wanting the thieves that feed AI to rot behind bars.
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If I had to bet on the main thing that has radicalized people against "ai," and I am talking about the way that branding is CURRENTLY BEING USED, not whatever specialized ML utility you may have found for it, it would be in apps and tech they already use being made worse and/or inoperable by it
February 14, 2026 at 9:04 PM
If I had to bet on the main thing that has radicalized people against "ai," and I am talking about the way that branding is CURRENTLY BEING USED, not whatever specialized ML utility you may have found for it, it would be in apps and tech they already use being made worse and/or inoperable by it
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How it feels knowing that people are taking serious life advice from a toaster that can't even count
February 14, 2026 at 10:39 PM
How it feels knowing that people are taking serious life advice from a toaster that can't even count
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Every post like this attracts more dipshit tech company middle managers for me to block. They just cant help themselves from saying that whatever LLM they use is Good Actually as if they don't all do this by their nature
February 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Every post like this attracts more dipshit tech company middle managers for me to block. They just cant help themselves from saying that whatever LLM they use is Good Actually as if they don't all do this by their nature
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A bunch of us nay-sayers are gonna feel silly when the AI singularity, Iran's nuclear program, full self driving, and the Republican health plan all drop in the same week.
February 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
A bunch of us nay-sayers are gonna feel silly when the AI singularity, Iran's nuclear program, full self driving, and the Republican health plan all drop in the same week.
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every time some earnest fellow who is fully equipped to know better proclaims "ah, but *tech* will definitely fall to AI" forward them this skeet and also a "FELL FOR IT AGAIN" badge
I work in procurement and our vendors have been rolling out AI systems and... it has been a disaster. The AI gets everything wrong and I have to navigate a labyrinthian telephone menu to get to a human to fix it.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
February 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
every time some earnest fellow who is fully equipped to know better proclaims "ah, but *tech* will definitely fall to AI" forward them this skeet and also a "FELL FOR IT AGAIN" badge
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I remember when we were 12-18 months out from AI white collar job automation, 12-18 months ago.
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I remember when we were 12-18 months out from AI white collar job automation, 12-18 months ago.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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I remember reading once that everyone thinks AI will replace jobs in someone else’s field, not their own, because any level of expertise immediately puts the lie to AI “capability.”
that AI will definitely take over programming is mainstream knowledge even though it's *not true*.
so we have multiple non-techies who are keenly good in their own fields talking like this hilariously false claim is true.
they fell for the brochure. but what's the path to this factoid falling?
so we have multiple non-techies who are keenly good in their own fields talking like this hilariously false claim is true.
they fell for the brochure. but what's the path to this factoid falling?
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I remember reading once that everyone thinks AI will replace jobs in someone else’s field, not their own, because any level of expertise immediately puts the lie to AI “capability.”
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"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
3 months later
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
5 months later
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
1 year late-
3 months later
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
5 months later
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
1 year late-
February 11, 2026 at 3:33 AM
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
3 months later
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
5 months later
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
1 year late-
3 months later
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
5 months later
"The new AI is too good. Artists are cooked", they tell me, but I keep drawing
1 year late-
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Every time an AI scumbag blocks me, I grow stronger. Your grift means nothing to me and I am impervious to your "inevitable" bullshit. I know you are liars, and every time you breathlessly talk about how you can't tell if your LLM is alive or not, I have less reason to respect or trust you.
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Every time an AI scumbag blocks me, I grow stronger. Your grift means nothing to me and I am impervious to your "inevitable" bullshit. I know you are liars, and every time you breathlessly talk about how you can't tell if your LLM is alive or not, I have less reason to respect or trust you.