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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 3h

The pitch isn't buying an up to date card fresh from the supplier, it's buying a 1070 that was used in a Bitcoin mining rig for multiple years. You'd have to pay me to take it.

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 3h

The lifespan of these cards is 3 to 5 years, with most warranties ending at 3. Do you want to buy a year 4, no warranty, post-AI, 4-versions-out-of-date server card right now, even at an incredible discount? Does anyone?

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Pixel Pushers BOOO!!nion 512 @ppu512.bsky.social · 6h

"At the end of every labour-process, we get a result that already existed in the imagination of the laborer at its commencement."

- Engels

And this is why AI will never replace artists or any creative labor.

It has no imagination. It cannot have it.

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 8h

This applies to coding too! I'm not interested in the technical debt machine that is way more likely to fuck up than get it right and is guaranteed to steal the bit where I genuinely understand why the thing works. Writing is communication and art, but the AI folks have no respect for either.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 10h

I gave AI its fair shake, because I am an information professional and knowing what tools can do is part of my field. If it were a version of grammar check editing that could make my transitions better, kill off my adverbs for better vocabulary, I'd use it.

But it just inserts plagiarized cliches.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 8h

I wonder how much money this this laser eyes monochrome chad boy lost on crypto

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 18h

LLM AI exists to crush labour. That's not even my surmise, the people paying billions of dollars to fund this stuff are extremely open and explicit that this is their goal.

There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 8h

You seem to be a student of history; mind explaining why, in your esteemed opinion, this happened?

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 8h

If the fash keep bragging that the law of the land can't stop them, someone is going to test if the laws of physics can

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zer0point @zer0point-vids.bsky.social · 17h

every discussion i see on here that bears on banning gen ai in some fashion includes a code-is-speech guy who is like “good luck when anybody can run a model at home lol” and im like go for it. all 7 of you. ai would be relegated to a hobby on the level of say 3d printing

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 21h

i think the fundamental disconnect here, and i say this as an engineer without much creative talent, is that a lot of people who don't do creative things regularly (or ever) look at creative output (writing, music, whatever) as a product, and consume and experience it like a baby looking at a mobile

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 1d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Lorin Hochstein @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com · 2d

New blog post: The illegible nature of software development talent

surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/t...

The illegible nature of software development talent

Here’s another blog post on gathering some common threads from reading recent posts. Today’s topic is about the unassuming nature of talented software engineers. The first thread was a …

surfingcomplexity.blog

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 1d

The glowing sonnenrad is just the most premature victory lap shit I've ever seen

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 1d

There's a reason every creative person in your life sees this quote and nods

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking from industry- that's mostly because optimising for mobile devices is a lot harder than not doing that, and most mobile games are made by teams with a budget that can fit in one pocket

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 1d

put AI in my feed, get blocked, I'm done with you Slop Likers

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 2d

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A gritty 13-episode mind-bending thriller following your favourite Beckett character in the days leading up to the play

But in order to enjoy the full story, get ready for

VLADIMIR
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A VR-only AI-powered waiting simulator where YOU wait for HIM

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 2d

capitalists really fucking love proposing extremely specific charities huh

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 2d

wait are you suggesting the metaverse isn't gonna happen

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 2d

I reckon it's far more libidinous, one of the chatbot providers applies rate limits in a way that cuts off a major investor who is addicted to the product, and the result is a power struggle that removes a chunk of load-bearing funding

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

So many people think that "ah you can't really tell an AI wrote this post or not!" is a gotcha.

Ok, let's say you're right. But if your post is shaped like an AI post, and your thoughts are shaped like AI thoughts, then the fact that there's no difference reflects rather poorly on you.

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Jo 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🦕 @youjogirl.bsky.social · 2d

Every smartphone in the world contains a CPU descended from one designed by a trans woman in the 1980s. The Matrix is one of the most influential movie franchises of all time. Electronic music was pioneered and popularized by a trans woman. I could go on

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 3d

i think my favourite part about being a trans woman is how much of an impact we have on culture. a friend reminded me today about a popular meme format she created. another friend today casually told me about how she was the most notorious roblox hacker when she was a child.

just a day in the life!

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 2d

Strange immediate reaction: random AI booster account started going through liking a bunch of my posts so I just blocked them outright. Kinda assumed I was getting buttered up somehow? No idea.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 3d

The dark, madness-inducing secret to creative endeavors is that every single creation by humanity has at least one flaw that might only be known to the creator.

But they know it's there, and big or small, obvious or not, it haunts them even if only a tiny bit.

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