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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · Dec 29

gen AI is an attempt to industrialize knowledge work. Luddites keep coming up in this discussion, because it's incredibly relevant.

A short thread, I guess

John Breen’s Body @acab.dad · Dec 28

I’m not convinced “(Generative) AI is here to stay”.

It’s massively expensive to train models, and companies are burning billions and billions of VC dollars on it with no clear path to profitability.

The idea that we should all get familiar with LLMs because they’re “here to stay” rings hollow

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 13h

I super don't want to return to twitter style follow policing, but come on. You know?

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 13h

The only thing following does on here is establish a relationship.

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 13h

For real. And also, distinguishing between being an active follower vs passively interested vs occasionally curious is the thing that bluesky does best. There are lists and feeds, entirely separate from following. That is exactly what those things are for.

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 13h

"bluesky doesn't have affordances to distinguish between agreement, interest, and mere curiosity" says the person with the 2nd or 3rd most influence over bluesky's affordances of anyone in the world

Also, yes it does

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 19h

I thought it was an asterisk with too many fingers

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 1d

I was unaware of this. I guess i can downgrade it from uninterested to actively avoid

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 1d

It doesn't seem like using the term AI✨ is reducing the confusion, though. If anything, it's inviting people to conflate the tools with chatgpt or w/e

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 1d

Calling your automated moderation tools "AI" instead of ML is a choice. Particularly doing so one day after banning a bunch of the targets of that technopolitcal project.

That, in part, is what people are reacting to.

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 1d

It's actually not irrational for people to react strongly to any use of "AI" as a moniker.

AI doesn't mean anything. At best, it's a marketing umbrella term. More realistically, it's a group signifier for a right wing technopolitcal project.

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 1d

Well done, I'm proud of you

a man in a superhero costume is standing next to a batman figure .

Alt: Batman stands behind Superman, who is posed for takeoff. Batman flaps Superman's cape, to simulate wind

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 2d

We're going to need more hotdog suits around here

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malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 2d

no amount of shaming Jay will change the power dynamic. she has most of it, we are unorganized and have very little. if people want to make centralized social media platforms less shitty, we have to organize and take collective action when people like link (or chad loder, if you recall) are targeted

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damien 🥖🐈‍⬛🧣 @damien.zone · 3d

I can't believe Bluesky is making me argue that Eugen 'Website Boy' Rochko is doing a more decent job at the head of the Mastodon project in comparison. Maddening.

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 3d

Seems like I'm going to need this gif a lot

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 3d

Or the appview, which is not distinguishable from any other major corporate social network in practice

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 3d

It's really disappointing that giving bsky free storage has been so universally accepted as if it was meaningful decentralization or control

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Ashlee @ashleemboyer.com · 4d

Genuine question, if anyone has seen it answered — Why isn’t this a website which can be bookmarked and saved to home screens?

404 Media @404media.co · 6d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 5d

I meant Rudy, more than Paul. But yes, that too

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 5d

I am once again calling on state governors to mobilize their National Guards to escort congressmembers into ICE facilities so they can DO THEIR LAWFULLY ASSIGNED FEDERAL DUTIES

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
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Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 5d

for those interested, this is where you pay us (Blacksky)

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 5d

Not sure why so many people are imagining someone can vibe code up an alternative to this website over the weekend. I mean, for one thing, if it was possible it would have happened already
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For 2, it's kind of insulting to the people doing it for real

Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up

78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit.

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 5d

a man in a suit is carrying a stack of pizza boxes into a doorway .

Alt: Clip from Community where Danny Glover returns from getting pizza and discovers everything is on fire

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Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 6d

*$36m that I could easily find sources for. I'm pretty sure it's a lot more than that, actually

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 6d

Out of everyone involved, bsky pbc is the only one that's gotten $36m to do this work. I think we can set a slightly higher bar than we have been.

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus.com · 6d

I don't follow ATP dev super closely, but the only thing I'm aware of that sounds like making it easier to run ATP infra is a checkpoint mechanism that allows relays to keep everything since the last checkpoint, instead of everything since the beginning of time.