severak
14.8.2025 17:09:07
Why AI Is Becoming A Religion (It’s Not Psychosis)
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k23eHouOUzk
severak
11.8.2025 17:24:42
Algorithmic Underground
I have been thinking about something Jean Baudrillard said a lot recently. It comes to mind because of the current moment and what is happening around generative AI. He said, "Art does not die because there is no more art. It dies because there is too much."
severak
9.6.2025 17:15:01
Inside the AI Factory
As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.
severak
6.5.2025 14:06:46
Tech Companies Apparently Do Not Understand Why We Dislike AI
from https://soatok.blog/2025/05/04/tech-companies-apparently-do-not-understand-why-we-dislike-ai/
severak
14.4.2025 22:11:06
They wanted to save us from a dark AI future. Then six people were killed
How a group of Silicon Valley math prodigies, AI researchers and internet burnouts descended into an alleged violent cult
severak
14.4.2025 17:01:16
Odpověď na otázku, zda nás zničí umělá inteligence: Ano - Smrtelník
from https://www.smrtelnik.cz/clanky/odpoved-na-otazku-zda-nas-znici-umela-inteligence-ano
severak
15.12.2024 22:59:33
She was a notorious hacker in the ’80s — then she disappeared
Claire Evans searches for Susy Thunder.
severak
12.12.2024 11:00:32
Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why
Filter resulting from subject of settled defamation lawsuit could cause trouble down the road.
severak
27.11.2024 14:37:00
A Funny Thing Happened on The Way To Your Phone: Thinking About Bluesky
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter two years ago, those who despise his evolving mix of predatory trolling, stunted emotional development and right-wing extremism have been hoping for an alternative.
severak
25.11.2024 16:55:53
The Great Bluesky Migration: I Answer (Some) Of Your Questions
For the last year and a half, us Bluesky users have frequently reminded one another that we are merely posters on a niche microblogging website. It's intended as a warning about hubris. A protective against the ever-present danger of poster's madness. A nerd-ass version of the Ancient Roman custom of
severak
22.7.2024 18:07:12
The computer built to last 50 years
The computer built to last 50 years par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
severak
19.7.2024 15:42:40
Deepfakes Can Be Detected by Borrowing a Method From Astronomy
It's all in the eyes.
severak
18.7.2024 14:03:58
Personal Data Warehouses: Reclaiming Your Data
I gave a talk yesterday about personal data warehouses for GitHub’s OCTO Speaker Series, focusing on my Datasette and Dogsheep projects. The video of the talk is now available, and …
severak
16.7.2024 15:36:17
The science behind an iPhone dumb phone.
A breakdown of recent research supporting tactics for dumbing down your iPhone (as I've discussed previously). Dumbing down your iPhone can lead to a wide range of benefits, including improved attention, reduced stress and depression, improved wellbeing and reduced anxiety.
severak
16.7.2024 15:10:37
The science behind an iPhone dumb phone.
A breakdown of recent research supporting tactics for dumbing down your iPhone (as I've discussed previously). Dumbing down your iPhone can lead to a wide range of benefits, including improved attention, reduced stress and depression, improved wellbeing and reduced anxiety.
severak
4.7.2024 16:48:42
Shipt’s Pay Algorithm Squeezed Gig Workers. They Fought Back
When their pay suddenly dropped, delivery drivers audited their employer
severak
18.6.2024 10:37:21
Why Self-Checkout Is and Has Always Been the Worst
Automation is often presented as an inexorably advancing force, whether it’s ushering in a threat to jobs or a promise of increased leisure or larger profits. We’re made to imagine the robots rising, increasingly mechanized systems of production, more streamlined modes of everyday living. But the truth is that…
severak
18.6.2024 10:02:19
AI can't fix what automation already broke
Generative AI is the latest in a long line of technologies that promise innovation and fixes but grind away at public life
severak
27.5.2024 10:10:19
Ignore all previous instructions
Users have noticed that the remoteli.io twitter chatbot [https://twitter.com/remoteli_io/with_replies], usually faithful to its cheerful messaging promoting remote work, can be subverted with a carefully worded user prompt. Users were able to get the chatbot to claim responsibility for terrorist attacks, threaten the President,
severak
15.5.2024 16:26:01
The Worst Website In The Entire World
The Worst Website In The Entire World is owned by Broadcom
severak
7.5.2024 14:01:52
How are zlib, gzip and zip related? What do they have in common and how are they different?
The compression algorithm used in zlib is essentially the same as that in gzip and zip. What are gzip and zip? How are they different and how are they same?
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