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Re:Don't be a meat proxy by BLKNSLVR on Monday August 03, 2026 @03:20AM (#49152298)
My giddy aunt.

Oh, for the testing required by any customer of any software vendor any time from now to forever more, as a result of the possibility of this level of irresponsible outsourcing of brain.

Enshittification is a new word/concept, but it seems we've already reached the potential for enshittification squared.

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Re:Don't be a meat proxy by varjag on Monday August 03, 2026 @03:41AM (#49152474)
Shitgularity is here, it's just unevenly smeared.

It is clear though that virtually all degradation we have is in human capital and social sphere against the background of staggering technical capability.

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Re:Don't be a meat proxy by smuemd on Monday August 03, 2026 @05:23AM (#49153286)
well put
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Re:Don't be a meat proxy by layer8 on Monday August 03, 2026 @07:46AM (#49154487)
> enshittification squared

I thought AI is an exponential?

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Re:Don't be a meat proxy by selimthegrim on Monday August 03, 2026 @06:18PM (#49162202)
a sigmoid as in sigmoid colon
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