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I don't understand how anyone can believe that we're near even a whiff of AGI when we barely understand what dreaming is, or how the human brain interacts with the quantum world. There are so many elements of human creativity that are still utterly hidden behind a wall that it makes me feel insane when an entire industry is convinced we're just magically going to have the answer soon.

The people heralding the emergence of AGI are doing little more than pushing Ponzi schemes along while simultaneously fueling vitriolic waves of hate and neo-luddism for a ground-breaking technology boom that could enhance everything about how we live our lives... if it doesn't get regulated into the ground due to the fear they're recklessly cooking up.

I've been wondering for awhile what keeps bad actors from using bots to upvote solutions that introduce malware, thereby poisoning LLMs and making them even more untrustworthy than they are currently. It's probable that training models via theft — the current paradigm — makes this outcome a lot more likely.

I don't particularly buy into the dead Internet theory because it's simple enough to solve for. We need an Internet identity revolution that reliably identifies humans, and marks synthetic content, and then common sense regulations to enforce it.

So... Dead Internet ahoy!

Not now please, for fuck's sake.

Buggy as hell. Proton Drive cost me a weekend and they lost me for life.

Of course we are and I suspect there are also an absolutely absurd number of Ponzi schemes underway as well.

As someone who leans heavily on emdashes, this has all been very annoying.

I only ever use mine for the face + notifications. The UX is godawful. I'd probably buy an Apple watch that only served to relay OTPs.

The Internet is fickle and full of dullards. It's always a toss of the dice.

I understand, but I also will not pay a subscription fee for limited service. I canceled as soon as I got this e-mail. Too bad I signed up for an annual subscription last month.

This is also exactly why I feel this industry is sitting atop a massive bubble.

Same boat. Feels like a nice, big bait & switch.

Dropped out in the eighth grade, taught myself, and I've been working as a SRE for the past decade or so. Have been working in tech for a little over 20 years.

"feature"

I'd love to live in a country where these apps are developed by the federal government as open source freeware tools for local governments to offer tip-free deliveries to citizens, and well paying jobs with good benefits.

Kagi rules for search, and they also have the best AI front end in my opinion.

Uninstalled warp, as the whole thing felt clunky and slow, and never even turned on the AI. You can accomplish everything it does with zsh + plugins without much fuss.

Things like this are funny to me, because it's probably what it felt like when someone entered an art contest using paint brushes when they first came out.