tropicalfruit

futures going to AI platforms built by AI coders with AI users and moderated by AI

it seems in history trajectories always continue although they take new forms

like maybe AI users will be renamed to something more palatable, agentic consumers.

not sure where the people will be. probably not somewhere good.

macos went from quirky-functional to performative-dysfunctional in line with society

i would NOT install this update

"high friction" is a good euphemism for modern tech in general, how it feels to use.

reminds me of when theresa may said UK would become a "hostile environment", because it really feels like that in more ways than she meant.

a high-friction hostile environment is a good description for life.

> where most things work out of the box

i really doubt this very much. i hope i am wrong.

torrent

i hope they can put some price pressure on other small form factor gaming pc

the asus rog nuc is extortionate pricing, and beelink are constantly raising their prices too now

> It’s funny how “ownership” in the digital world has become an illusion.

it's like every "innovation" now brings with it convenience at a higher cost and takes away ownership and often features

personally i'm quite sick of digital nothingness. its all transient.

i want to get more into real world things that have texture, weight and permanence.

the irony here is that you are studying AI and looking for work in AI,

presumably to reduce future jobs in the outer edges of the distribution curve

AI was a convenient vessel for shadow QE these last few years

Now, with rates falling, they can pivot the story - call it an AI bubble, let it crash

then use the crash as justification for renewed, open money printing

there was a clear timeline, each one enabled by the previous

...covid

...remote work

...moving away from HCOL areas

...quiet quitters

...layoffs

...RTO

...no jobs

workers got too much leverage and it had to be taken back.

"Major investor calls on Google owner to ‘aggressively’ cut staff and pay" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/15/major-inv... (2 years old)

why not?

seems like the entire US tech economy is putting their resources into this goal.

i can see it happening soon if it hasn't already

this is a symptom of labour oversupply

this is like if patrick bateman read the 4 hour work week

good writing. you should write a short story. i would read.

they're just tightening the noose.

don't you feel like everything is getting worse in some ways?

the delusion is to think you're special because you work for a big evil company.

> You will cause untold mental, physical and financial upheaval for many employees who now have to spend money on commuting, childcare, pet care, to name but a few.

as if they care.

why does it feel like the world is full of "explainers" and "rationalisers"

usually unintentionally pushing the accepted narrative

anytime something interest comes up everyone seems to try to downplay or explain it

the fact is even your explanation is wrong on some level

is this what they mean by eat your own dog food

AI just lets us do the same things but faster

if you had bad taste, your taste is just badder faster

i think this is why so far there hasnt been any real moment of innovation from AI

because its not doing anything new. same crap as before just faster

soon there will be entire new industries of "Bullshit Jobs" to keep the masses occupied

they rather pay people to sit in a room pressing a button every hour than have them loitering around on UBI

either that or in the pod

being able to spend stablecoins via paypal wallet seems convenient but i assume there is some ethereum sized fees that makes the whole thing redundant

nice gatekeeping

as if everything isn't just a copy of something else

these are the types who made the toxic hiring processes

for me buying switch 2 is like giving a key to my front door to nintendos lawyers

this issue has been going for 2 months

yeah all these "move to linux" posts i feel are virtue signalling. its bad advice for most imo.

> "95pc of companies were getting “zero return” on their AI investments"

seems like AGI is a MacGuffin or treasure at the end of a never ending rainbow

perfect for faceberg to pump his stock prices

seems like the main innovation of AI is as a funnel for thoughts and ideas and the capacity to control beliefs

> Me: Claude, write an app that predicts the future minute by minute using quantum states.

> Claude: Sure! (proceeds to instantly vomit out a react crud app where none of the buttons do anything)