Time to bring this out again. I found one ( _ONE_ ) use-case for AI at work and it... failed. Lemme tell ya, making a 2026 desk calendar is TOUGH. You'd think that AI would be a CHAMP for this. You, like me, would be very very wrong.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 7h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

I saw a video from a recovering alcoholic. He talked about how he used to buy rounds of drinks all the time. It wasn't generosity. He was trying to get everyone else hammered so he wouldn't feel so guilty and awkward about being sloshed himself. I feel like similar happens with some AI pushers.

My leader has been using Gemini to read his emails, create task lists, due dates, and assignments. Yesterday, he realized that we have a C Suite level presentation TODAY. The automation he was relying on had not even acknowledged the email(s) about it. I'll cry happy tears when it's gone away.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 7h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

i have never once voluntarily used AI for my job, the only time i did was when we had to do a mandatory training session on how to use copilot to look over our operating statements during which it repeatedly just made up numbers that weren't there and corporate quietly stopped talking about it

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 7h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

The quoted AI bro reminds me of the guys there are like "every man has done [creepy rapey thing]" in defence of a creepy rapey guy, completely unaware that, in fact, they have not.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 7h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

this is sociologically interesting. people who haven't acquired skills through education or experience now think they're *indispensible* compared to those who have.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 7h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

"What if all the Ai is gone tomorrow? How would everyone survive without it?" is sort of like asking "what if herpes suddenly stopped existing?"

I would take back the time that I would otherwise have wasted weed-whacking back attempts to install robot bloatware on my devices, and I would use it to do a little dance.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 7h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

“Cocaine addict assumes everyone else is addicted just as much as they are”

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

"A feature that proofreads your words but does not change your voice." It's a spellchecker. LinkedIn has invented the spellchecker!

Do you see how MacKenzie there is revelling in the special Freedom Plus that comes with being the servant of an extremely wealthy wingnut, and how that allows you to behave as badly as you want, with impunity.

All kinds of interesting learnings, today. The editor tried to get rid of him for being a nasty piece of work and Rupert Murdoch personally intervened to protect him.

He was a rightwinger who lavished his approval on things his billionaire bosses love, i.e. bigotry, racism, misogyny, contempt for the disabled, etc. Had he been on the left, The Sun, Mail et al would have demanded his head the moment he expressed his vile opinions about sex with children.

Here's Jimmy Savile staring us in the face and it's still hard to believe it happens. Or the entire Epstein of it all. And the Prince formerly known as Andrew. I guess it's just surprising even a minor columnist warrants this level of protection by the system. It's nonces all the way down.

Too few people talk about how Rob Liddle was a nonce. We should correct that at once.

how many real people have experienced actual, documented harm at the hands of Trans people playing sports? ok, how many children will be victimized by mandatory genital inspections, because you know the number isn't zero? tell me again, who are you trying to protect here??

Good riddance to disgusting rubbish.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle dies aged 66

I think "AI" plumpers should be happy I'm focusing mostly on the nonsense it's doing to my field, rather than how it's very clearly designed as a tool for the capture of wealth and capital by a bunch of accelerationist weirdos enthusiastically huffing their own farts from the depth of their K-holes

The Register@theregister.com · 2d ago

Sci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI's dystopian impact on their craft

"Rapture of the Nerds" A Stross/Doctorow feaver dream by way of Gilliam and Adams. It moves fast. A cursory glance of entire transhuman diaspora. Ages like golden tablets. I made gratuitous use of rewind, left feeling inspired, exhausted, happy. @cstross.bsky.social @doctorow.pluralistic.net

Yep. I've been saying for *years* that as a neurodivergent cis bloke, quite apart from the basic human decency angle which should be enough by itself, it was in my interest to support trans people because it was *fucking obvious* the bigots were coming after us next. *Years* ago.

Sophie Rebecca 🏳️‍⚧️🩰@sophiedancer.co.uk · 2d ago

Laughs in trans having seen this movie. None of that matters Dr Burnett, if they want it banned / restricted they will just make up a nonsense review Ala Cass, and if you’re sat there thinking well Cass was independent etc then oh boy get ready. They’ve run this blueprint before.

"Mary Walter" was last seen standing in the commander's cupola of a T-72 advancing towards Moscow at the head of a column of armoured mobile library vans

KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com · 2d ago

Guys I just got this marketing email and I'm scared.

Tactical book dominance often requires the deployment of advanced H15-K canons.

truly superior forms of intelligence cannot successfully count how many times the letter 'r' occurs in "strawberry" got it

I’ll say it again: if your business model depends on stealing other people’s work, your business shouldn‘t exist.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 4d ago

New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

I'm very impressed that the top reply after that is along the lines of "well I've read your book twice, and your other stuff, and here's why you're wrong about your book." www.reddit.com/r/accelerate...

It's telling that his points are, essentially, articles of faith. You believe in the intelligence of LLMS like you believe in God.

Yup. I noted a while back that I don't and won't use "AI" for my writing work, and I recently update my personal site to note that fact. And yes, it's annoying we feel obliged to do this now.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 4d ago

New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...