When a writing org (or company providing services to authors) starts bleating about how great "AI" is, look to see which of their higher-ups has recently set themselves to profit by the grift.
CJ Ryan
@vitreouslight.bsky.social
Burnt out middle-aged tech nerd. Writer of things. Former senior full stack developer. Unrepentant Luddite. (he/him) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇮🇪 Go Marlins! ⚾️🏟️
Listen all you need to know about Séamas is that he’s the guy who got absolutely locked off his head on ketamine and then met Mary Robinson, he’s a legend in his own right and you best give him the respect he is owed
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 12h agoNow, I *am* a nobody but @seamas.bsky.social is a bestseller so surely Joanna is just showing herself up here.
I am so tired of people talking about AI when they clearly, CLEARLY have no goddamn idea what it is or how it works or how it’s been shoehorned into pre-existing sites and services.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 20h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
Not to be all “get off my lawn” but I was hot fixing code in nano off the command prompt, on live servers, before AI was even a glint in Sam Altman’s eye. And I’m not even unusual in that regard. Fucking weirdo probably doesn’t even know what var_dump() is
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 21h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Okay I’m gonna say it now: unless writers have a hard assurance from a publisher in their contract that no AI-based tools will be used on their manuscript, I believe 100% that manuscript is getting thrown into Copilot to proof it before publication.
@shaniquasworld.bsky.social hey I saw your PayPal request, did you get your thing sorted at the DMV? I’ll throw you another 20 if I get some money back in my account :/ kinda broke right now
Fun fact: I used to be able to sing Zombie EXACTLY like Dolores. Like that was my party piece. I’m also from Limerick so I even have the same accent as her
Dictionary of Irish Biography@dib.ie · yesterday#NewLives 'The voice of a saint trapped in a glass harp.’ From an early age, Dolores O’Riordan used her lyrics and songwriting to reflect and process her emotions; her words provided the framework for the band, but her voice that gave The Cranberries their unique sound. www.dib.ie/biography/or...
Sometimes I think every AI booster needs to have the Butlerian Jihad explained to them using short words, then I remember that the dumb bullshit computer scripts are about as AI as a version of Ride of the Valkyries recorded using only fart noises
The only reason I’d want Nazis to show up here is so they can be relentlessly bullied and then blocked into obscurity like the filth they are
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Every Bluesky Elder™️to newbies: "Block early, block often"
This is your regular reminder that Nazis are for punching
The Mouthy Renegade Writer@mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 4d agoTom Morello from Rage Against the Machine has it figured out. I couldn't agree more. Fuck fascism.
I don’t care how respected you are as a person, science educator, author, artist, etc. If I find out that you are using generative AI in any aspect of your work, you lose all of my respect.
I did a bunch of research on whatever Telus is doing with data centres in Vancouver and it turns out it's all very stupid. techenemy.com/a/3mrzdznx4g...
The Smoke Blowing Up Telus’s Ass
What exactly are they doing, as represented by "Stańczyk" by Jan Matejko.
techenemy.com
Listen, the pandemic was only a couple years ago. Yes it was surreal, but we do all remember that shit and how it played out. BC got off relatively lightly because of Dr. Bonnie Henry. I swear her and John Horgan kept us all sane because at least they sounded like adults doing their best.
I went to a remote island and walked to the top of it for this photo, please give me the appropriate number of likes
Story time: when my egg cracked, the first thing I did was haul my deranged ass to a Timmies so I could crash out while drinking horrible cheap coffee. I will NEVER set foot in one again unless they grovel for my filthy trans dollars.
Xtra @xtramagazine.com · last wk.Tim Hortons announced a collaboration with "Harry Potter" this week and that certainly is ... a choice
I wrote about how UBC has decided to force students to use a transcription app instead of actual human note-takers. This is probably not going to end well. techenemy.com/a/3mrrhqx6fi...
Transcribing for Fun and Profit
Our local university are making bad decisions, as represented by "Vanquished" by Emily Carr
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I’m on vacation in rural Ireland and all I can tell you about the Cliffs of Moher is that the wind here is like a constant one-way tornado that hates you. Cannot recommend
Number of days since Telus are at it again: 0 This time they're being misleading about the AI "supercomputer" they've built in Rimouski (hint: it's a not-very-good marketing stunt) techenemy.com/a/3mri6rjjrt...
This is not a supercomputer
Telus are a thorn in our side, as represented by "Self-Portrait" by Joseph Ducreaux
techenemy.com
Christ on a bike >< I'm going to get pilloried for this but what shitface here is doing is not plagiarism. Plagiarism is copyright infringement that requires an almost exact copy, not an emulation of someone's voice or style. Emulation is considered transformative and falls under fair use.
Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 2w agoNope. No, you haven’t.
JACKIE MITCHELL STRUCK OUT LOU GEHRIG AND BABE RUTH ONE AFTER THE OTHER, AND THE MLB DECIDED “WOMEN CAN’T PLAY BASEBALL” bunch of fucking COWARDS couldn’t handle getting their asses beat by a 17-year-old girl with astronomical talent
nude antifa goat@goat.sex · 2w agothe whole "women's sports exist to protect women from men" framing is hilarious, given that a lot of these divisions were initially formed because men were deeply embarrassed any time a woman beat them at a sport olympic shooting was mixed gender right up until a woman won the gold
HELL YES
No AI Vancouver@noaivancouver.bsky.social · 2w agoGood news: the rezoning for the Mt. Pleasant AI data centre has been referred back to staff, likely relaying the approval hearing until after the October election - due to "huge public interest"! Thanks to our friends at @cag938.bsky.social for the graphic! #Vancouver #VanPoli #NoAI #BigTech
2am and the temperature is above 20c and OF COURSE that means I can’t sleep.
I inadvertently became an expert on different styles of doing crochet. To my knowledge there is no one who knows more ways of doing crochet than me, between right and left handed, one-handed, traditional or throwing style, flicking, and then weirder stuff like crocheting backwards or with my feet
Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 2w agoOkay, my QUESTION OF THE DAY is… What is your weirdest actual accomplishment? Not the biggest necessarily…but the weirdest?
When their expensive toys get taken out with a BB gun, you know it’ll be really fucking funny right
404 Media@404media.co · 2w agoNew Orleans Police Department published a policy document allowing weaponized drones. This comes as the drone company's CEO went on @theverge.com's Decoder pod saying that the military could their weaponize drones if they wanted to. @mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/new-orleans-...