etherphon
@etherphon@piefed.world
- Comment on Reddit stock falls for second day as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet 5 days ago:
Thanks haha, I was never really rah rah into reddit itself but it had a lot of cool niche subs for hobbies and such and that's where I spent most of my time not even in the default or political subs.
- Comment on Reddit stock falls for second day as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet 6 days ago:
For wishing an old man would have a heart attack and leave the world peacefully.
- Comment on Reddit stock falls for second day as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet 6 days ago:
Wasted 15 years on that site to be banned for one fucking comment, burn baby burn.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Ah somehow I thought we had passed that time, granted its been probably 40 years since I've seen the cartoon. I don't think I'll make it another 37 years lol.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
First no flying cars now this, the Jetsons really set me up for disappointment.
- Comment on YouTube will restore channels banned for COVID and election misinformation 2 weeks ago:
Great I will continue not using it.
- Comment on YouTube failed as a dating site. This one change altered its fortunes forever 2 weeks ago:
Cultural force? There is no culture today, it's all just recycled garbage.
- Comment on Stop Talking to Technology Executives Like They Have Anything to Say 3 weeks ago:
I assumed that's why they all started to get into drugs and burning man and all of that, to try to be interesting and cool.
- Comment on When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data 3 weeks ago:
Of course there's always lots of cool stuff going on in the fringes but as far as mainstream society goes with this consolidation of power and wealth and so many mergers eating up any decent competition it does seem pretty bleak. I've pretty much eschewed any new stuff from big tech for a while now, it's was very sad to watch the web turn into a place of such open and creative expression into what it is today full of rigid standards, bloated frameworks, bots, AI, endless advertising, bland design, spam, spam, spam, bacon, eggs and spam.
- Comment on When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data 3 weeks ago:
Those of you of a certain age like myself have to feel like you are eating crazy pills at the current state of things, it's almost like they are building some kind of... new.. world.. order. Something they fucking were talking about being some evil government/Democrat plot for decades now. What a ride. Did not see Trump at the head of it though.
- Comment on OpenAI Backs AI-Made Animated Feature Film 4 weeks ago:
The movies at Cannes don't even have to make sense really, it's a celebration of art, film, the spirit of human creativity, of humanity. It's a bit of a slap in the face imo.
- Comment on OpenAI Backs AI-Made Animated Feature Film 4 weeks ago:
I would hardly rate the Cannes film audience as the general public, these are people who have made movies their lives, I'm sure they will all welcome AI made movies lovingly. /s
- Comment on Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms 4 weeks ago:
There's no shortage of other ways to get it for an enterprising person, maybe a few extra clicks once you know where to go. That's likely one of the goals though, whitewashing the internet. It's such a massive business though, but maybe very fractured and independent.
- Comment on Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms 4 weeks ago:
If I have to verify myself I simply won't use it, I really don't care, there's nothing so important online that I need to prove my identity to see it. (Banking and shit like that aside of course). Social media? Give me a break I'm already over it before all this ID shit. I hope it all burns to the ground.
- Comment on Is AI Facing a Trough of Disillusionment? 4 weeks ago:
I remember when companies hung on to old technology for dear life as long as they possibly could. I'm pretty sure they were still making money then. Everyone hopping on these bandwagons and throwing tons of money at it for FOMO are bonkers, this stuff has barely been tested yet as far as productivity, effect on workers, mental health issues, the list goes on.. but I guess that's all fine.
- Comment on Tech companies pledge to ready Americans for an AI-dominated world 4 weeks ago:
I'm not becoming the fucking borg.
- Comment on How OnlyFans Piracy Is Ruining the Internet for Everyone | Innocent sites are being delisted from Google because of copyright takedown requests against rampant OnlyFans piracy. 5 weeks ago:
It's fuckin ruined already.
- Comment on FTC chair Andrew Ferguson warns Google not to filter or suppress emails sent by Republicans over Gmail 5 weeks ago:
Superb, fucking with the spam filters will make the transition away from gmail so much easier.
- Comment on Get to know the robot dog that can clean your house and serve you soda 1 month ago:
Nah I'm fine with doing this shit myself, this future is really for the laziest fucks.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 1 month ago:
Yeah! I want my internet run by a man baby who turns off your access if he doesn't like you!
- Comment on What happens when chatbots shape your reality? Concerns are growing online 1 month ago:
After watching what they did with social media you'd think everyone would give a bit of pause before swallowing another load from big tech but the people are guzzling it down, I have zero interest in being a beta tester for this dumb technology or talking to a machine.
- Comment on Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor 1 month ago:
Always wondered what happened to this guy after he gave up on stealing Pee Wee Herman's bicycle.
- Comment on Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface 1 month ago:
They're no Spinal Tap, for sure.
- Comment on Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface 1 month ago:
MORE pervasive? Everyone is already buried in their phones ffs.
- Comment on The New Yorker Asks: Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble? 1 month ago:
Is something really a boom when it's literally forced upon you unwillingly?
- Comment on Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them 1 month ago:
Give us the money or we fucks you up.
- Comment on Meet the AI vegans: They are choosing to abstain from using artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons. Maybe they have a point 1 month ago:
When the technology really gets beyond human comprehension and people are just guessing and throwing shit at the wall (or billions and billions of dollars), I think it's a sensible position to be a luddite.
- Comment on Big tech has spent $155 billion on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more 2 months ago:
And I haven't touched any of it.
- Comment on Are you worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline 2 months ago:
Agree, my child only uses dial up internet, I find that they don't have the patience for the page loading times and forget about streaming. /s
- Comment on Project Dystopia: How a Little-Known Non-Profit Has New Orleans Considering Mass, Real-Time Facial Recognition Surveillance 2 months ago:
AI-enhanced systems to comb through everything from facial recognition feeds and license plate readers to social media posts
Would be hilarious if it flagged Trump as dangerous because of all his unhinged rants but I'm sure he's on the whitelist, which I suppose is an apt name here.