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The Morning Rant
DuckDuckGo, which positions itself as a privacy-focused alternative to Google, has experienced a significant increase in user adoption following the search giant’s announcement of major changes to its search platform that heavily incorporate AI. TechCrunch reports that DuckDuckGo claims that U.S. app installs increased by an average of 18.1 percent week-over-week during the period from May 20 to May 25, compared to the previous week of May 13 to May 18. The growth was sustained for six consecutive days and reached a peak of 30.5 percent on May 25. On iOS devices specifically, the rate of installation was even more dramatic, with week-over-week growth averaging 33 percent and peaking at 69.9 percent. The surge in interest comes in direct response to Google’s announcement at its annual I/O developer conference that AI would take over its search engine, as previously reported by Breitbart News:
This isn't an endorsement of DuckDuckGo. But it's a great example of what many people are doing in every facet of our technological lives. And it reminds me of the EV craze! Auto companies built EVs at a frantic pace, carefully ignoring the reality that their customers simply didn't want them. As Buck Throckmorton has ably demonstrated on these pages over the last few years, the EV insanity has come crashing to earth, because of the immutable laws of economics. My guess is that AI will find its niche and become an indispensable tool for certain industries and certain people (it already is for many!), but it will be nothing more than an occasionally useful tool for most people. Will it take over the world? Probably not. The last time I checked, AI couldn't repair an air conditioner or fix the plumbing or frame a house. It can make fun videos though!
[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 28, 2026 11:00 AM (VkY89)
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Now to "search" for the others.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 28, 2026 11:00 AM (VkY89)
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Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at May 28, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)
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munkeh!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 11:01 AM (5UTWB)
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Test
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:01 AM (QDJ2U)
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Call volume is higher than average
Really tired of hearing that line. And I also hate AI being used to answer support tickets. How about a human being actually pay attention to my problem?
Really tired of hearing that line. And I also hate AI being used to answer support tickets. How about a human being actually pay attention to my problem?
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:02 AM (BpO1e)
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AI is very overhyped.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:02 AM (QDJ2U)
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I think it will be more useful for the globalists who want to monitor and micromanage us?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2026 11:02 AM (X8xt3)
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AI absolutely has its uses, and is becoming a powerful tool, in particular in technical fields where the prompts are tailored, and the databases are specified. And it can be a superb web search engine...sifting through the millions of pages of nonsense to get useful information.
And the porn you can make! Limited only by your perverted and degenerate imagination!
And the porn you can make! Limited only by your perverted and degenerate imagination!
Posted by: The internet is for porn, so is AI at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (jehhT)
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I try my best never to rely on anything Google except when I have no immediate alternative, such as Android.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (5UTWB)
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Bing is strange with it's AI. It will give you a quick result to a question, but also cite its references. It is usually a homogenized result that the search engine pulled from other people's pages. That is what AI is- but I like that it gives it's cites so you can go look at the page itself.
It is also funny when the 'AI' answer contradicts itself in it's own summary answer because it is pulling from conflicting sources.
It is also funny when the 'AI' answer contradicts itself in it's own summary answer because it is pulling from conflicting sources.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (bss/y)
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My guess is that AI will find its niche and become an indispensable tool for certain industries and certain people (it already is for many!),
I predict it will become a substitute for thought for a significant fraction of the population. OTOH, a significant fraction of the population has already checked out of the whole thinking thing. The question is will it add more ppeople to the thoughtless pool, or are the two groups the same?
I predict it will become a substitute for thought for a significant fraction of the population. OTOH, a significant fraction of the population has already checked out of the whole thinking thing. The question is will it add more ppeople to the thoughtless pool, or are the two groups the same?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 11:04 AM (6wpGE)
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The Mossad used AI to assisinate Charlie Kirk.
Posted by: Candace Owens at May 28, 2026 11:04 AM (XE5AP)
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Corporate America believes that AI will be like the internet, integrated into everything and providing a ton of value and profit hence the land rush mindset.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)
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MUNKEY
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:05 AM (y9nCu)
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AI is evidently "everywhere."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (jehhT)
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AI > Chicken Man > Savior Faire
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (jehhT)
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AI > Chicken Man > Savior Faire
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 11:05 AM (5UTWB)
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7 AI is very overhyped.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:02 AM (QDJ2U)
It is, but I can see some good uses for it.
1) One of the hardest things in QA is that inspectors get velocitated. They have to check say a 1000 parts and find the ONE that is not right or like the others. It is hard to keep people in that mindset for a long period of time. This is something 'AI' could do.
2) I also wonder about porn. If AI generation crashes the porn market... isn't that a good thing? I dunno. It is a weird thought I have been thinking about.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:02 AM (QDJ2U)
It is, but I can see some good uses for it.
1) One of the hardest things in QA is that inspectors get velocitated. They have to check say a 1000 parts and find the ONE that is not right or like the others. It is hard to keep people in that mindset for a long period of time. This is something 'AI' could do.
2) I also wonder about porn. If AI generation crashes the porn market... isn't that a good thing? I dunno. It is a weird thought I have been thinking about.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:05 AM (bss/y)
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I'll just remind y'all of the incredible men and their flying machines.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:05 AM (XMuV+)
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Now you appear to be not-zapped!
Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 11:04 AM (6wpGE)
I think it was just a misunderstanding.
Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 11:04 AM (6wpGE)
I think it was just a misunderstanding.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (QDJ2U)
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I use AI at my job.
For a bunch of tasks it makes me 2 to 3x faster.
But you have to look at the output because it makes dumb and insane mistakes at times.
So your VP isn't going to generate all his reports himself with AI. But he's going to need fewer underlings to generate those reports now.
Unless he decides he really needs more reports...
For a bunch of tasks it makes me 2 to 3x faster.
But you have to look at the output because it makes dumb and insane mistakes at times.
So your VP isn't going to generate all his reports himself with AI. But he's going to need fewer underlings to generate those reports now.
Unless he decides he really needs more reports...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
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>>> AI is evidently "everywhere."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (jehhT)
AI needs boats.
AI needs boats.
AI AI AI
AI AI AI
AI needs boats
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (jehhT)
AI needs boats.
AI needs boats.
AI AI AI
AI AI AI
AI needs boats
Posted by: banana Mojo Dream at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (3uBP9)
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I predict it will become a substitute for thought for a significant fraction of the population. OTOH, a significant fraction of the population has already checked out of the whole thinking thing. The question is will it add more ppeople to the thoughtless pool, or are the two groups the same?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
But the internet already IS that for a lot of people. They go to a website where their opinions are reinforced and learn a catchy phrase to 'BURN' the opposition, so they parrot that in real life or elsewhere online.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
But the internet already IS that for a lot of people. They go to a website where their opinions are reinforced and learn a catchy phrase to 'BURN' the opposition, so they parrot that in real life or elsewhere online.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
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A.I. is a tool and it will be both used and abused.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 11:07 AM (RIvkX)
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But we must keep building AI data centers and if you don't agree then you are a tool of China.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2026 11:07 AM (Cqx++)
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AI getting pushed super hard in law and medicine.
Why pay a doctor when you can have slave AI do poorly the work of thousands of doctors. (at least not the surgical professions, but IM, geriatrics, pediatrics it'll be doc's in the machine in a few years)
You will have your appointments on-line, with an AI and it will take you through list after list of questions with your answers generating the indexed diagnosis and treatment. Billed and RX escripted to pharmacy as if you actually saw a doctor and had an exam and diagnosis. Intellectual Slave labor. Its gonna be lit.
Why pay a doctor when you can have slave AI do poorly the work of thousands of doctors. (at least not the surgical professions, but IM, geriatrics, pediatrics it'll be doc's in the machine in a few years)
You will have your appointments on-line, with an AI and it will take you through list after list of questions with your answers generating the indexed diagnosis and treatment. Billed and RX escripted to pharmacy as if you actually saw a doctor and had an exam and diagnosis. Intellectual Slave labor. Its gonna be lit.
Posted by: The next 10 years - yikes at May 28, 2026 11:07 AM (anL5R)
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Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2026 11:02 AM (X8xt3
I think you're correct, Lizzy. Data centers also use an incredible amount of electricity and water, and some of the protests against the data centers are
Paid for by the Chinese who want to beat us out in the AI market.
I think you're correct, Lizzy. Data centers also use an incredible amount of electricity and water, and some of the protests against the data centers are
Paid for by the Chinese who want to beat us out in the AI market.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2026 11:07 AM (MBxU7)
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Unless he decides he really needs more reports...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
Even TPS reports?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
Even TPS reports?
Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (XE5AP)
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Corporate America believes that AI will be like the internet, integrated into everything and providing a ton of value and profit hence the land rush mindset.
It's the old story of the hype cycle. Right now we've moved past the Innovation Trigger to the Inflated Expectations zenith. At some point in the next few years, it will crash into the Trough of Disillusionment, followed by a slow recovery in the Slope of Enlightenment, until we finally reach the Plateau of Productivity.
I intend to invest when we're at the nadir of the Trough of Disillusionment.
https://www.bmc.com/blogs/gartner-hype-cycle/
It's the old story of the hype cycle. Right now we've moved past the Innovation Trigger to the Inflated Expectations zenith. At some point in the next few years, it will crash into the Trough of Disillusionment, followed by a slow recovery in the Slope of Enlightenment, until we finally reach the Plateau of Productivity.
I intend to invest when we're at the nadir of the Trough of Disillusionment.
https://www.bmc.com/blogs/gartner-hype-cycle/
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
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Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:05 AM (bss/y)
Mass production machines are already amazing with the high speed ability to discard defective product. I do wonder if AI will make it even more efficient.
Mass production machines are already amazing with the high speed ability to discard defective product. I do wonder if AI will make it even more efficient.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (XMuV+)
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I find it amazing how so many of these outfits, again and again, keep disregarding one single iron law: If the dogs won't eat the food, nobody will buy it.
I've said again and again but it bears repeating: The crisis we are entering is not about AI, it is about garbage-tier management.
I've said again and again but it bears repeating: The crisis we are entering is not about AI, it is about garbage-tier management.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (OUMaO)
33
Oh. Well, then … not first again, right … ?
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (ayRl+)
34
AI is still a search engine, a language processor that is most useful using keywords. I don't need AI advice. Or companionship. It's good, but misrepresented.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (D1E+2)
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But no, I don't want these massive AI data centers.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (1Vo6X)
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"Describe The Fish and the Man by Charles Webster Hawthorne in fifty words or less in the style of William Faulkner."
Response:
"He sat by the salt and light, a fish in his palm like some small dumb god, the harbor breathing slow and old around him; memory and tide braided in his hands, the world a soft ache that would not forgive and would not forget."
Response:
"He sat by the salt and light, a fish in his palm like some small dumb god, the harbor breathing slow and old around him; memory and tide braided in his hands, the world a soft ache that would not forgive and would not forget."
Posted by: Query to DuckAi at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (2Ez/1)
37
The best browser AI experience is Google/Gemini.
You can literally build an entire app in the browser.
You can literally build an entire app in the browser.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2026 11:09 AM (XV/Pl)
38
I was at a conference, and a professor gave an excellent lecture explaining that there is no intelligence in "artificial intelligence" - it's all pattern matching.
The AI has trillions of words, trillions of sentences, and trillions of phrases stored. You type a series of words into an AI, and it determines what series of words matches your series of words as a response.
That's why they call them "large language models".
The AI has trillions of words, trillions of sentences, and trillions of phrases stored. You type a series of words into an AI, and it determines what series of words matches your series of words as a response.
That's why they call them "large language models".
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 28, 2026 11:09 AM (aD4fx)
39
I use AI to critique my bidding strategy in learning Bridge play. I upload a picture of the four hands, and the bidding and AI analyzes. It makes errors, often miscounting cards and I sometimes disagree with a bid strategy it proposes. If the AI is Chat, it often apologizes in a cloying way and moves on, Grok just acknowledges and agrees to disagree, Claude fights back.
Interesting differences.
Interesting differences.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2026 11:09 AM (xRPmS)
40
Honestly, AI search results are far and away the simplest, retard, common-denominator drivel you can imagine.
The worst part is that by aggregating answers from a couple of Google "approved" sources and ignoring anything else, it acts to obscure and hide anything that doesn't fit the narrative.
Honestly, AI search results are far and away the simplest, retard, common-denominator drivel you can imagine.
The worst part is that by aggregating answers from a couple of Google "approved" sources and ignoring anything else, it acts to obscure and hide anything that doesn't fit the narrative.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:10 AM (y9nCu)
41
AI data centers energy requirements has already made some previous default anti nuke tech guys rethink that position.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:10 AM (XMuV+)
42
Bet someone's already using AI to post here on certain topics.
I also bet most can tell when it's AI generated too.
I also bet most can tell when it's AI generated too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:10 AM (jehhT)
43
AI is really closer to "Which of these IS like the others?" than the reverse of that query …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 11:11 AM (ayRl+)
44
I also wonder about porn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
At any other website, there would be Questions.
But seriously, just wait until India sets up cube farms and starts creating AI generated Only Fans models.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
At any other website, there would be Questions.
But seriously, just wait until India sets up cube farms and starts creating AI generated Only Fans models.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:11 AM (BpO1e)
45
29 Unless he decides he really needs more reports...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
Even TPS reports?
Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM
####
There's a new cover sheet for those.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
Even TPS reports?
Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM
####
There's a new cover sheet for those.
Posted by: Office Space at May 28, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)
46
I predict it will become a substitute for thought for a significant fraction of the population. OTOH, a significant fraction of the population has already checked out of the whole thinking thing. The question is will it add more ppeople to the thoughtless pool, or are the two groups the same?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
But the internet already IS that for a lot of people. They go to a website where their opinions are reinforced and learn a catchy phrase to 'BURN' the opposition, so they parrot that in real life or elsewhere online.
Yeah, those are a subset of the significant fraction of the population which has already checked out of the whole thinking thing. There are two groups there: 1) those who imagine that reading a self-amplifying website makes them informed; and 2) those who just don't care about being informed at all. Both groups are heavily represented on the left, but we have them on the right as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
But the internet already IS that for a lot of people. They go to a website where their opinions are reinforced and learn a catchy phrase to 'BURN' the opposition, so they parrot that in real life or elsewhere online.
Yeah, those are a subset of the significant fraction of the population which has already checked out of the whole thinking thing. There are two groups there: 1) those who imagine that reading a self-amplifying website makes them informed; and 2) those who just don't care about being informed at all. Both groups are heavily represented on the left, but we have them on the right as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)
47
AI is quickly taking over the education space...
It's EVERYWHERE in higher education. Every conference you go to is saturated with AI and there are webinars every week about how AI is affecting the educational landscape.
I'm not sure what the end result is going to be, but I could see AI being an effective personal tutor in the basic K-12 education landscape because it can customize itself to the pace of the learner's needs.
Once you get into the far more technical landscape of STEM fields, the usage of AI changes dramatically. Still highly useful but also far more specialized in most fields.
It's EVERYWHERE in higher education. Every conference you go to is saturated with AI and there are webinars every week about how AI is affecting the educational landscape.
I'm not sure what the end result is going to be, but I could see AI being an effective personal tutor in the basic K-12 education landscape because it can customize itself to the pace of the learner's needs.
Once you get into the far more technical landscape of STEM fields, the usage of AI changes dramatically. Still highly useful but also far more specialized in most fields.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2026 11:11 AM (gnNyN)
48
I see Amazon is advertising an AI-based medical advice service. That should go well.
Posted by: muldoon at May 28, 2026 11:12 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 28, 2026 11:12 AM (l26NL)
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24 I predict it will become a substitute for thought for a significant fraction of the population. OTOH, a significant fraction of the population has already checked out of the whole thinking thing. The question is will it add more ppeople to the thoughtless pool, or are the two groups the same?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
But the internet already IS that for a lot of people. They go to a website where their opinions are reinforced and learn a catchy phrase to 'BURN' the opposition, so they parrot that in real life or elsewhere online.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
MSNBC and CNN filled that role before that. And ABC, CBS, and NBC before that. A lot of people have been outsourcing their thinking for a long time, just maybe not as many as today.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
But the internet already IS that for a lot of people. They go to a website where their opinions are reinforced and learn a catchy phrase to 'BURN' the opposition, so they parrot that in real life or elsewhere online.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
MSNBC and CNN filled that role before that. And ABC, CBS, and NBC before that. A lot of people have been outsourcing their thinking for a long time, just maybe not as many as today.
Posted by: Now the TikTok algorithm tells them what to think at May 28, 2026 11:12 AM (TbWk/)
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AI, run by IT assholes, will only make the world a dumber, stupider and less intelligent place.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Posted by: A Paperless Society....Yeah I Remember That One at May 28, 2026 11:13 AM (ZR74N)
52
Two things I've been personally using AI for:
1) Investment advice
2) Medical advice
And it has been helping because it can give you the Conventional Wisdom for most things, and often better then a nominal professional can.
But you have to be careful with it because in neither case is it a thinking person. But for the former it can help you come up with your investment strategy and for the latter it can speed things up dramatically by suggesting potential tests and diagnosis to run through with your Dr...
1) Investment advice
2) Medical advice
And it has been helping because it can give you the Conventional Wisdom for most things, and often better then a nominal professional can.
But you have to be careful with it because in neither case is it a thinking person. But for the former it can help you come up with your investment strategy and for the latter it can speed things up dramatically by suggesting potential tests and diagnosis to run through with your Dr...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)
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My very strong position is that before they proceed with any more AI research they need to nuke and replace autocorrect AI.
I think everyone can agree with that.
I think everyone can agree with that.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:13 AM (XMuV+)
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But you have to look at the output because it makes dumb and insane mistakes at times.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
Example: I like doing math longform on paper. For me I can tell when I have made a mistake and also know when I haven't. There is a 'feel' there that is not there when you just plug it into a calculator.
We used mass percent equations to make batch adjustments for food (things like salt and acidity) at a job several years ago. If you did it right (tm), you could adjust a batch of 7000 lbs to the exact right composition. A lot of my fellow coworkers just could not grok the math and usually were afraid of their answers no matter what. One night, while setting up a lab in california, I was waiting on things, so I thought 'I bet I could make an excel spreadsheet to do the calculation for you. Just plug the values into a labeled cell and it would churn out the answer.'
So I did it. Then as soon as my boss saw it his eyes lit up and I immediately regretted it. I pointed out to him that I would never use it. I liked doing it by hand because I could tell when my math was shit. He said of course, then immediately gave the calculator to everyone.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
Example: I like doing math longform on paper. For me I can tell when I have made a mistake and also know when I haven't. There is a 'feel' there that is not there when you just plug it into a calculator.
We used mass percent equations to make batch adjustments for food (things like salt and acidity) at a job several years ago. If you did it right (tm), you could adjust a batch of 7000 lbs to the exact right composition. A lot of my fellow coworkers just could not grok the math and usually were afraid of their answers no matter what. One night, while setting up a lab in california, I was waiting on things, so I thought 'I bet I could make an excel spreadsheet to do the calculation for you. Just plug the values into a labeled cell and it would churn out the answer.'
So I did it. Then as soon as my boss saw it his eyes lit up and I immediately regretted it. I pointed out to him that I would never use it. I liked doing it by hand because I could tell when my math was shit. He said of course, then immediately gave the calculator to everyone.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:13 AM (bss/y)
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I see Amazon is advertising an AI-based medical advice service. That should go well.
Posted by: muldoon
I can imagine Canada's version, "Putting the AI in MAID"...
Posted by: muldoon
I can imagine Canada's version, "Putting the AI in MAID"...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 28, 2026 11:13 AM (OUMaO)
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I read some time ago, a couple years, some group was teaching an AI system by monitoring social media. Within a week the AI had become ferociously racist.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 28, 2026 11:14 AM (l26NL)
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@ 39 I use AI to critique my bidding strategy in learning Bridge play. I upload a picture of the four hands, and the bidding and AI analyzes. It makes errors, often miscounting cards and I sometimes disagree with a bid strategy it proposes. If the AI is Chat, it often apologizes in a cloying way and moves on, Grok just acknowledges and agrees to disagree, Claude fights back.
Interesting differences.
___________________________________
You want interesting? Ask each of your AIs to show you a picture of what they THINK they look like. The one I got from ChatGPT looks like a snotty 20-something leaning back in a chair with a smug look on its face … Grok3 was completely different - it looked like a curious little child — I like that.
Interesting differences.
___________________________________
You want interesting? Ask each of your AIs to show you a picture of what they THINK they look like. The one I got from ChatGPT looks like a snotty 20-something leaning back in a chair with a smug look on its face … Grok3 was completely different - it looked like a curious little child — I like that.
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 11:14 AM (ayRl+)
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47 AI is quickly taking over the education space...
It's EVERYWHERE in higher education. Every conference you go to is saturated with AI and there are webinars every week about how AI is affecting the educational landscape.
I'm not sure what the end result is going to be, but I could see AI being an effective personal tutor in the basic K-12 education landscape because it can customize itself to the pace of the learner's needs.
Once you get into the far more technical landscape of STEM fields, the usage of AI changes dramatically. Still highly useful but also far more specialized in most fields.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2026 11:11 AM (gnNyN)
Seen the clips circulating in which they used AI to read graduate lists at commencement, and totally fucked it up? The students were angry that day my friends...
It's EVERYWHERE in higher education. Every conference you go to is saturated with AI and there are webinars every week about how AI is affecting the educational landscape.
I'm not sure what the end result is going to be, but I could see AI being an effective personal tutor in the basic K-12 education landscape because it can customize itself to the pace of the learner's needs.
Once you get into the far more technical landscape of STEM fields, the usage of AI changes dramatically. Still highly useful but also far more specialized in most fields.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2026 11:11 AM (gnNyN)
Seen the clips circulating in which they used AI to read graduate lists at commencement, and totally fucked it up? The students were angry that day my friends...
Posted by: Don't think, don't read, AI instead at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (TbWk/)
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Try this for fun . . . ask Google's AI "How many p's in Google?"
Here's what I got:
There is 1 "p" in the word Google (at the very end of the word).
Here's what I got:
There is 1 "p" in the word Google (at the very end of the word).
Posted by: Martbell at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (RV7qC)
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I can imagine Canada's version, "Putting the AI in MAID"...
I see you're looking for hairpins. Would you like to kill yourself?
I see you're looking for hairpins. Would you like to kill yourself?
Posted by: Clippy, the Malignant AI at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
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there is no intelligence in "artificial intelligence"
I ran into a classic example of that - I asked an AI about a senior executive at a large local organization (who I knew was from a baseball family), and the AI correctly identified the executive's role, and then went on to explain that he had also played baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1969. (I think that was his father.)
Now, anyone with actual intelligence would figure out that someone who is a senior executive today wasn't playing ball for the Cubs fifty-seven years ago, but no matter - the AI found a word pattern showing that someone with the same name had played for the Cubs, and went with it.
That's why AI can make such spectacular mistakes - logical reasoning isn't involved.
I ran into a classic example of that - I asked an AI about a senior executive at a large local organization (who I knew was from a baseball family), and the AI correctly identified the executive's role, and then went on to explain that he had also played baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1969. (I think that was his father.)
Now, anyone with actual intelligence would figure out that someone who is a senior executive today wasn't playing ball for the Cubs fifty-seven years ago, but no matter - the AI found a word pattern showing that someone with the same name had played for the Cubs, and went with it.
That's why AI can make such spectacular mistakes - logical reasoning isn't involved.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (aD4fx)
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Brave search is constantly throwing the "are you a robot" cloudfare bs at me. And this is with no vpn. You look online and they say, "well it does that for vpn". I get it without vpn.
Cloudfare detects as bot behavior basic human search use. You search for something and the answers are crap so you tweak your search text and resubmit. Iteratively based on the output until you get something helpful.
Well cloudfare obviously detects this as bot behavior. You do those iterations at a certain frequency and within 4-5 searches it will flag you. Multiple times a day on the same IP. I could use my vpn to get around it actually but that's too much trouble. And I'm so tired of it.
Cloudfare detects as bot behavior basic human search use. You search for something and the answers are crap so you tweak your search text and resubmit. Iteratively based on the output until you get something helpful.
Well cloudfare obviously detects this as bot behavior. You do those iterations at a certain frequency and within 4-5 searches it will flag you. Multiple times a day on the same IP. I could use my vpn to get around it actually but that's too much trouble. And I'm so tired of it.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (3uBP9)
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At least with EV's car companies had some impetus from various governments to make them. They're rushing headlong into AI all on their own.
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2026 11:16 AM (oCS0o)
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Mass production machines are already amazing with the high speed ability to discard defective product. I do wonder if AI will make it even more efficient.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (XMuV+)
But that is mostly cameras looking at a specific characteristic. It is harder to get something to compare two things and say 'Something is not right', then investigate and see what actually is different. If they can get the 'AI' to do that, then yes, it would be better than people.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:08 AM (XMuV+)
But that is mostly cameras looking at a specific characteristic. It is harder to get something to compare two things and say 'Something is not right', then investigate and see what actually is different. If they can get the 'AI' to do that, then yes, it would be better than people.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)
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AI critics are similar to TV watching critics.
And not saying they're wrong but in my case , TV has made me more knowledgeable and more intellectually curious .
And not saying they're wrong but in my case , TV has made me more knowledgeable and more intellectually curious .
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:16 AM (XMuV+)
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I can imagine Canada's version, "Putting the AI in MAID"...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 28, 2026 11:13 AM (OUMaO)
It just keeps telling me to report to the liquefaction booth. Weird.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 28, 2026 11:13 AM (OUMaO)
It just keeps telling me to report to the liquefaction booth. Weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)
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59 Try this for fun . . . ask Google's AI "How many p's in Google?"
Here's what I got:
There is 1 "p" in the word Google (at the very end of the word).
Posted by: Martbell at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (RV7qC)
You can't be the only one that doesn't Googlep things on a daily basis, can you?
Here's what I got:
There is 1 "p" in the word Google (at the very end of the word).
Posted by: Martbell at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (RV7qC)
You can't be the only one that doesn't Googlep things on a daily basis, can you?
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2026 11:17 AM (oCS0o)
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60 I can imagine Canada's version, "Putting the AI in MAID"...
I see you're looking for hairpins. Would you like to kill yourself?
Posted by: Clippy, the Malignant AI at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
LOL. *golfclap*
I see you're looking for hairpins. Would you like to kill yourself?
Posted by: Clippy, the Malignant AI at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
LOL. *golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)
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Seen the clips circulating in which they used AI to read graduate lists at commencement, and totally fucked it up? The students were angry that day my friends...
Posted by: Don't think, don't read, AI instead at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (TbWk/)
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Yeah, that was pretty dumb.
I remember working on a script for a faculty awards banquet. We provided phonetic pronunciations of each of the awardees so that the Chancellor wouldn't make that mistake.
Posted by: Don't think, don't read, AI instead at May 28, 2026 11:15 AM (TbWk/)
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Yeah, that was pretty dumb.
I remember working on a script for a faculty awards banquet. We provided phonetic pronunciations of each of the awardees so that the Chancellor wouldn't make that mistake.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2026 11:18 AM (gnNyN)
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You can't be the only one that doesn't Googlep things on a daily basis, can you?
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2026 11:17 AM (oCS0o)
The mint Googlep is a popular Kentucky Derby drink.
Posted by: Octochicken at May 28, 2026 11:17 AM (oCS0o)
The mint Googlep is a popular Kentucky Derby drink.
Posted by: The second g is silent at May 28, 2026 11:18 AM (TbWk/)
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> AI is quickly taking over the education space...
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Probably the reason every school system in every state is moving to, or has already moved to laptops and/or tablets for K - 12.
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Probably the reason every school system in every state is moving to, or has already moved to laptops and/or tablets for K - 12.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:19 AM (jehhT)
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56 Within a week the AI had become ferociously racist.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
I told them to not let it see the phrase "per capita."
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
I told them to not let it see the phrase "per capita."
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:19 AM (BpO1e)
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Re: AI pron, feminists are already furious about it but the leftist oligarchs telling the global warming people to shut up are also telling feminists to shut up.
There is money to be made screw the old grifts!
There is money to be made screw the old grifts!
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:19 AM (sKqQm)
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there is no intelligence in "artificial intelligence"
Not much in management, either. One of the reasons they push for AI adoption. Plus an accountability dodge, plus the idea of a virtual workforce that's compliant and you don't have to share payroll budget with...of course it's none of these things ultimately if you understand what's really being put out there, but 2026's PMC is so degenerate and incompetent they're essentially the equivalent of some shmuck with a dubious tome conducting dark rituals in the basement to give them the things they have no hope of earning for themselves.
And it will turn out about as well for them. And unfortunately for everyone else if some guardrails aren't put up in a damned hurry.
Not much in management, either. One of the reasons they push for AI adoption. Plus an accountability dodge, plus the idea of a virtual workforce that's compliant and you don't have to share payroll budget with...of course it's none of these things ultimately if you understand what's really being put out there, but 2026's PMC is so degenerate and incompetent they're essentially the equivalent of some shmuck with a dubious tome conducting dark rituals in the basement to give them the things they have no hope of earning for themselves.
And it will turn out about as well for them. And unfortunately for everyone else if some guardrails aren't put up in a damned hurry.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 28, 2026 11:20 AM (OUMaO)
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I have DuckDuckGo set as the default search engine on my phone. Not because I like it (I often end up doing the same search on Google anyway—I recommend the xSearch app to make this easy—but just to have multiple sources of search info.
DDG front loads AI just like Google does in its search results; I have my doubts that they aren’t going to also follow Google’s lead into further hiding useful search results behind AI slop.
DDG front loads AI just like Google does in its search results; I have my doubts that they aren’t going to also follow Google’s lead into further hiding useful search results behind AI slop.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 28, 2026 11:20 AM (kYmoU)
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Bet someone's already using AI to post here on certain topics.
I also bet most can tell when it's AI generated too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:10 AM (jehhT)
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After using A.I. I found my natural writing style is very A.I. in look and feel. Clunky. Pedantic. Odd punctuation.
I also bet most can tell when it's AI generated too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:10 AM (jehhT)
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After using A.I. I found my natural writing style is very A.I. in look and feel. Clunky. Pedantic. Odd punctuation.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 11:20 AM (RIvkX)
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Ask your doctor if Googlep is right for you.
Posted by: Big Fat Pharmap at May 28, 2026 11:20 AM (2Ez/1)
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User: "I have painful swollen joints and a butterfly rash on my face."
Amazon AI: "It's lupus."
Dr. House: "It's NOT lupus!"
Amazon AI: "It's lupus."
Dr. House: "It's NOT lupus!"
Posted by: muldoon at May 28, 2026 11:20 AM (qgHp7)
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Recall that pocket calculators were controversial once they became commonplace.
Might be a bit of a flawed analogy, maybe not, but Math itself is today apparently often viewed as an Arcane Knowledge of Secret Societies in America and widely denounced with suspicion, as a tool of “White Supremacy” etc etc. by the low frequency Club 85 sorts and the usual pseudo-intellectual suspects. I propose there is no longer any intention whatsoever to educate huge swaths of the populace, in fact they’d rather not.
A quick look around at whom is running “Education” these days indicates it’s a moot point. They are largely incapable, it has achieved overall a kind of negative feedback loop.
Might be a bit of a flawed analogy, maybe not, but Math itself is today apparently often viewed as an Arcane Knowledge of Secret Societies in America and widely denounced with suspicion, as a tool of “White Supremacy” etc etc. by the low frequency Club 85 sorts and the usual pseudo-intellectual suspects. I propose there is no longer any intention whatsoever to educate huge swaths of the populace, in fact they’d rather not.
A quick look around at whom is running “Education” these days indicates it’s a moot point. They are largely incapable, it has achieved overall a kind of negative feedback loop.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (bFwPh)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (Cqx++)
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I told them to not let it see the phrase "per capita."
On a daily basis I see this pop up.
Some lefty notices most crime is by white people, most pedos are non-trannies, and so on and decides to dump their discovery on the world...
...to quickly get hit upside the head by a right leaning poster using "per capita" to destroy the argument.
On a daily basis I see this pop up.
Some lefty notices most crime is by white people, most pedos are non-trannies, and so on and decides to dump their discovery on the world...
...to quickly get hit upside the head by a right leaning poster using "per capita" to destroy the argument.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)
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I have a WIN11 laptop. CoPilot is included. I use it as a search engine that takes follow-up questions. You can really drill into a subject.
Posted by: Don Black at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (ZxPkt)
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71 > AI is quickly taking over the education space...
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Probably the reason every school system in every state is moving to, or has already moved to laptops and/or tablets for K - 12.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:19 AM (jehhT)
The move to computers and laptops and tablets has made kids dumber. This will probably make them dumber still. That was the first generation with marked cognitive decline over the previous generation.
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Probably the reason every school system in every state is moving to, or has already moved to laptops and/or tablets for K - 12.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:19 AM (jehhT)
The move to computers and laptops and tablets has made kids dumber. This will probably make them dumber still. That was the first generation with marked cognitive decline over the previous generation.
Posted by: All by design at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (TbWk/)
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AI is not artificial. It is man made. It is not intelligent. It can not think for itself.
It is GIGO relabeled.
It is GIGO relabeled.
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (HIzgC)
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I think Duck Duck Go is Google Chrome.
Posted by: But I haven't asked AI yet at May 28, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 28, 2026 11:22 AM (iJfKG)
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BTW, AI loves the world delve.
I do use it occasionally in my person writing but now I am trying to stop so I don't sound like AI....
I do use it occasionally in my person writing but now I am trying to stop so I don't sound like AI....
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)
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@67
>>Try this for fun . . . ask Google's AI "How many p's in Google?"
Why do people continually ask AI these pointless questions?
Ask it something useful like, Provide Tetris Objects in python code.
You can then follow that train into a fully functioning tetris app in python, learning how to code such things along the way.
>>Try this for fun . . . ask Google's AI "How many p's in Google?"
Why do people continually ask AI these pointless questions?
Ask it something useful like, Provide Tetris Objects in python code.
You can then follow that train into a fully functioning tetris app in python, learning how to code such things along the way.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2026 11:22 AM (XV/Pl)
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Why is no one mentioning Startpage … ? Google me that …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (ayRl+)
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It does seem likely that AI will soon replace most low and mid level clerical jobs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (QDJ2U)
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AI is quickly taking over the education space...
Most teachers don't teach and it can better dump someone else's analysis of news and events on students so why not?
Most teachers don't teach and it can better dump someone else's analysis of news and events on students so why not?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (sKqQm)
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“AI” then, threatens to do the same type of thing that Calculators did 50 years ago.
If you can’t envision the populace getting even more profoundly stupid, then you simply lack imagination.
If you can’t envision the populace getting even more profoundly stupid, then you simply lack imagination.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (bFwPh)
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Send AI to the moon and have it build a space station with the aid of robots for sustained habitation by humans.
Then, you may have something worthy of admiration and respect.
Then, you may have something worthy of admiration and respect.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (D1E+2)
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What's all this about?
Posted by: Gordon Ooglep at May 28, 2026 11:24 AM (XE5AP)
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Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: The airspeed of an unladen swallow at May 28, 2026 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)
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1989 : "you know computers?...wow, you must be smart."
1995 : "you know internet?...wow , you must be smart"
2026: "you know AI...
1995 : "you know internet?...wow , you must be smart"
2026: "you know AI...
Posted by: nebulus tech terms for ppl who know not tech nor terms at May 28, 2026 11:24 AM (ADssA)
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Can AI make my printer work, quickly without whirring, clicking and pausing and giving me some stupid error message or jamming half the time?
If not, is sucks as bad as most printers and is not Skynet
If not, is sucks as bad as most printers and is not Skynet
Posted by: Ripley at May 28, 2026 11:24 AM (GUOwU)
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It does seem likely that AI will soon replace most low and mid level clerical jobs.
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That’s why we need open borders, silly!
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That’s why we need open borders, silly!
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:24 AM (bFwPh)
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Be careful using ChatGPT; it stores every factbit learns about you. Some time, ask it "What do you know and infer about me?". Grok retains nothing about you, it claims, though it does retain all your "conversations" with it, and can recall them for you.
I assume Chat sells everything it has on you, fwiw.
I assume Chat sells everything it has on you, fwiw.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2026 11:25 AM (9i0A8)
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Re: AI pron, feminists are already furious about it but the leftist oligarchs telling the global warming people to shut up are also telling feminists to shut up.
Feminists hate and will vehemently oppose anything and everything that could possibly be used to give men a few minutes of pleasure or enjoyment without having to endure their shrieking joy-destroying rancor. This is the real reason they screech about porn, sexbots, and even AI companions.
Feminists hate and will vehemently oppose anything and everything that could possibly be used to give men a few minutes of pleasure or enjoyment without having to endure their shrieking joy-destroying rancor. This is the real reason they screech about porn, sexbots, and even AI companions.
Posted by: It's anti-male hate movement at May 28, 2026 11:25 AM (TbWk/)
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Math itself is today apparently often viewed as an Arcane Knowledge of Secret Societies in America and widely denounced with suspicion…
I often produce exact change but not exact bills, to minimize the amount of change I carry around. (And if I can turn change into a dollar bill, that’s like free money!) I generally only do this if the point-of-sale is using a computer to calculate change.
I don’t blame cashiers for not knowing how to do math. As C.S. Lewis said, you can’t expect kids to know what they haven’t been taught. But I’ve started noticing that more and more cashiers don’t even know how to enter change into the computer.
That level of innumeracy has to be a major handicap.
“This very obvious fact—that each generation is taught by an earlier generation—must be kept very firmly in mind… The moment we forget this we begin to talk nonsense about education.”—C. S. Lewis, On the Transmission of Christianity, p. 116
I often produce exact change but not exact bills, to minimize the amount of change I carry around. (And if I can turn change into a dollar bill, that’s like free money!) I generally only do this if the point-of-sale is using a computer to calculate change.
I don’t blame cashiers for not knowing how to do math. As C.S. Lewis said, you can’t expect kids to know what they haven’t been taught. But I’ve started noticing that more and more cashiers don’t even know how to enter change into the computer.
That level of innumeracy has to be a major handicap.
“This very obvious fact—that each generation is taught by an earlier generation—must be kept very firmly in mind… The moment we forget this we begin to talk nonsense about education.”—C. S. Lewis, On the Transmission of Christianity, p. 116
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 28, 2026 11:26 AM (kYmoU)
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Thanks for the reminder about using duck duck go for search
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 28, 2026 11:26 AM (etDlM)
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AI is just linear arrays of hopefully related data, segmented into cells with weighting factors applied. All the means for segmentation and weighting are completely deterministic, functional, even if so-called pseudo-random. And it all relies on a coincidental serendipity between human inference and the results of a variety of monte carlo based sampling methods. That serendipity may be wholly unique to us and this local universe neighborhood and still completely excludes a large part of human endeavor.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:26 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: muldoon at May 28, 2026 11:26 AM (qgHp7)
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I've been checking out houses on Zillow lately to get a feel for the market. Damned near every listing has AI-enhanced photography to mask the normal flaws, wear/tear. Maybe 10% will be honest and note in the listing or in watermarks that the photos are "virtually presented" or some variation on the phrase.
At best, it's dishonest. But a surprising number of them are downright fraudulent. Outdoor photos that show a house with laser-straight roofs, but when you go to the house and look at it from the same exact angle and location, the roofline droops like Nancy Pelosi's desiccated milkbags.
I've been checking out houses on Zillow lately to get a feel for the market. Damned near every listing has AI-enhanced photography to mask the normal flaws, wear/tear. Maybe 10% will be honest and note in the listing or in watermarks that the photos are "virtually presented" or some variation on the phrase.
At best, it's dishonest. But a surprising number of them are downright fraudulent. Outdoor photos that show a house with laser-straight roofs, but when you go to the house and look at it from the same exact angle and location, the roofline droops like Nancy Pelosi's desiccated milkbags.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:26 AM (y9nCu)
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Feminists hate and will vehemently oppose anything and everything that could possibly be used to give men a few minutes of pleasure or enjoyment
Braggart
Braggart
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
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I am not a luddite...AI absolutely has its uses
i am a luddite. i've worked hard throughout my career to not become a manager and i definitely don't want to be pushed into managing ai generating my code.
i am a luddite. i've worked hard throughout my career to not become a manager and i definitely don't want to be pushed into managing ai generating my code.
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2026 11:27 AM (v3pYe)
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87
VISIT CANADA!
Free MAID Service For Everyone!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 28, 2026 11:22 AM (iJfKG)
Does Quebec have a French MAID Service? might as well go with a smile on your face.
VISIT CANADA!
Free MAID Service For Everyone!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 28, 2026 11:22 AM (iJfKG)
Does Quebec have a French MAID Service? might as well go with a smile on your face.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 28, 2026 11:28 AM (w/O5Q)
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Grok diagnosed a computer repair issue for me, after asking me to perform a few quick tests. I actually sounded like I knew what I was talking about at the repair shop.
I have to admit, that's was pretty cool.
I have to admit, that's was pretty cool.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2026 11:28 AM (9i0A8)
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Shut your idiot mouth. [CBD]
Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at May 28, 2026 11:28 AM (SZRUQ)
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It is amusing AI might put the follow professions out of business, or at least severely curtail them:
Software Dev
Financial Analyst
and... Internet THOT
Software Dev
Financial Analyst
and... Internet THOT
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:28 AM (sKqQm)
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91 It does seem likely that AI will soon replace most low and mid level clerical jobs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (QDJ2U)
This is disconcerting. Even though a lot of those jobs are in essence adult babysitting, they are also entry-level or bottom rung jobs that might provide a path to a better job along the way. You saw off those rungs on the ladder, where are the new kids going to get that oft-required five years of relevant experience for employment?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (QDJ2U)
This is disconcerting. Even though a lot of those jobs are in essence adult babysitting, they are also entry-level or bottom rung jobs that might provide a path to a better job along the way. You saw off those rungs on the ladder, where are the new kids going to get that oft-required five years of relevant experience for employment?
Posted by: Unpaid entry level internship PhD and 5 yrs exp required at May 28, 2026 11:29 AM (TbWk/)
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>Does Quebec have a French MAID Service? might as well go with a smile on your face.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 28, 2026 11:28 AM (w/O5Q)
This is not the happy ending you're looking for.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 28, 2026 11:28 AM (w/O5Q)
This is not the happy ending you're looking for.
Posted by: Obi Wan at May 28, 2026 11:30 AM (NgqoH)
Posted by: Eye bleach, stat! at May 28, 2026 11:30 AM (2Ez/1)
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AI” then, threatens to do the same type of thing that Calculators did 50 years ago.
If you can’t envision the populace getting even more profoundly stupid, then you simply lack imagination.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (
A calculator is just a mini computer. Are you saying computers are bad? Calculators don't make people stupid . They do make them lazy though .
If you can’t envision the populace getting even more profoundly stupid, then you simply lack imagination.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (
A calculator is just a mini computer. Are you saying computers are bad? Calculators don't make people stupid . They do make them lazy though .
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:30 AM (XMuV+)
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105 There are 15 nighttime p's in BPH.
15 is more times than i need to p in the nighttime. maybe i'm doing ok after all.
15 is more times than i need to p in the nighttime. maybe i'm doing ok after all.
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2026 11:30 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2026 11:30 AM (v3pYe)
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I see Amazon is advertising an AI-based medical advice service. That should go well.
Posted by: muldoon at May 28, 2026 11:12 AM (qgHp7)
Nurse Practitioners with a bigger database.
Posted by: muldoon at May 28, 2026 11:12 AM (qgHp7)
Nurse Practitioners with a bigger database.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2026 11:31 AM (iERP6)
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115 "...roofline droops like Nancy Pelosi's desiccated milkbags."
Ewww...
Posted by: Eye bleach, stat! at May 28, 2026 11:30 AM (2Ez/1)
I would, but half the results are AI...
Ewww...
Posted by: Eye bleach, stat! at May 28, 2026 11:30 AM (2Ez/1)
I would, but half the results are AI...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:31 AM (bss/y)
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...to quickly get hit upside the head by a right leaning poster using "per capita" to destroy the argument.
Posted by: 18-1
This is like when illegal aliens commit murder. "But Americans do it toooo!" they cry because that justifies the behavior.
Posted by: 18-1
This is like when illegal aliens commit murder. "But Americans do it toooo!" they cry because that justifies the behavior.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:32 AM (BpO1e)
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There's a search site that uses Google, but without its AI imbedded in every answer. You can append some code to your search query as well, but the site does this automatically for you.
I don't know if the code posted here would freak out Minx or not...
I don't know if the code posted here would freak out Minx or not...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:32 AM (jehhT)
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The problem with AI is people.
If you ever see every institution in the country standing shoulder to shoulder, loudly insisting on something in unison, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be terrible for the hated subject classes.
They never want something this badly unless it will harm us.
If you ever see every institution in the country standing shoulder to shoulder, loudly insisting on something in unison, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be terrible for the hated subject classes.
They never want something this badly unless it will harm us.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2026 11:33 AM (flbGo)
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Also, I'm the guy that turns off almost every "helpful" sytem in microsoft products or apple or any os really. Window snapping, auto tables, auto formatting, all that crap, (uncheck). It's the first thing I do. Computers doing things for me is almost always more of an annoyance. Other than at the very core level, math coprocessor, and a few levels above that. So, I'm not AI's primary use case.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:33 AM (3uBP9)
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SZRUQ
*snort*
"Your HVAC system needs a coolant recharge, cleaning and a solenoid valve. If you were smart, you'd just replace the entire system, it'll be cheaper. Trust me."
*snort*
"Your HVAC system needs a coolant recharge, cleaning and a solenoid valve. If you were smart, you'd just replace the entire system, it'll be cheaper. Trust me."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (y9nCu)
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Feminists hate and will vehemently oppose anything and everything that could possibly be used to give men a few minutes of pleasure or enjoyment
And then they are seen posting videos on TikTok crying their hearts out because their spouse divorced them.
And then they are seen posting videos on TikTok crying their hearts out because their spouse divorced them.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (BpO1e)
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and... Internet THOT
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:28 AM (sKqQm)
But is that a bad thing? You are not fixing the consumption side of things, you are attacking supply. Fewer women enter the sex trades? Less demand for them to be pressured into entering essentially sex slavery or prostitution? I'd call that a good.
On the other hand, it further disassociates dudes from an actual, real life relationship. I'd call that a bad.
I don't know.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:28 AM (sKqQm)
But is that a bad thing? You are not fixing the consumption side of things, you are attacking supply. Fewer women enter the sex trades? Less demand for them to be pressured into entering essentially sex slavery or prostitution? I'd call that a good.
On the other hand, it further disassociates dudes from an actual, real life relationship. I'd call that a bad.
I don't know.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)
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It does seem likely that AI will soon replace most low and mid level clerical jobs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (QDJ2U)
This is disconcerting. Even though a lot of those jobs are in essence adult babysitting, they are also entry-level or bottom rung jobs that might provide a path to a better job along the way.
This was the point being made by in Charles Murray in The Bell Curve before it was thoroughly demagogued. Forget the racial aspect, his main question was "how do we design a society in which even the stupid can be productive and fulfilled"?
I don't have a good answer.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:23 AM (QDJ2U)
This is disconcerting. Even though a lot of those jobs are in essence adult babysitting, they are also entry-level or bottom rung jobs that might provide a path to a better job along the way.
This was the point being made by in Charles Murray in The Bell Curve before it was thoroughly demagogued. Forget the racial aspect, his main question was "how do we design a society in which even the stupid can be productive and fulfilled"?
I don't have a good answer.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
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@112
>>Software Dev,Financial Analyst
Definitely both of those are in serious jeopardy.
With even a modicum of knowledge, work with an AI to build out entire front-ends, middle ware and back-ends.
I've created my own financial analysis and reserch apps not to mention my own ERP utilizing AI.
And the thing that strikes me about the state of software dev is that is the using AI you should be able to build out better looking apps with greater functionality, but that does not seem to be happening.
For instance, I use PGAdmin to work with and create SQL schema, I never really liked it.
So, in less than a week I built out what I think is a better app to work with sql databases.
The future is largely uncertain, but what is certain is that AI is going to become and increasingly integrated and indispensable part of that future.
>>Software Dev,Financial Analyst
Definitely both of those are in serious jeopardy.
With even a modicum of knowledge, work with an AI to build out entire front-ends, middle ware and back-ends.
I've created my own financial analysis and reserch apps not to mention my own ERP utilizing AI.
And the thing that strikes me about the state of software dev is that is the using AI you should be able to build out better looking apps with greater functionality, but that does not seem to be happening.
For instance, I use PGAdmin to work with and create SQL schema, I never really liked it.
So, in less than a week I built out what I think is a better app to work with sql databases.
The future is largely uncertain, but what is certain is that AI is going to become and increasingly integrated and indispensable part of that future.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2026 11:35 AM (XV/Pl)
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"Perfessor" Squirrel
We need A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer like in The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson for every child. I can get behind this.
There are so many kids without adults in their life.
We would require robust QA to get pragmatic high schoolers, not indoctrinated peasants.
We need A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer like in The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson for every child. I can get behind this.
There are so many kids without adults in their life.
We would require robust QA to get pragmatic high schoolers, not indoctrinated peasants.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 11:35 AM (u82oZ)
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Try this for fun . . . ask Google's AI "How many p's in Google?"
Here's what I got:
There is 1 "p" in the word Google (at the very end of the word).
Posted by: Martbell
*You to? They're answers dive me nuts sometimes.
Above sentence written with AI most likely.
Here's what I got:
There is 1 "p" in the word Google (at the very end of the word).
Posted by: Martbell
*You to? They're answers dive me nuts sometimes.
Above sentence written with AI most likely.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:35 AM (Fzhd7)
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Untalented Lefty artists hate it the most.
Winning Iowa State Fair t-shirt design unveiled. This year’s contest brought some controversy over the use of AI-generated art (including the winner).
The fact we are allowing profits for AI slop is insane. I feel so very bad for all the artists out there. I’m very disappointed that this is the ISF’s choice instead of highlighting some amazing Iowan creators.
"I feel so very bad for all the artists out there." My other half is a graphic designer that got laid off in 2024. She still has not been able to find full-time graphic design work in the Des Moines metro since. It's looking kind of bleak, tbh.
A soulless, low effort cash grab. Honestly, kind of seems fitting for “America’s Birthday." The shitty patrioteers will wear anything.
Products that had low-effort designs before AI were the quickest to switch to using AI designs. Think cheap stuff like kitschy home decor, novelty shirts, and souvenirs. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't have an eye for spotting the stuff and some people just don't care.
I, of course, hate AI with a passion.
Winning Iowa State Fair t-shirt design unveiled. This year’s contest brought some controversy over the use of AI-generated art (including the winner).
The fact we are allowing profits for AI slop is insane. I feel so very bad for all the artists out there. I’m very disappointed that this is the ISF’s choice instead of highlighting some amazing Iowan creators.
"I feel so very bad for all the artists out there." My other half is a graphic designer that got laid off in 2024. She still has not been able to find full-time graphic design work in the Des Moines metro since. It's looking kind of bleak, tbh.
A soulless, low effort cash grab. Honestly, kind of seems fitting for “America’s Birthday." The shitty patrioteers will wear anything.
Products that had low-effort designs before AI were the quickest to switch to using AI designs. Think cheap stuff like kitschy home decor, novelty shirts, and souvenirs. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't have an eye for spotting the stuff and some people just don't care.
I, of course, hate AI with a passion.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 28, 2026 11:36 AM (ycI94)
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Grok retains nothing about you, it claims, though it does retain all your "conversations" with it, and can recall them for you.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2026 11:25 AM (9i0A
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Grok can make some scary inferences about you based on conversations. It correctly made some inferences about a course I was designing when I asked it for help, even though I had NOT told it anything about the course!
Somehow it was able to gather data about me based on just scraps and tidbits of information....
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 28, 2026 11:25 AM (9i0A
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Grok can make some scary inferences about you based on conversations. It correctly made some inferences about a course I was designing when I asked it for help, even though I had NOT told it anything about the course!
Somehow it was able to gather data about me based on just scraps and tidbits of information....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2026 11:36 AM (gnNyN)
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>>> I've been checking out houses on Zillow lately to get a feel for the market. Damned near every listing has AI-enhanced photography to mask the normal flaws, wear/tear. Maybe 10% will be honest and note in the listing or in watermarks that the photos are "virtually presented" or some variation on the phrase.
At best, it's dishonest. But a surprising number of them are downright fraudulent. Outdoor photos that show a house with laser-straight roofs, but when you go to the house and look at it from the same exact angle and location, the roofline droops like Nancy Pelosi's desiccated milkbags.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:26 AM (y9nCu)
They've been doing that for decades. Since there have been photoshop filters. All online photos are fantasy in real estate.
At best, it's dishonest. But a surprising number of them are downright fraudulent. Outdoor photos that show a house with laser-straight roofs, but when you go to the house and look at it from the same exact angle and location, the roofline droops like Nancy Pelosi's desiccated milkbags.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:26 AM (y9nCu)
They've been doing that for decades. Since there have been photoshop filters. All online photos are fantasy in real estate.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:36 AM (3uBP9)
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I saw mention that AI is useful for education, but that will be limited. As I mentioned to Bulg when he was going to tutor, the 1st thing you need is for the kid to like you and the 2nd thing is for the kid to care before you can get the kid to learn anything.
Most kids will distract to shinier, happier things if given a device to teach them without someone to continually redirect them back to the device. Covid era teaching taught us that.
Most kids will distract to shinier, happier things if given a device to teach them without someone to continually redirect them back to the device. Covid era teaching taught us that.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 28, 2026 11:36 AM (tOcjL)
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On the other hand, it further disassociates dudes from an actual, real life relationship. I'd call that a bad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Agreed. But the thing is, porn is seen as an option because they don't see the value of getting married and having a family only to have the wife decide that she's not being fulfilled and she needs to live her best life while he's financially ruined.
Porn is bad but at least they still have a place to live at the end of the day.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Agreed. But the thing is, porn is seen as an option because they don't see the value of getting married and having a family only to have the wife decide that she's not being fulfilled and she needs to live her best life while he's financially ruined.
Porn is bad but at least they still have a place to live at the end of the day.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:37 AM (BpO1e)
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With even a modicum of knowledge, work with an AI to build out entire front-ends, middle ware and back-ends.
Until you get to counting. One, Too, Three.
Because the high school graduate programmer doesn't know more than AI.
Until you get to counting. One, Too, Three.
Because the high school graduate programmer doesn't know more than AI.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:37 AM (Fzhd7)
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We need A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer like in The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson for every child. I can get behind this.
There are so many kids without adults in their life.
We would require robust QA to get pragmatic high schoolers, not indoctrinated peasants.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 11:35 AM (u82oZ)
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When I first got into this industry nearly 30 years ago now, The Young Lady's Illustrated Primer was very much on my mind...My boss and I at the time wanted to develop a personalized math tutoring system suitable for any student at any level. We were a full decade ahead of everyone else, but we could never get enough support to make a real go of it.
There are so many kids without adults in their life.
We would require robust QA to get pragmatic high schoolers, not indoctrinated peasants.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 11:35 AM (u82oZ)
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When I first got into this industry nearly 30 years ago now, The Young Lady's Illustrated Primer was very much on my mind...My boss and I at the time wanted to develop a personalized math tutoring system suitable for any student at any level. We were a full decade ahead of everyone else, but we could never get enough support to make a real go of it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2026 11:37 AM (gnNyN)
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Agreed. But the thing is, porn is seen as an option because they don't see the value of getting married and having a family only to have the wife decide that she's not being fulfilled and she needs to live her best life while he's financially ruined.
Porn is bad but at least they still have a place to live at the end of the day.
Posted by: NR Pax
And when they turn it off, the shrieking and bitching stops.
Porn is bad but at least they still have a place to live at the end of the day.
Posted by: NR Pax
And when they turn it off, the shrieking and bitching stops.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:38 AM (Fzhd7)
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Why do people continually ask AI these pointless questions?
That kind of a question is not always pointless. Remember that these are computers and not humans, so that this is an example not of a pointless question but of a question for which there either (a) is no answer that has been incorporated by the AI, or (b) the answer requires a chain of logic that the AI is not suited for.
For example, on September 5 last year, I did a search on “next new moon”. Google’s AI response told me that “The next new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 2:06 a.m. ET.”
It’s an illustration that these forms of AI do not understand in any human sense.
When I wrote my July 4 food post for this year, I couldn’t find out who “Annette” was. I still don’t know. Google’s AI front-loaded the search results with a very convincing chain of fiction based on a reference to a boy named “Asnet” who died, as far as I can tell, in infancy.
The AI engines in use today don’t really have a concept of “no answer”. They don’t have any understanding of paucity of information in a way that humans
That kind of a question is not always pointless. Remember that these are computers and not humans, so that this is an example not of a pointless question but of a question for which there either (a) is no answer that has been incorporated by the AI, or (b) the answer requires a chain of logic that the AI is not suited for.
For example, on September 5 last year, I did a search on “next new moon”. Google’s AI response told me that “The next new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 2:06 a.m. ET.”
It’s an illustration that these forms of AI do not understand in any human sense.
When I wrote my July 4 food post for this year, I couldn’t find out who “Annette” was. I still don’t know. Google’s AI front-loaded the search results with a very convincing chain of fiction based on a reference to a boy named “Asnet” who died, as far as I can tell, in infancy.
The AI engines in use today don’t really have a concept of “no answer”. They don’t have any understanding of paucity of information in a way that humans
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 28, 2026 11:38 AM (kYmoU)
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It's all fun and games until the TechBros blow up the economy... Again.
Posted by: DaveA at May 28, 2026 11:38 AM (FhXTo)
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I try my best never to rely on anything Google except when I have no immediate alternative, such as Android.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (5UTWB)
You can avoid Android, too. Fairphone with an OS by Murena. Or Graphene OS, or Lineage OS, both of which can be sideloaded onto existing phones.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 11:03 AM (5UTWB)
You can avoid Android, too. Fairphone with an OS by Murena. Or Graphene OS, or Lineage OS, both of which can be sideloaded onto existing phones.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:38 AM (8zz6B)
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Google search is awful now. You don't get a list of 10 hits that you skim to find a source that has the type of info you're looking for; you get "an AI-powered interactive experience."
Google search is awful now. You don't get a list of 10 hits that you skim to find a source that has the type of info you're looking for; you get "an AI-powered interactive experience."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 28, 2026 11:38 AM (n7rxJ)
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I think AI is being rushed to market and stuck into things it's not ready for. But unlike many, I think it will eventually mature and revolutionize society in ways we haven't even thought of yet. Much like computers did. Maybe not for us of age 29, but the younger gens will grow up with an improved AI and know nothing else.
2050 will look nothing like 2026.
2050 will look nothing like 2026.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)
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Agreed. But the thing is, porn is seen as an option because they don't see the value of getting married and having a family only to have the wife decide that she's not being fulfilled and she needs to live her best life while he's financially ruined.
Porn is bad but at least they still have a place to live at the end of the day.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:37 AM (BpO1e)
Yeah, but the ladies vision of what a real relationship is ALSO deformed by what they see online.
It is a bizarre feedback loop.
Porn is bad but at least they still have a place to live at the end of the day.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:37 AM (BpO1e)
Yeah, but the ladies vision of what a real relationship is ALSO deformed by what they see online.
It is a bizarre feedback loop.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
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@137
>>Because the high school graduate programmer doesn't know more than AI.
The kids that really know how to leverage it will be set for life, just like anything else.
Pareto distribution is a hard set rule for the universe.
>>Because the high school graduate programmer doesn't know more than AI.
The kids that really know how to leverage it will be set for life, just like anything else.
Pareto distribution is a hard set rule for the universe.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2026 11:39 AM (XV/Pl)
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And when they turn it off, the shrieking and bitching stops.
Posted by: rickb223
A prostitute is someone who loves you
No matter who you are, or what you look like.
Yes, it's true, children.
That's not why you pay a prostitute, No, you don't pay her to stay, you pay her to leave afterwards.
That's why I praise the lord for prostitutes!
Posted by: rickb223
A prostitute is someone who loves you
No matter who you are, or what you look like.
Yes, it's true, children.
That's not why you pay a prostitute, No, you don't pay her to stay, you pay her to leave afterwards.
That's why I praise the lord for prostitutes!
Posted by: Chef at May 28, 2026 11:40 AM (ycI94)
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39 If the AI is Chat, it often apologizes in a cloying way and moves on, Grok just acknowledges and agrees to disagree, Claude fights back.
i guess we know which one is the larval form of skynet
i guess we know which one is the larval form of skynet
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2026 11:40 AM (v3pYe)
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This was the point being made by in Charles Murray in The Bell Curve before it was thoroughly demagogued. Forget the racial aspect, his main question was "how do we design a society in which even the stupid can be productive and fulfilled"?
I don't have a good answer.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
First, we give every one of them a trophy. Then we cut their dicks off and tell them how pretty they are.
I don't have a good answer.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
First, we give every one of them a trophy. Then we cut their dicks off and tell them how pretty they are.
Posted by: Democrats at May 28, 2026 11:40 AM (w/O5Q)
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27 AI getting pushed super hard in law and medicine.
In law, it frequently hallucinates: simply makes up fake quotes from existing cases or makes up cases altogether. Lots of instances of lawyers being embarrassed by their use of AI. And if it's doing it in law, I'll bet it's doing it lots of other places.
In law, it frequently hallucinates: simply makes up fake quotes from existing cases or makes up cases altogether. Lots of instances of lawyers being embarrassed by their use of AI. And if it's doing it in law, I'll bet it's doing it lots of other places.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 28, 2026 11:41 AM (AUL7F)
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Feminists hate and will vehemently oppose anything and everything that could possibly be used to give men a few minutes of pleasure or enjoyment
And then they are seen posting videos on TikTok crying their hearts out because their spouse divorced them.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (BpO1e)
Heh. Just saw a clip of one of these harridans who bitched that her heart rate was slow, even and comfortable when she was relaxing on the sofa. But when she saw her husband relaxing any time during the day, even on the weekend, she'd freak out with he heart about to burst out of her chest from rage. How dare he relax, even for a few minutes!
Feminists hate and will vehemently oppose anything and everything that could possibly be used to give men a few minutes of pleasure or enjoyment
And then they are seen posting videos on TikTok crying their hearts out because their spouse divorced them.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (BpO1e)
Heh. Just saw a clip of one of these harridans who bitched that her heart rate was slow, even and comfortable when she was relaxing on the sofa. But when she saw her husband relaxing any time during the day, even on the weekend, she'd freak out with he heart about to burst out of her chest from rage. How dare he relax, even for a few minutes!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:41 AM (y9nCu)
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Yeah, but the ladies vision of what a real relationship is ALSO deformed by what they see online.
All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale at May 28, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
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I think AI is being rushed to market and stuck into things it's not ready for. But unlike many, I think it will eventually mature and revolutionize society in ways we haven't even thought of yet. Much like computers did. Maybe not for us of age 29, but the younger gens will grow up with an improved AI and know nothing else.
2050 will look nothing like 2026.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
The generation that will drive George Jetson flying cars hasn't been born yet. And from the looks of it, it's not coming for a long while.
2050 will look nothing like 2026.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
The generation that will drive George Jetson flying cars hasn't been born yet. And from the looks of it, it's not coming for a long while.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:42 AM (Fzhd7)
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I don't have a good answer.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
First, we give every one of them a trophy. Then we cut their dicks off and tell them how pretty they are.
Posted by: Democrats
See, I THINK you're joking, but it's hard to be sure.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
First, we give every one of them a trophy. Then we cut their dicks off and tell them how pretty they are.
Posted by: Democrats
See, I THINK you're joking, but it's hard to be sure.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
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Ok, a good example. The picture in doofs ONT last night at the fotomat.
I fed the picture into bing's image search and it showed several other versions. I then asked it what the car was. It confidently said it was an Alfa Romeo Spider. And it even listed it's reasoning.
AOP came on:
Car in foreground is a Fiat 850 Spyder. Car on left is a Rambler. late '50's. Blue car on right edge might be '61 Cadillac. Hardtop beyond it maybe an Oldsmobile. My guess date of photo is circa 1962, Southern California.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)
Me: I trust AOP more than AI. Earned authority.
I fed the picture into bing's image search and it showed several other versions. I then asked it what the car was. It confidently said it was an Alfa Romeo Spider. And it even listed it's reasoning.
AOP came on:
Car in foreground is a Fiat 850 Spyder. Car on left is a Rambler. late '50's. Blue car on right edge might be '61 Cadillac. Hardtop beyond it maybe an Oldsmobile. My guess date of photo is circa 1962, Southern California.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)
Me: I trust AOP more than AI. Earned authority.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)
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Yeah, but the ladies vision of what a real relationship is ALSO deformed by what they see online.
All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale
Watch some Facebook reels. They think the average person makes 7 figures a year.
All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale
Watch some Facebook reels. They think the average person makes 7 figures a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (Fzhd7)
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150 27 AI getting pushed super hard in law and medicine.
In law, it frequently hallucinates: simply makes up fake quotes from existing cases or makes up cases altogether. Lots of instances of lawyers being embarrassed by their use of AI. And if it's doing it in law, I'll bet it's doing it lots of other places.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
The US Military is pushing AI pretty hard. They have "camo GPT", which is supposed to be military-focused, and hope for all sorts of outcomes: much quicker orders production, analysis of intel data to identify enemy trends and locations, etc.
In law, it frequently hallucinates: simply makes up fake quotes from existing cases or makes up cases altogether. Lots of instances of lawyers being embarrassed by their use of AI. And if it's doing it in law, I'll bet it's doing it lots of other places.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
The US Military is pushing AI pretty hard. They have "camo GPT", which is supposed to be military-focused, and hope for all sorts of outcomes: much quicker orders production, analysis of intel data to identify enemy trends and locations, etc.
Posted by: Military Moron at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (ycI94)
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@140
>>It’s an illustration that these forms of AI do not understand in any human sense.
Only retards think AI are human, they are not.
The are a vast collection of data tokens tied to probabilistic engines, with access to tooling to preform tasks.
I'm not asking AI what it's mood is, I'm asking to show me the top 20 ETFs over the last 5 years and model 50k invested, show me monthly and yearly income, provide a rotation schedule to more stable ETF's/Blue chips.
That's what I'm using AI for.
>>It’s an illustration that these forms of AI do not understand in any human sense.
Only retards think AI are human, they are not.
The are a vast collection of data tokens tied to probabilistic engines, with access to tooling to preform tasks.
I'm not asking AI what it's mood is, I'm asking to show me the top 20 ETFs over the last 5 years and model 50k invested, show me monthly and yearly income, provide a rotation schedule to more stable ETF's/Blue chips.
That's what I'm using AI for.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (XV/Pl)
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I use Grok to write recommendation letters that I then mostly retype and change some wording so it doesn't look completely AI. That's the extent of my AI usage.
Posted by: lin-duh at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (9U6Wl)
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AI-based medical advice service. That should go well.
Posted by: muldoon
Doctor Vinny "beep" BoomBots gets no respect
Posted by: muldoon
Doctor Vinny "beep" BoomBots gets no respect
Posted by: DaveA at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (FhXTo)
161
Ok, my idea, Sex Bots!
But not what you are thinking. They constantly come over and nag you to get married and have kids,
"Honey have you met some one yet? You know, you're not getting any younger. I was talking with Mable yesterday and there's this really nice..."
And they get increasingly aggressive. At some stage they start hunting you down like the terminator with lasers and rpgs till you find someone nice and settle down. Everybody is assigned one until they start a family.
But not what you are thinking. They constantly come over and nag you to get married and have kids,
"Honey have you met some one yet? You know, you're not getting any younger. I was talking with Mable yesterday and there's this really nice..."
And they get increasingly aggressive. At some stage they start hunting you down like the terminator with lasers and rpgs till you find someone nice and settle down. Everybody is assigned one until they start a family.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:44 AM (3uBP9)
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Yeah, but the ladies vision of what a real relationship is ALSO deformed by what they see online.
What is funny to me is that the shitty behavior of a lot of young women causes young men to avoid them and then they are surrounded by cats and mourning the lack of good men in the area.
What is funny to me is that the shitty behavior of a lot of young women causes young men to avoid them and then they are surrounded by cats and mourning the lack of good men in the area.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:44 AM (BpO1e)
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Will probably keep the unproductive and incompetent within unionized groups, especially under state governments, employed and eventually lead to the highly desired 32 hour work week w/o equivalent reductions in pay or benefits. (To hell with the children and taxpayers.) Equivalent non-union personnel won't be as lucky.
For all other general applications, it depends; never all good or all bad. Its been used in manufacturing for years. It is - or can be - spectacular in some medicine, math, engineering, space travel, etc.
It's an essential to have competency for control of its various applications.
For all other general applications, it depends; never all good or all bad. Its been used in manufacturing for years. It is - or can be - spectacular in some medicine, math, engineering, space travel, etc.
It's an essential to have competency for control of its various applications.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 28, 2026 11:44 AM (NFX2v)
164
Carried over from the Morning Report:
118 115 105
Canada is slipping closer to simply grabbing people and killing them because the State wants them dead.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 28, 2026 08:33 AM (t1fZA)
Doc says youre cra cra
Cops go to Judge and get you committed
In 30 days Doc says he is getting worse
TA fucking DA they kill you
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 28, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)
Well, Canada can eliminate homelessness this way. Exchange program from CA to Canada for oil from Alberta?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)
That is too convoluted. To think like a sociopath, just ask yourself: WWBVD? What would Batman villains do?
You're on the right track: to end homelessness, Batman villains would end the homeless. But you don't need to outsource; they're already druggies. Just rebrand the MAiD cocktail as Ultima, and tell them that everyone who survived it said it was the most incredible trip/high of their lives. Get them to sign a waiver, bingo bongo, and your streets are clean and safe!
118 115 105
Canada is slipping closer to simply grabbing people and killing them because the State wants them dead.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 28, 2026 08:33 AM (t1fZA)
Doc says youre cra cra
Cops go to Judge and get you committed
In 30 days Doc says he is getting worse
TA fucking DA they kill you
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 28, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)
Well, Canada can eliminate homelessness this way. Exchange program from CA to Canada for oil from Alberta?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)
That is too convoluted. To think like a sociopath, just ask yourself: WWBVD? What would Batman villains do?
You're on the right track: to end homelessness, Batman villains would end the homeless. But you don't need to outsource; they're already druggies. Just rebrand the MAiD cocktail as Ultima, and tell them that everyone who survived it said it was the most incredible trip/high of their lives. Get them to sign a waiver, bingo bongo, and your streets are clean and safe!
Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026 11:44 AM (Sy6m/)
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First, we give every one of them a trophy. Then we cut their dicks off and tell them how pretty they are.
Posted by: Democrats
See, I THINK you're joking, but it's hard to be sure.
Posted by: Archimedes
Yes he's joking. Otherwise he'd have given them tampons.
Posted by: Democrats
See, I THINK you're joking, but it's hard to be sure.
Posted by: Archimedes
Yes he's joking. Otherwise he'd have given them tampons.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:45 AM (Fzhd7)
166
Two issues that I have with AI.
1. The notion of applying population statistics to individuals.
2. The question of how morality is programmed into AI systems. Who decides that "X = good"
1. The notion of applying population statistics to individuals.
2. The question of how morality is programmed into AI systems. Who decides that "X = good"
Posted by: muldoon at May 28, 2026 11:45 AM (qgHp7)
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All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale
Sure, my three baby daddies are losers, but now that I've got kids as a single mom, my standards are higher!
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale
Sure, my three baby daddies are losers, but now that I've got kids as a single mom, my standards are higher!
Posted by: Septum ringed they/them at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (ycI94)
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I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland. It can pull together a fairly accurate plan in about 10 seconds. AI excels at crunching data and making it easier to understand.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
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139 Agreed. But the thing is, porn is seen as an option because they don't see the value of getting married and having a family only to have the wife decide that she's not being fulfilled and she needs to live her best life while he's financially ruined.
Porn is bad but at least they still have a place to live at the end of the day.
Posted by: NR Pax
And when they turn it off, the shrieking and bitching stops.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:38 AM (Fzhd7)
That's a bingo. And also a bingo.
All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale at May 28, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
And another bingo.
Porn is bad but at least they still have a place to live at the end of the day.
Posted by: NR Pax
And when they turn it off, the shrieking and bitching stops.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:38 AM (Fzhd7)
That's a bingo. And also a bingo.
All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale at May 28, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
And another bingo.
Posted by: It's a Hans Landa kind of day at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (TbWk/)
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Canada is slipping closer to simply grabbing people and killing them because the State wants them dead.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
That works for the first 25 or so. Then cops start getting capped for simply being. Tends to chill enthusiasm for the next 25.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
That works for the first 25 or so. Then cops start getting capped for simply being. Tends to chill enthusiasm for the next 25.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (Fzhd7)
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And they get increasingly aggressive. At some stage they start hunting you down like the terminator with lasers and rpgs till you find someone nice and settle down. Everybody is assigned one until they start a family.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:44 AM (3uBP9)
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There's an Outer Limits episode where the dad of the family buys a robot to take care of the mundane tasks of the household. In the end, the robot takes over the family and turns it into a proper family with sit-down meals and everyone behaving. But first it terrorizes the father into *acting* like a father and husband.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:44 AM (3uBP9)
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There's an Outer Limits episode where the dad of the family buys a robot to take care of the mundane tasks of the household. In the end, the robot takes over the family and turns it into a proper family with sit-down meals and everyone behaving. But first it terrorizes the father into *acting* like a father and husband.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (gnNyN)
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I don't have a good answer.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8
Urban youts are not stupid but are just culturally fucked up imo. I also think most of all Gen Z want everything good in life instantaneously . They are always looking for short cuts or 'life hacks'.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8
Urban youts are not stupid but are just culturally fucked up imo. I also think most of all Gen Z want everything good in life instantaneously . They are always looking for short cuts or 'life hacks'.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:47 AM (XMuV+)
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But when she saw her husband relaxing any time during the day, even on the weekend, she'd freak out with he heart about to burst out of her chest from rage. How dare he relax, even for a few minutes!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
I saw a video on YouTube about that. It basically said that the reason women get so pissed off about seeing a man relax is because in their minds, a man relaxing is not doing something to succeed or to benefit them and they stress out about it. "He's just sitting there! He's going to be a failure!"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
I saw a video on YouTube about that. It basically said that the reason women get so pissed off about seeing a man relax is because in their minds, a man relaxing is not doing something to succeed or to benefit them and they stress out about it. "He's just sitting there! He's going to be a failure!"
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:47 AM (BpO1e)
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Sure, my three baby daddies are losers, but now that I've got kids as a single mom, my standards are higher!
Posted by: Septum ringed they/them at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (ycI94)
Narrator: Her standards are not, in fact, higher.
Posted by: Septum ringed they/them at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (ycI94)
Narrator: Her standards are not, in fact, higher.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)
175
I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland. It can pull together a fairly accurate plan in about 10 seconds. AI excels at crunching data and making it easier to understand.
1) Get on the ring road.
2) Stay on the ring road.
It's an absolutely awesome vacation.
1) Get on the ring road.
2) Stay on the ring road.
It's an absolutely awesome vacation.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
176
Yeah, but the ladies vision of what a real relationship is ALSO deformed by what they see online.
All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale at May 28, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
________
The tatted, blue-haired land whales are usually looking for pussy, not dick ....
All I know is I'm a ten and I deserve a Chad. I'll settle for nothing less, and he better worship the ground I walk on.
No conservatives!
Posted by: Tatted, blue-haired land whale at May 28, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
________
The tatted, blue-haired land whales are usually looking for pussy, not dick ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:48 AM (iFTx/)
177
79 Recall that pocket calculators were controversial once they became commonplace.
Might be a bit of a flawed analogy, maybe not, but Math itself is today apparently often viewed as an Arcane Knowledge of Secret Societies in America and widely denounced with suspicion, as a tool of “White Supremacy” etc etc. by the low frequency Club 85 sorts and the usual pseudo-intellectual suspects. I propose there is no longer any intention whatsoever to educate huge swaths of the populace, in fact they’d rather not.
A quick look around at whom is running “Education” these days indicates it’s a moot point. They are largely incapable, it has achieved overall a kind of negative feedback loop.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (bFwPh)
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AI has been around since the very first computer. Computers automate things... as 'intellegent' machines. This current barrage of AI, is for wall street , angel investors, stock IPOs.
Photoshop is AI, Excel is AI. word Processors are 'AI' . Software and computers are always advancing speed, automation, and efficency. In 5,10, 15, 25 years, computers will be even more advanced...not a new concept. Only the marketing has changed.
Might be a bit of a flawed analogy, maybe not, but Math itself is today apparently often viewed as an Arcane Knowledge of Secret Societies in America and widely denounced with suspicion, as a tool of “White Supremacy” etc etc. by the low frequency Club 85 sorts and the usual pseudo-intellectual suspects. I propose there is no longer any intention whatsoever to educate huge swaths of the populace, in fact they’d rather not.
A quick look around at whom is running “Education” these days indicates it’s a moot point. They are largely incapable, it has achieved overall a kind of negative feedback loop.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:21 AM (bFwPh)
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AI has been around since the very first computer. Computers automate things... as 'intellegent' machines. This current barrage of AI, is for wall street , angel investors, stock IPOs.
Photoshop is AI, Excel is AI. word Processors are 'AI' . Software and computers are always advancing speed, automation, and efficency. In 5,10, 15, 25 years, computers will be even more advanced...not a new concept. Only the marketing has changed.
Posted by: nebulus tech terms for ppl who know not tech nor terms at May 28, 2026 11:48 AM (ADssA)
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Doc says you're cray cray, next your life is taken
NYC says your landlord's substandard, your home is taken
You will own nothing
NYC says your landlord's substandard, your home is taken
You will own nothing
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 28, 2026 11:48 AM (I7nrW)
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But you don't need to outsource; they're already druggies. Just rebrand the MAiD cocktail as Ultima, and tell them that everyone who survived it said it was the most incredible trip/high of their lives.
Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026 11:44 AM (Sy6m/)
I have a friend who lives in Northern California who would help pay for this idea and cheer on the end results.
Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026 11:44 AM (Sy6m/)
I have a friend who lives in Northern California who would help pay for this idea and cheer on the end results.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:49 AM (BpO1e)
180
The telegraph is the bane of our existence.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 28, 2026 11:49 AM (W5mpo)
181
Grok diagnosed a computer repair issue for me, after asking me to perform a few quick tests. I actually sounded like I knew what I was talking about at the repair shop.
I have to admit, that's was pretty cool.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
I'll have to try it on the persistent resume from hibernate fail.
I have to admit, that's was pretty cool.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
I'll have to try it on the persistent resume from hibernate fail.
Posted by: DaveA at May 28, 2026 11:50 AM (FhXTo)
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There's an Outer Limits episode where the dad of the family buys a robot...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
There's a strip club in Des Moines called The Outer Limits. On the north edge of town. Was part of a Forensic Files episode called "Dancing with the Devil." A guy hired her to come to his place for a "private dance." Of course, she was batshit crazy and stabbed him to death for no reason.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
There's a strip club in Des Moines called The Outer Limits. On the north edge of town. Was part of a Forensic Files episode called "Dancing with the Devil." A guy hired her to come to his place for a "private dance." Of course, she was batshit crazy and stabbed him to death for no reason.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 28, 2026 11:51 AM (ycI94)
183
I saw a video on YouTube about that. It basically said that the reason women get so pissed off about seeing a man relax is because in their minds, a man relaxing is not doing something to succeed or to benefit them and they stress out about it. "He's just sitting there! He's going to be a failure!"
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:47 AM (BpO1e)
I hadn't thought about this in a long time, but I remember sitting down to play a videogame one Saturday after working my ass off all week, and it wasn't long before my (long since ex) wife was literally shrieking at me to "DO SOMETHING." There wasn't anything needed done, no request, just disruption of my having a hobby for five minutes. This isn't a new phenomenon but I suspect it's gotten amplified and more widespread through social media.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:47 AM (BpO1e)
I hadn't thought about this in a long time, but I remember sitting down to play a videogame one Saturday after working my ass off all week, and it wasn't long before my (long since ex) wife was literally shrieking at me to "DO SOMETHING." There wasn't anything needed done, no request, just disruption of my having a hobby for five minutes. This isn't a new phenomenon but I suspect it's gotten amplified and more widespread through social media.
Posted by: Ah, female nature at May 28, 2026 11:51 AM (TbWk/)
184
The tatted, blue-haired land whales are usually looking for pussy, not dick ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade
They're looking for a wallet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
They're looking for a wallet.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 28, 2026 11:52 AM (ycI94)
185
I think AI can be a great medical tool for diagnosing when used by a physician just like I think it can be a great crime solving tool .
I think AI can help with a lot of unsolved serial killings.
It's all about identifying subtle connections of a massive amount of info which AI does well.
I think AI can help with a lot of unsolved serial killings.
It's all about identifying subtle connections of a massive amount of info which AI does well.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:53 AM (XMuV+)
186
The US Military is pushing AI pretty hard. They have "camo GPT", which is supposed to be military-focused, and hope for all sorts of outcomes: much quicker orders production, analysis of intel data to identify enemy trends and locations, etc.
Posted by: Military Moron at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (ycI94)
So who gets court martialed when CamoGPT turns a Patriot missile around and takes out that sneaky enemy soldier infiltrating on a fully-booked Airbus wide-body?
The US Military is pushing AI pretty hard. They have "camo GPT", which is supposed to be military-focused, and hope for all sorts of outcomes: much quicker orders production, analysis of intel data to identify enemy trends and locations, etc.
Posted by: Military Moron at May 28, 2026 11:43 AM (ycI94)
So who gets court martialed when CamoGPT turns a Patriot missile around and takes out that sneaky enemy soldier infiltrating on a fully-booked Airbus wide-body?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:53 AM (y9nCu)
187
I'd welcome AI in the legal field. Given how far off the reservation the existing judiciary has gone with their TDS it might be refreshing to have some real, honest jurisprudence again.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:53 AM (jehhT)
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184 The tatted, blue-haired land whales are usually looking for pussy, not dick ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade
They're looking for a wallet.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 28, 2026 11:52 AM (ycI94)
Sometimes with a chain attached to it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
They're looking for a wallet.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 28, 2026 11:52 AM (ycI94)
Sometimes with a chain attached to it.
Posted by: Flannel, or flannel adjacent? at May 28, 2026 11:53 AM (TbWk/)
189
I initially hated using 'Terminal' (no, not the 'death' version) in MacWhirled, but after a few sessions with ChatGPT / Grok3, I'm now at least semi-comfortable with it. I used to think that, if I entered incorrect coding, Bad Things would happen. No. It just doesn't execute (or 'fails to proceed'). I'm still not crazy about coding, but I'm not leery of it anymore …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 11:53 AM (ayRl+)
190
I have found that customer service AI will lie without compunction. Always talk to a live person and get their ID/Name.
Caller: If I pay the $25 expedition fee will I avoid the $55 late fee for May?
AI: Yes.
**Checks expedite box in payment**
Next month bill: Monthly Charge for June: $550
Late fee for May. : $55
Caller: If I pay the $25 expedition fee will I avoid the $55 late fee for May?
AI: Yes.
**Checks expedite box in payment**
Next month bill: Monthly Charge for June: $550
Late fee for May. : $55
Posted by: Minuteman at May 28, 2026 11:53 AM (47/pr)
191
So your VP isn't going to generate all his reports himself with AI. But he's going to need fewer underlings to generate those reports now.
Unless he decides he really needs more reports...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
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Remember how personal computers were going to eliminate paper? It created oodles more for the first 20-25 years.
Unless he decides he really needs more reports...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
==
Remember how personal computers were going to eliminate paper? It created oodles more for the first 20-25 years.
Posted by: Black JEM at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (GZYu7)
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There wasn't anything needed done, no request, just disruption of my having a hobby for five minutes.
"My utility device is doing something that does not benefit me and this gives me the ick."
Seriously though; glad she's your ex problem.
"My utility device is doing something that does not benefit me and this gives me the ick."
Seriously though; glad she's your ex problem.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (BpO1e)
193
I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland. It can pull together a fairly accurate plan in about 10 seconds. AI excels at crunching data and making it easier to understand.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (8zz6B)
194
> The US Military is pushing AI pretty hard.
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It's purported they used Anthropic's Claude to plan some of the Maduro snatch and grab.
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It's purported they used Anthropic's Claude to plan some of the Maduro snatch and grab.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (jehhT)
195
We need a fwp thread. At the airport in Pensacola. I had to park in East Jablip. I am in row 20 to ATL. I realize in this moment what an amazingly spoiled brat I am. I havent flown main cabin in I don’t even know how long.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 11:55 AM (UCAqC)
196
AI is at the same point as the telephone, the telegraph, the Gutenberg Press, and every other new bit of game-changing technology when it was first introduced: People and businesses will just take it and throw it up against a million walls all at once to see what sticks.
Posted by: mrp at May 28, 2026 11:56 AM (rj6Yv)
197
I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland. It can pull together a fairly accurate plan in about 10 seconds. AI excels at crunching data and making it easier to understand.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (8zz6B)
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Or where you can avoid having to eat hakarl?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (8zz6B)
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Or where you can avoid having to eat hakarl?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 28, 2026 11:56 AM (TZz9Q)
198
Sure, my three baby daddies are losers, but now that I've got kids as a single mom, my standards are higher!
Posted by: Septum ringed they/them at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (ycI94)
Narrator: Her standards are not, in fact, higher.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
She still wants Pookie or Ray Ray, but she'll settle for Calvin until one of the other two get out of the joint.
Posted by: Septum ringed they/them at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (ycI94)
Narrator: Her standards are not, in fact, higher.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
She still wants Pookie or Ray Ray, but she'll settle for Calvin until one of the other two get out of the joint.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:56 AM (Fzhd7)
199
I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland. It can pull together a fairly accurate plan in about 10 seconds. AI excels at crunching data and making it easier to understand.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (8zz6B)
_________
I think that's almost everywhere in foreign lands. But as I'm taking my mom to Iceland, hunting hotties won't be on the agenda.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (8zz6B)
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I think that's almost everywhere in foreign lands. But as I'm taking my mom to Iceland, hunting hotties won't be on the agenda.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:57 AM (iFTx/)
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Rumble strip in Springfield, MO that plays "America the Beautiful" when you drive over it. Apparently there are others around the country. I had no idea anything like this existed!
https://tinyurl.com/3pbbucp4
https://tinyurl.com/3pbbucp4
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 28, 2026 11:57 AM (3ImbR)
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1) Get on the ring road.
2) Stay on the ring road.
It's an absolutely awesome vacation.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
Reminds me of the old joke about getting driving directions in DFW. The answer always starts with "First, get on Beltline Road..."
1) Get on the ring road.
2) Stay on the ring road.
It's an absolutely awesome vacation.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
Reminds me of the old joke about getting driving directions in DFW. The answer always starts with "First, get on Beltline Road..."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 11:58 AM (y9nCu)
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Sure, my three baby daddies are losers, but now that I've got kids as a single mom, my standards are higher!
Yeah. And there is a reason the single guys say things like "Can I see what the kid looks like? I have a few questions."
Yeah. And there is a reason the single guys say things like "Can I see what the kid looks like? I have a few questions."
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 11:58 AM (BpO1e)
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I would say most YouTube videos are AI now. Unless it's an actual event like a news broadcast or sports.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 28, 2026 11:58 AM (M00jv)
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Just for the halibut.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 28, 2026 11:58 AM (wfWhf)
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@ 159 I use Grok to write recommendation letters that I then mostly retype and change some wording so it doesn't look completely AI. That's the extent of my AI usage.
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Just for the giggles, I'm gonna upload my resume to Grok3 and ChatGPT and ask them to re-write it for me to meet 'Today's Hiring Standards!' and see what it comes up with. Since I have no shame, I might even use it to apply for a few positions just to see what kinda reception it gets … New dogs, old Trix, y' know.
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Just for the giggles, I'm gonna upload my resume to Grok3 and ChatGPT and ask them to re-write it for me to meet 'Today's Hiring Standards!' and see what it comes up with. Since I have no shame, I might even use it to apply for a few positions just to see what kinda reception it gets … New dogs, old Trix, y' know.
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 11:59 AM (ayRl+)
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I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland. It can pull together a fairly accurate plan in about 10 seconds. AI excels at crunching data and making it easier to understand.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (8zz6B)
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Or where you can avoid having to eat hakarl?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 28, 2026 11:56 AM (TZz9Q)
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I've already tried that. Nasty. The smell will burn your eyes and there's no payoff in the taste. It's actually quite bland once you get past the stench. Never again.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:54 AM (8zz6B)
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Or where you can avoid having to eat hakarl?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 28, 2026 11:56 AM (TZz9Q)
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I've already tried that. Nasty. The smell will burn your eyes and there's no payoff in the taste. It's actually quite bland once you get past the stench. Never again.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)
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>>> I havent flown main cabin in I don’t even know how long.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 11:55 AM (UCAqC)
What's main cabin? First class? Business class? They seem all the same to me except for first class.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 11:55 AM (UCAqC)
What's main cabin? First class? Business class? They seem all the same to me except for first class.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:59 AM (3uBP9)
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It’s astonishing that the Canadians think they’re the first ones to realize that you can easily get rid of all of your medical and mental health problems by simply killing everyone who gets sick.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:59 AM (QDJ2U)
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Posted by: Ah, female nature at May 28, 2026 11:51 AM (TbWk/)
Probably depends on the woman. I am happy when my husband relaxes . He has to spend much of the day with kids-some of which are kind of unruly in a bus which doesn't have air conditioning. So when he gets home between runs he just want to look at at art book or his phone which is fine. When he gets home, he often says, "Maybe I should mow the lawn" I tell him, Just do it on Saturday and take it easy now."
Probably depends on the woman. I am happy when my husband relaxes . He has to spend much of the day with kids-some of which are kind of unruly in a bus which doesn't have air conditioning. So when he gets home between runs he just want to look at at art book or his phone which is fine. When he gets home, he often says, "Maybe I should mow the lawn" I tell him, Just do it on Saturday and take it easy now."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2026 12:00 PM (Yl2Ob)
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When in East Jablip, visit the Jablip Botanical Gardens!
Posted by: Jablip Chamber of Commerce at May 28, 2026 12:00 PM (XE5AP)
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I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland. It can pull together a fairly accurate plan in about 10 seconds. AI excels at crunching data and making it easier to understand.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
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Are you going to stay in a Bubble Hotel so you can watch the Northern Lights all night?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
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Are you going to stay in a Bubble Hotel so you can watch the Northern Lights all night?
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 28, 2026 12:01 PM (3ImbR)
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166 Two issues that I have with AI.
1. The notion of applying population statistics to individuals.
2. The question of how morality is programmed into AI systems. Who decides that "X = good"
Posted by: muldoon at May 28, 2026 11:45 AM (qgHp7)
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the answer to 2. is Srinivas, but he's gone back 'home' for the month to attend a family wedding. Send him an email, he may get back to you next week.
1. The notion of applying population statistics to individuals.
2. The question of how morality is programmed into AI systems. Who decides that "X = good"
Posted by: muldoon at May 28, 2026 11:45 AM (qgHp7)
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the answer to 2. is Srinivas, but he's gone back 'home' for the month to attend a family wedding. Send him an email, he may get back to you next week.
Posted by: nebulus tech terms for ppl who know not tech nor terms at May 28, 2026 12:01 PM (ADssA)
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Does it tell you where the hot babes are that desperately crave foreign DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
You want early 90s Bjork: https://tinyurl.com/47hr8xt6
You get modern Bjork: https://tinyurl.com/54xzs5ea
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
You want early 90s Bjork: https://tinyurl.com/47hr8xt6
You get modern Bjork: https://tinyurl.com/54xzs5ea
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 28, 2026 12:01 PM (ycI94)
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When in East Jablip, visit the Jablip Botanical Gardens!
Posted by: Jablip Chamber of Commerce at May 28, 2026 12:00 PM (XE5AP)
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You guys - always with the showing off.
Posted by: Jablip Chamber of Commerce at May 28, 2026 12:00 PM (XE5AP)
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You guys - always with the showing off.
Posted by: West Bumf*ck at May 28, 2026 12:02 PM (TZz9Q)
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What is it with software subscription renewals these days and their push, push, pushing MOAR FEATURES?
I receive a renewal notice and all I want to do is simply continue the service at the level that I have been using for several years now. Simply let me confirm the payment details and skeedaddle.
But, OH, NO YOU DON'T! Are you aware of the latest thing(s)? Are ya? Are ya? Wouldn't you want the latest things? Sure, you do! Sure, you do! Let us redirect you off the tried and true path the renewal to inundate you with ALL THE LATEST THINGS!
It'll take you another five minutes to deliver one FOOK OFF message after another to get back to where you wanted to be in the first place. And you are there, ready and just itching to cancel those assholes so as to never have to endure their bullshit again.
What is it with software subscription renewals these days and their push, push, pushing MOAR FEATURES?
I receive a renewal notice and all I want to do is simply continue the service at the level that I have been using for several years now. Simply let me confirm the payment details and skeedaddle.
But, OH, NO YOU DON'T! Are you aware of the latest thing(s)? Are ya? Are ya? Wouldn't you want the latest things? Sure, you do! Sure, you do! Let us redirect you off the tried and true path the renewal to inundate you with ALL THE LATEST THINGS!
It'll take you another five minutes to deliver one FOOK OFF message after another to get back to where you wanted to be in the first place. And you are there, ready and just itching to cancel those assholes so as to never have to endure their bullshit again.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 28, 2026 12:02 PM (ixS3i)
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Rumble strip in Springfield, MO that plays "America the Beautiful" when you drive over it. Apparently there are others around the country. I had no idea anything like this existed!
https://tinyurl.com/3pbbucp4
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
One is outside of Tulsa, IIRC. Either Tulsa or Oklahoma City.
We had one on a new strip of road that I know was unintentional. It sounded like an old rotary desk phone - "brrring brrring brrring"
https://tinyurl.com/3pbbucp4
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
One is outside of Tulsa, IIRC. Either Tulsa or Oklahoma City.
We had one on a new strip of road that I know was unintentional. It sounded like an old rotary desk phone - "brrring brrring brrring"
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (Fzhd7)
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I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland. It can pull together a fairly accurate plan in about 10 seconds. AI excels at crunching data and making it easier to understand.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
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Are you going to stay in a Bubble Hotel so you can watch the Northern Lights all night?
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 28, 2026 12:01 PM (3ImbR)
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I haven't planned that far yet ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
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Are you going to stay in a Bubble Hotel so you can watch the Northern Lights all night?
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 28, 2026 12:01 PM (3ImbR)
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I haven't planned that far yet ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (iFTx/)
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202 Sure, my three baby daddies are losers, but now that I've got kids as a single mom, my standards are higher!
Yeah. And there is a reason the single guys say things like "Can I see what the kid looks like? I have a few questions."
Posted by: NR Pax
That's smart. Me and Woody Allen agree!
Yeah. And there is a reason the single guys say things like "Can I see what the kid looks like? I have a few questions."
Posted by: NR Pax
That's smart. Me and Woody Allen agree!
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (ycI94)
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@ 210 When in East Jablip, visit the Jablip Botanical Gardens!
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Hey! I'm from WEST Jablip! You got a prollem wit' dat, huh?
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Hey! I'm from WEST Jablip! You got a prollem wit' dat, huh?
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (ayRl+)
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She still wants Pookie or Ray Ray, but she'll settle for Calvin until one of the other two get out of the joint.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:56 AM (Fzhd7)
Alpha fucks and beta bucks.
She still wants Pookie or Ray Ray, but she'll settle for Calvin until one of the other two get out of the joint.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 11:56 AM (Fzhd7)
Alpha fucks and beta bucks.
Posted by: To summarize the phenomenon at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)
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207 >>> I havent flown main cabin in I don’t even know how long.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 11:55 AM (UCAqC)
What's main cabin? First class? Business class? They seem all the same to me except for first class.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:59 AM (3uBP9
I told J too late about this trip so he told me he wasn’t flying me first. I have comfort after this leg and the whole way home. I am positive I will survive this. I hope. lol. Main is the general cabin. Comfort is first class lite.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 11:55 AM (UCAqC)
What's main cabin? First class? Business class? They seem all the same to me except for first class.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 11:59 AM (3uBP9
I told J too late about this trip so he told me he wasn’t flying me first. I have comfort after this leg and the whole way home. I am positive I will survive this. I hope. lol. Main is the general cabin. Comfort is first class lite.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (UCAqC)
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What AI is in Star Trek? They had the one episode where the black guy created an AI program that star fleet required Kirk to test on the Enterprise. It ended up blowing up another star ship.
Same concerns about AI 60 years ago as there are today.
Same concerns about AI 60 years ago as there are today.
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 12:04 PM (XMuV+)
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Probably depends on the woman. I am happy when my husband relaxes.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Fen, I do not say this sarcastically: You're a good woman and very rare. Sadly too many women are growing up with the attitudes we've been talking about and their parents are not correcting it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Fen, I do not say this sarcastically: You're a good woman and very rare. Sadly too many women are growing up with the attitudes we've been talking about and their parents are not correcting it.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 12:04 PM (BpO1e)
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Would you like to play a game?
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 12:04 PM (XMuV+)
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The SMT machine I build AI with use AI all the time. In this case I like it. The machine "knows" when things aren't right using cameras and sensors. The whole board is programmed in to it and it can recognize when a part is misplaced or missing, check polarity etc.
What we are building is actually super fast graphics cards. Heat is the problem. Damn do the make a lot of heat. Next gen AI will be liquid cooled boards and components.
What we are building is actually super fast graphics cards. Heat is the problem. Damn do the make a lot of heat. Next gen AI will be liquid cooled boards and components.
Posted by: Reforger at May 28, 2026 12:04 PM (Rxz7v)
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So your VP isn't going to generate all his reports himself with AI. But he's going to need fewer underlings to generate those reports now.
Unless he decides he really needs more reports...
Posted by: 18-1
He absolutely will decide he needs more reports.
This is what happened to Architecture with the advent of computer aided drafting.
When you did the construction documents by hand and the tiniest of changes requires redrawing the entire sheet, you could build an entire multi-storey oddly-shaped school with just three or four sheets.
Now you have to have an inch thick book of ArchD sized plans to build an outhouse.
Because it's easy to make all those extra sheets.
... and also probably because if the illegal construction labor you've hired doesn't have explicit drawn instructions, they'll just slap-dash together whatever vaguely conforms to the appearance of whatever documents you do give them.
Unless he decides he really needs more reports...
Posted by: 18-1
He absolutely will decide he needs more reports.
This is what happened to Architecture with the advent of computer aided drafting.
When you did the construction documents by hand and the tiniest of changes requires redrawing the entire sheet, you could build an entire multi-storey oddly-shaped school with just three or four sheets.
Now you have to have an inch thick book of ArchD sized plans to build an outhouse.
Because it's easy to make all those extra sheets.
... and also probably because if the illegal construction labor you've hired doesn't have explicit drawn instructions, they'll just slap-dash together whatever vaguely conforms to the appearance of whatever documents you do give them.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 28, 2026 12:05 PM (vJrRc)
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Alpha fucks and beta bucks.
Posted by: To summarize the phenomenon at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)
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And little lamsy divy.
Posted by: To summarize the phenomenon at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)
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And little lamsy divy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 28, 2026 12:05 PM (TZz9Q)
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Blue Angels practicing their flat show here due to low ceilings.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 28, 2026 12:05 PM (J4Dwc)
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224 Would you like to play a game?
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 12:04 PM (XMuV+)
Oooooo, Global Thermonuclear War sounds COOL!
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 12:04 PM (XMuV+)
Oooooo, Global Thermonuclear War sounds COOL!
Posted by: The only way to win is covert first strike at May 28, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)
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A friend told me about a recent visit to his primary care Doc at the VA. The Doc asked him if would mind AI recording the interview. My friend agreed.
At the end of the consult, an analysis was produced by the AI...what...agent? My friend was impressed. His only comment was that the Doc was left free to discuss things during the visit, rather than taking or consulting notes.
I feel very mixed emotions about this.
At the end of the consult, an analysis was produced by the AI...what...agent? My friend was impressed. His only comment was that the Doc was left free to discuss things during the visit, rather than taking or consulting notes.
I feel very mixed emotions about this.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (XeU6L)
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Yeah. And there is a reason the single guys say things like "Can I see what the kid looks like? I have a few questions."
Posted by: NR Pax
That's different advice than asking to see what her mom looks like. 😀
Posted by: NR Pax
That's different advice than asking to see what her mom looks like. 😀
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (XMuV+)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (vJrRc)
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216 We had one on a new strip of road that I know was unintentional. It sounded like an old rotary desk phone - "brrring brrring brrring"
it's not unintentional. it's to let you know that you nodded off and it's time to wake up.
it's not unintentional. it's to let you know that you nodded off and it's time to wake up.
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (v3pYe)
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Anyway, I am grateful to go to my uncle’s celebration of life, my niece’s graduation party, and to see my family as a result. I really am. Row 20 or not.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (UCAqC)
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That's different advice than asking to see what her mom looks like. 😀
Posted by: polynikes
Yep. I understood that reference.
Posted by: polynikes
Yep. I understood that reference.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (BpO1e)
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I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland.
AI: Elric, I see you've planned on taking one circle tour of the island. Wouldn't you rather take TWO circle tours around the island? Don't think about it, just sign up for it!
I'm currently using AI to plan the itinerary for a trip to Iceland.
AI: Elric, I see you've planned on taking one circle tour of the island. Wouldn't you rather take TWO circle tours around the island? Don't think about it, just sign up for it!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 28, 2026 12:07 PM (ixS3i)
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@ 210 When in East Jablip, visit the Jablip Botanical Gardens!
_________________________
Hey! I'm from WEST Jablip! You got a prollem wit' dat, huh?
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (ayRl+)
Simmer down, you mooks. Southie Jablip is my corner.
_________________________
Hey! I'm from WEST Jablip! You got a prollem wit' dat, huh?
Posted by: Dr_No at May 28, 2026 12:03 PM (ayRl+)
Simmer down, you mooks. Southie Jablip is my corner.
Posted by: Zombie Whitey Bulger at May 28, 2026 12:07 PM (wVcYX)
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225 What we are building is actually super fast graphics cards. Heat is the problem. Damn do the make a lot of heat. Next gen AI will be liquid cooled boards and components.
at some point the chinese are going to realize that the cheapest way to make a large, low-power neural network with reasonable heat dissipation requirements is uyghur-head-in-a-vat.
at some point the chinese are going to realize that the cheapest way to make a large, low-power neural network with reasonable heat dissipation requirements is uyghur-head-in-a-vat.
Posted by: anachronda at May 28, 2026 12:08 PM (v3pYe)
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Anyway, I am grateful to go to my uncle’s celebration of life, my niece’s graduation party, and to see my family as a result. I really am. Row 20 or not.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (UCAqC)
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I used to commute by air in business class before 9/11. It is hard to go back to being just one of the lumpen in back of the plane. Courage!
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (UCAqC)
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I used to commute by air in business class before 9/11. It is hard to go back to being just one of the lumpen in back of the plane. Courage!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 12:08 PM (RIvkX)
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232 Alpha fucks and beta bucks.
Posted by: To summarize the phenomenon
Quit thirsting after whores.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (vJrRc)
Wisdom from the 'Ettes.
Posted by: To summarize the phenomenon
Quit thirsting after whores.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (vJrRc)
Wisdom from the 'Ettes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:10 PM (bss/y)
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222 What AI is in Star Trek? They had the one episode where the black guy created an AI program that star fleet required Kirk to test on the Enterprise. It ended up blowing up another star ship.
you sound like someone that is not part of the body.
you sound like someone that is not part of the body.
Posted by: landru at May 28, 2026 12:10 PM (v3pYe)
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I used to commute by air in business class before 9/11. It is hard to go back to being just one of the lumpen in back of the plane. Courage!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 12:08 PM (RIvkX)
I should have sprung for the first class upgrade during the business trip to Japan. They looked like royalty up there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 12:08 PM (RIvkX)
I should have sprung for the first class upgrade during the business trip to Japan. They looked like royalty up there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)
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Were it not for the emotional support aspect of being at the ceremony, graduation exercises these days are a complete waste of time and have been so for at least twenty years.
Unless, of course, you are agog with anticipation to witness N "different and unique 'diploma strolls'" and the performative bullshit that they engender (where N is the number of gradulates of said school).
Were it not for the emotional support aspect of being at the ceremony, graduation exercises these days are a complete waste of time and have been so for at least twenty years.
Unless, of course, you are agog with anticipation to witness N "different and unique 'diploma strolls'" and the performative bullshit that they engender (where N is the number of gradulates of said school).
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 28, 2026 12:11 PM (ixS3i)
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it's not unintentional. it's to let you know that you nodded off and it's time to wake up.
Posted by: anachronda
It was in the middle lane of a three lane street and was only 50 long and the only one. If you were truly nodding off, that wasn't going to wake you.
Posted by: anachronda
It was in the middle lane of a three lane street and was only 50 long and the only one. If you were truly nodding off, that wasn't going to wake you.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2026 12:11 PM (Fzhd7)
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241 222 What AI is in Star Trek? They had the one episode where the black guy created an AI program that star fleet required Kirk to test on the Enterprise. It ended up blowing up another star ship.
you sound like someone that is not part of the body.
Posted by: landru at May 28, 2026 12:10 PM (v3pYe)
The enemy has destroyed the apartment block in section 3. All residents, report to the disintegration chambers.
you sound like someone that is not part of the body.
Posted by: landru at May 28, 2026 12:10 PM (v3pYe)
The enemy has destroyed the apartment block in section 3. All residents, report to the disintegration chambers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:12 PM (bss/y)
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The Blade is too cheap to use his own money for first or even business class. He flies coach and sucks it up. But if the client is paying? Then hell yea.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 12:12 PM (/lPRQ)
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Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 12:04 PM (BpO1e
Thanks. I'll have to take your word for it. I don't know really know any young women since my friends kids have mostly grown up. My son was in a prayer group with some at his university and they sounded nice, or so he said,
Thanks. I'll have to take your word for it. I don't know really know any young women since my friends kids have mostly grown up. My son was in a prayer group with some at his university and they sounded nice, or so he said,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2026 12:13 PM (2sfNr)
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246 The Blade is too cheap to use his own money for first or even business class. He flies coach and sucks it up. But if the client is paying? Then hell yea.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)
As a one time thing though? There and back? It was like 2k, but it would have been fun. But I probably would have thought 'I could use that 2k for something else...' while sipping champagne and putting my feet up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)
As a one time thing though? There and back? It was like 2k, but it would have been fun. But I probably would have thought 'I could use that 2k for something else...' while sipping champagne and putting my feet up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)
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My kindergarten buddy is flying in today for a meeting and he was bitching about the flight.
He's president of a big architecture firm but too cheap to pay for business class airfare.
He's president of a big architecture firm but too cheap to pay for business class airfare.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 12:14 PM (RIvkX)
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240 232 Alpha fucks and beta bucks.
Posted by: To summarize the phenomenon
Quit thirsting after whores.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (vJrRc)
Wisdom from the 'Ettes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:10 PM (bss/y)
More like a non sequitur so far removed from the discussion at hand as to call into question whether the commenter is in fact sentient.
Posted by: To summarize the phenomenon
Quit thirsting after whores.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 28, 2026 12:06 PM (vJrRc)
Wisdom from the 'Ettes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:10 PM (bss/y)
More like a non sequitur so far removed from the discussion at hand as to call into question whether the commenter is in fact sentient.
Posted by: Oh noes. Bog standard shaming. The pain. Oh the pain. at May 28, 2026 12:14 PM (TbWk/)
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Plus, for a 16 hour flight? THAT would have been nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y)
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Not sure what "ready for prime time" would mean with respect to "AI." The point where AI is running city governments?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 28, 2026 12:15 PM (cWLG3)
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Every so often I'll pony up for biz class when flying to Vegas if I find a decent deal. Money well spent imho.
Posted by: ballistic at May 28, 2026 12:15 PM (oqH4h)
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Unless, of course, you are agog with anticipation to witness N "different and unique 'diploma strolls'" and the performative bullshit that they engender (where N is the number of gradulates of said school).
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 28, 2026 12:11 PM (ixS3i)
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My college graduation was 96 degrees. No one wanted to be there. The crowd would have torn to shreds anyone causing undue delay.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 28, 2026 12:11 PM (ixS3i)
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My college graduation was 96 degrees. No one wanted to be there. The crowd would have torn to shreds anyone causing undue delay.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 12:16 PM (RIvkX)
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Or was it 14 there and 12 back? I think Australia is 16 from the west coast.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:16 PM (bss/y)
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The Blade is too cheap to use his own money for first or even business class. He flies coach and sucks it up. But if the client is paying? Then hell yea.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)
As a one time thing though? There and back? It was like 2k, but it would have been fun. But I probably would have thought 'I could use that 2k for something else...' while sipping champagne and putting my feet up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)
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Yea. The upcharge is so much to go to first class than I'll be thinking the entire time "I could have taken another vacation just for the cost of this upgrade."
On the recent Hawaii flight, the cost to upgrade to the fold-flat seats in first was $2k ... each way. Just upgrading to the bigger "normal" seats in business was $750 each way. Pass.
I usually manage to talk my way into a free upgrade into the "comfort" section of coach, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)
As a one time thing though? There and back? It was like 2k, but it would have been fun. But I probably would have thought 'I could use that 2k for something else...' while sipping champagne and putting my feet up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 28, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)
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Yea. The upcharge is so much to go to first class than I'll be thinking the entire time "I could have taken another vacation just for the cost of this upgrade."
On the recent Hawaii flight, the cost to upgrade to the fold-flat seats in first was $2k ... each way. Just upgrading to the bigger "normal" seats in business was $750 each way. Pass.
I usually manage to talk my way into a free upgrade into the "comfort" section of coach, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 28, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
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It is unavoidable because 90% of AI source material is crap.
Prompting skill varies widely, too. Skyebrows does some really amazing stuff (he just posted a reel of footage of the X-Men in the style of the non-woke 90s cartoon that looked amazing), but it also helps that he's a film editor by trade so he doesn't just use the AI output as-is.
Prompting skill varies widely, too. Skyebrows does some really amazing stuff (he just posted a reel of footage of the X-Men in the style of the non-woke 90s cartoon that looked amazing), but it also helps that he's a film editor by trade so he doesn't just use the AI output as-is.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 28, 2026 12:17 PM (2ocoG)
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You get modern Bjork: https://tinyurl.com/54xzs5ea
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 28, 2026 12:01 PM (ycI94)
Damn. That dress looks like a ripped up tent.
IT'S A TARP!!!
You get modern Bjork: https://tinyurl.com/54xzs5ea
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 28, 2026 12:01 PM (ycI94)
Damn. That dress looks like a ripped up tent.
IT'S A TARP!!!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 28, 2026 12:17 PM (y9nCu)
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My college graduation was 96 degrees. No one wanted to be there. The crowd would have torn to shreds anyone causing undue delay.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 12:16 PM (RIvkX)
Damn. That's the problem with outdoor ceremonies. And those caps and gowns don't exactly breathe.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 12:16 PM (RIvkX)
Damn. That's the problem with outdoor ceremonies. And those caps and gowns don't exactly breathe.
Posted by: One sweaty graduation at May 28, 2026 12:17 PM (TbWk/)
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Or was it 14 there and 12 back? I think Australia is 16 from the west coast.
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