I’m sick of “opt-out” toggles for automatically enabled generative AI features. It’s past time to make “opt in” the default setting for sensitive features. www.wired.com/story/please...

It is impressive that AI might actually scale *worse* than Blockchain.

Once again, as far as I can tell, the primary functions of consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." are cheating, disinfo, and fraud.

Robot maids are so safe and ethical and there will never be ANY problems please don't pay any attention to the blood splatter he was cleaning up grapefruit juice

just opened x and immediately got hit with the most violent vocal stim I've seen in a second credit(?): x.com/LagSpike776/...

Wall Market babes 👠✨ #FF7

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an image as beautiful as this

It's not enough to be against AI, you need to be pro art. You need to be a champion of the art you love, you need to share that passion and joy, and do what you can to support the artists who make it, because it's not enough to hate AI, to hate what it's doing to art and media; you gotta love.

it's funny how for decades the RIAA would carbomb teenagers for downloading one (1) song yet now these dudes are just allowed to do this shit like it's nothing

New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

everyone seems to be responding positively to this and i hate to burst anyone's bubble, but i recently went to a Luddite festival in NYC and this is something organizers specifically warned about: don't let capitalists sell your hatred of capitalism back to you

the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”

for sale girl friend never rented

w....wait.... you mean to tell me.... gulps..... putting money into the arts.......is profitable and..........produces............g-good outcomes for everyone?

In case anyone needs this given recent health news:

next season: "the bachelor" featuring every grant

a friend coined the term “yasslighting” to mean “when you are stupid wrong but your bad influence friend keeps telling you the opposite out of some bizarre obligation never to question you.” Gambling websites, manosphere toxic masc trainings, many cults, and more are all built to yasslight.

Calling the RFK Jr diarrhea strain “MAHA Blast” since it has now evidently infiltrated Taco Bell

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Mega-admiral Threepwood

been saying this for so long. liberals love to weave these fantasies about people like graham when the fact that he just loved hurting people and trump was the best way he could hurt people was right in front of our faces for years.

Nice work, everyone! Keep it up!

When people say that there is a bias against conservatives in places like the Times that reflects their failure to understand that the Times (like many university spaces) lowers standards to represent right-wing views for purposes of intellectual diversity.

celebrate good times come on

This...explains a lot actually

Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.

One of the most nerve-wracking, astonishing gaming feats I've seen performed live. Somehow makes Balatro into an actual gambling game and then, through sheer knowledge of the mechanics, forces the house to lose. youtu.be/A7Go7IXlYLg?...

free vpns are so fucking bad dude i need you to know this i need you to put that down my friend

make no mistake: the storm of social media age restrictions you're seeing being enacted across the US and world are driven by the "protect the children from gender ideology" crowd. when you have to prove to bluesky you're old enough to shitpost about sports, remember who the real targets are.

"Believe in the me that believes in you" was bars in 08. Its a fucking holy anthemic prayer right now because it acknowledges that belief in yourself is hard if not impossible "Oh you don't believe in yourself, that's fine, believe in me and that'll carry us both" BARRSSSSS

I'm not even joking when I say that, as a former writing teacher, I think even the act of bullshitting through a 10-page paper on a book you only skimmed is also incredibly valuable learning.

FYI, this is malware. If you see this, don’t do this

The Captive Princess’s Unyielding Resolve #oc

I'm deeply geeked for the new Ghost in the Shellllllllllllllllllllll

TV writers were right in 2023 and are being proven more right every day — there was a stable television model that made everyone lots of money and put out good shows. Then execs with no understanding of the industry confused the production model and the distribution model, and they blew it all up.

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

I upgraded the RAM in my Steam Machine yesterday to show all you nice people and it blew a hole in my wallet for a nice but situational upgrade. aftermath.site/steam-machin...

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later

CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt

"TheR'eS A REAsoN SpoRts ArE SEGreGateD BY sEx" Yeah, because men couldn't bear to lose to a woman.

This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.

Saw a meme of GenZ baffled by how pre-internet travel worked, and realized we’ve crossed an enshittification threshold where IRL services that once seemed outdated, like travel agents, now seem luxurious: “You meet with a human expert who plans out your whole trip with you” sounds incredible now tbh

Don’t miss Wario World today on SGDQ ! 🧄

The appalling reality of the cheating machine is that students will cheat if they can use it, and then fail any exam where they cannot. Nobody benefits from this except for the people who negotiate enterprise AI accounts for universities.

this is imo an example of how data center hatred isn't just reflexive nimbyism

ChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

A developer made a browser extension called "Knockoff" that shows what a wasteland Amazon truly is by filtering out brands like "GODONLIF" "EHEYCIGA," ROTTOGOON," and sponsored products. Useful and illustrative even if you don't use Amazon www.404media.co/knockoff-bro...