Somewhat sarcastic, but also that bill could be a huge difference in helping us understand numerically what kind of impact AI is having on jobs. It’s obviously having an effect but we really can’t trust companies to be honest about the reason they’re cutting people.
I’d have to dig through my old material from last year to be sure, but I don’t believe they did.
Some of my reporting at @theregister.com was cited during the most recent episode of @lastweektonight.com. Hooray!
I’m at #hpediscover in Las Vegas this week. Hope you like AI agents, because that’s pretty much what the whole show is about this year!
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We know therapy is important to a lot of people, and not everyone can afford it or find the right mental-health professional. But bear in mind, LLMs like OpenAI's GPT-4 don't respond well to the sharing of traumatic experiences, according to this study
By @bvig.bsky.social
Devastating news for the US scientific community, as NSF staffers explained to me:
It's pretty brazen for someone who decided it was a good idea to fly their #drone above an active #wildfire, resulting in an mid-air collision with a firefighting aircraft, to blame #DJI for not properly geofencing him to prevent the flight. Take some responsibility, dude.
Not to be a shill but @theregister.com still offers top notch writing on the tech subjects amidst all the madness. Bonus: amusingly unhinged comments from the UK readers that would cause some pearl-clutching on this side of the ocean. 😀
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This one’s sure a doozy
CISA: Wow, that election had a lot of foreign trolling. Trump's Homeland Sec pick: And that's none of your concern
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What's this hot garbage in my Google Docs? I don't want Gemini to help me write, and I don't see an option to disable it. Yuck.
Ok, I get it. I have to buy a new calendar. Now please stop shooting guns and lighting off fireworks. You’re scaring my cats.
Amazon told me the move was to protect their drivers - oh, so NOW they care
Holding out hope for my friends in #SouthKorea, where I was lucky enough to live for a year when I was in the US Army. Frightening development given Yoon seems to be unpopular, being investigated for corruption, and trying desperately to hold on to power.
claustrophobia is so stupid. let Santa get married.
Oh, those buckets. So leaky!
Ah, yes - book bans. A sure-fire method of preventing curious teenagers from engaging with subversive material. Worked with DARE and abstinence-only education ... right?
#readbannedbooks
Ah, the holiday shopping season: When everyone I've ever bought something from sends me an email to remind me to get off their mailing list.
#merrychristmas and #happyholidays, #ecommerce world!
It’s the Catholic Church putting it on, but it still feels sacrilegious.
New York Times lawyers claim OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in copyright case
AI being pushed from the top down just isn’t working - here’s yet another study that finds workers aren’t ready to embrace garbage tech that can’t deliver on productivity promises.
Business leaders, take notice: involve your people in these sorts of decisions.
When they tell you who they are, believe them
Sure, it’s disturbing to hear from an #llm, but it makes for entertaining reading. And writing.
The new Secretary of Earth Defense:
You’ll never guess what’s getting recalled again.
Ok, yeah, it’s the Cybertruck
Geez, guess I oughta close up shop over there too?
