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spiegel0nline einfach noch echter qualitätsjournalismus

Die NBA auf Sky mit einem stabilen produktionsbudget von 60 Euro, perfekt

Es ist wie bei dem Jessen-Ding neulich: an der rechten kann ja qua Definition nicht die rechte Schuld sein, und die Mitte ist man ja selbst, aber Schuld muss jemand sein, also bleibt nur die linke, die ich mir eben links von mir zusammenreime.

MH Boomermeinung

~Wir~ müssen die jungen Leute nicht auf social media „erreichen“ und ihnen die Weltpolitik im TikTok-Stil aufbereiten, sondern dafür sorgen, dass die verdammten Bengel wenigstens Tagesschau gucken und mal einen Artikel lesen

Slowaky wyrd weltmyster

I’LL NEVER FORGIVE THEM’ Vegas-based tech observer Ed Zitron on the empty hype of AI, clueless tech lords, and what he thinks of Las Vegas By Lissa Townsend Rodgers have heard about artificial intelligence and how it’s In 2025, even those who can barely operate a cell phone going to shape the future. But while many are excited about the promise, tech journalist and podcaster Ed Zitron is suspicious of the hype. “All of these companies are claiming that large language models, OpenAI, ChatGPT, and the like, is the next big thing,” he says. “The problem is, the actual efficacy, the actual abilities of these programs, have been the same for about two years now. These companies keep growing, their stock valuations keep going up. But it’s not coming from any AI sales.” Born in England, Zitron attended college in Pennsylvania and settled in Las Vegas, where he founded a public relations company. In 2020, he began the “Where’s Your Ed At” news- letter, a caustic, clever examination of the ways we’re failed by the tech that’s supposed to improve our lives. Last year, he began the award-winning Better Offline podcast, which has featured guests from former FTC chair Lina Khan to MIT economist Daron Acemoglu to comedian Andy Richter. Zitron spoke to Desert Companion about the AI bubble, the business idiot, and the honesty of Las Vegas. Here’s an edited version of that conversation. What were your early experiences with technology? I was the dumbest kid in private school and did not have friends. So tech really was my lifeline. ... I was fascinated by the fact that you could connect with people all over the world, that you could play games with them. I was actually a games journalist at 16, one of the first people to cover online gaming, MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, in England. Yeah, tech was a big part of my childhood. Is that why you’re so vexed by what’s happening to technology? It’s personal? Absolutely. I hate these bastards. I’ll never forgive them for what they’ve done…

complete nonsense. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, claimed that 50 percent of white-collar jobs will be gone in the next one to five years. Complete nonsense based on nothing. … The AI bubble is a hysterical event where these com- panies pretend — and straight-up lie — about what their products can do in the hopes that they can keep boosting their stock valuations. So, you’ve got all of these compa- nies, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and the like, spending hundreds of billions of dollars in capital expen- ditures to build these massive data centers and filling them full of these GPUs sold by one company, Nvidia. But no one’s making any money. In fact, these things are extremely unprofitable. OpenAI in 2024 spent $9 billion to lose $5 billion. Imagine if you or I did that. Would we be able to get more money out of the bank? Of course not. So how are they getting away with it? I have this grander theory called the business idiot. I believe our economy and the large structures behind it, the people in power, are completely disconnected from any kind of production or understanding of their customers. Not just MBAs, also the middle managers that you hate — the people that don’t seem to do anything, but always seem busy. They’re like the people inside the cave that Plato talked about. They see the shadows: “Oh, AI’s big now!” And I think you’re seeing a war between the business idiots and those of us who actually do the work. I’ve heard so many stories about bosses telling people to use AI. Why don’t the bosses use it, if AI is so good? Because it doesn’t work. The main paradigm all of this is built on is large language models. They are probabilistic, which means that they generate the next thing based on how likely it’s the right one. So if you ask it for an image of a cat, these things don’t have con- sciousness. It says, “I’ve been asked for a picture of a cat; based on my training data, this is the thing that approximates cat.” And it’s pretty good at guessing, but it d…

I got interviewed by KNPR, the local Vegas NPR affiliate, and they put the interview in their Desert Companion magazine. I'll post the web version when it's out

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

YouTube video by NPR Music Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert

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THIS IS CULTURALLY INAPPROPIATE

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.

Here's what I learned about rich people, conspiracy, “genius,” Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from the 2,000 phone calls.

Nelson Viper WHAT A STRIKE ⚽🔥

"Silicon Valley’s era of innovation is over. This is their villain era. The era of the con. Having bled themselves dry of ideas, and all sense of moral decency, they’re now attempting to bleed us dry of our own humanity."

How to keep sea-monkeys alive

Noch nie habe ich das von Piketty beschriebene Problem r > g anschaulicher erklärt gesehen als in diesem Video von Gary Stevenson:

Plakat von Frontex. Es gibt 8 verschiedene im Comic-Style gezeichnete Bilder, auf denen zwei Kinder zu sehen sind, die den Abschiebungsprozess durchlaufen. Zuerst werden sie zum Flughafen gebracht, dann Passkontrolle, auf dem Weg ins Flugzeug, in den Sitzreihen und am Ende im Zielland nach der Landung. Dabei sehen sie die ganze Zeit ganz fröhlich und vergnügt aus.

Dies ist kein Fake.

Es handelt sich um ein neues Plakat, das Frontex entworfen hat, um Kindern während einer Abschiebung zu erklären, was gerade geschieht und wie es weitergeht.

Die eigene Abschiebung als Abenteuergeschichte.

🤯

Warum ist das scheiß bild bei der Klub WM eigentlich so als ob irgendein rentner auf seinem fernseher kontrast und sättigung auf 100 gestellt hat

Markus Lanz mit Tischtennisschläger und Ball, er blickt konzentriert drein

Ich habe herausgefunden, dass es mir guttut, Fotos von Markus Lanz in seinem TV-Studio zu googeln und ihm dann Tischtennisschläger und -ball in die Hand und vor die Nase zu shoppen 🏓

Ich werde diesem Thread immer wieder Bilder hinzufügen, wenn ich Aufmunterung brauche

JETZT den jungs von coach di salvo die daumen drücken 🇧🇪

Das Gegenteil von Ingo ist Outcome

Let's be totally clear: "immigration" as a concept is bullshit. It isn't more than 100 or so years old. Human beings have been moving around this planet however they wanted to for millenia before a small handful of folks decided that wasn't OK for some reason.

Free the freedom Flotilla
Free Greta
Free Palestine
Fuck ICE

Gleich im 20 % gefüllten eintracht stadion den doppeladler für rita ora zeigen 🇦🇱

Solche geschichten schreibt nur die UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE™

Markus Lanz ist Andrew Tate für Kleinbürger

Ich judge fußballer einzig danach ob sie bei der medaillenübergabe das kleine kind neben ceferin ignorieren oder höflich hand geben

Chelsea FC logo

Jetzt zählts 💙

Chelsea FC logo

Jetzt zählts 💙

Dieser Corboz ist einer für barca

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Taken from Sam Landman on FB but not sure if he is the artist. Graphic saying AI is for losers, reject fascism think for yourself. I can make Art that’s ugly and bad all by myself thank you very much

Es hilft auf jeden Fall nicht dass die speerspitze des deutschen Tech-Journalismus t3n und business punk ist