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AI has lost all meaning

newslttrs.com
4 points·by spzb·vor 18 Stunden·0 comments

My writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a teaching moment

theguardian.com
19 points·by spzb·vor 2 Monaten·3 comments

Lost in translation: The linguistic challenges facing N. Korean defectors (2025)

dailynk.com
51 points·by spzb·vor 2 Monaten·45 comments

UK Defence secretary reveals month-long Russian submarine operation over cables

bbc.co.uk
8 points·by spzb·vor 3 Monaten·0 comments

I wore Meta's smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep

theguardian.com
5 points·by spzb·vor 3 Monaten·2 comments

"Scheming" AI bots must be real, someone on X said so

newslttrs.com
2 points·by spzb·vor 4 Monaten·0 comments

Does the carbon cost of email even matter?

newslttrs.com
2 points·by spzb·vor 4 Monaten·0 comments

The Carbon Cost of Email

newslttrs.com
1 points·by spzb·vor 4 Monaten·0 comments

Does deleting email help with climate change?

newslttrs.com
4 points·by spzb·vor 4 Monaten·0 comments

The datacenter where the day starts with topping up cerebrospinal fluid

theregister.com
5 points·by spzb·vor 4 Monaten·0 comments

Meta Horizons: Our Renewed Focus in 2026

developers.meta.com
1 points·by spzb·vor 5 Monaten·0 comments

How far back in time can you understand English?

deadlanguagesociety.com
793 points·by spzb·vor 5 Monaten·415 comments

The Trump Phone

theverge.com
9 points·by spzb·vor 5 Monaten·1 comments

'Why should we pay these criminals?' the hidden world of ransomware negotiations

theguardian.com
4 points·by spzb·vor 6 Monaten·0 comments

Basicode in the Browser

robhagemans.github.io
1 points·by spzb·vor 7 Monaten·1 comments

Language Translation: An Useful AI

newslttrs.com
1 points·by spzb·vor 7 Monaten·0 comments

Favourite influencer hasn't got a dozen dachshund dogs. It's just AI

bbc.co.uk
1 points·by spzb·vor 7 Monaten·0 comments

Analog Surround Sound Was Everywhere, but You Probably Didn't Notice

hackaday.com
4 points·by spzb·vor 8 Monaten·0 comments

Who wants to watch an AI actor read an AI script?

newslttrs.com
1 points·by spzb·vor 9 Monaten·0 comments

Why is AI so popular when nobody wants it?

newslttrs.com
83 points·by spzb·letztes Jahr·122 comments

comments

spzb
·vor 8 Stunden·discuss
> Can you define these in ways that aren't tautologically limited to humans?

No, because that’s the point. It’s not intelligent because intelligence is a human characteristic.

> Both because local models exist, can be run offline

It’s not that they search interactively, it’s that the whole internet has been sucked into the training set.
spzb
·vor 12 Stunden·discuss
And yet "slapping the keyboard faster" is all that AI does. It doesn't design architecture. It doesn't think. It doesn't reason. All it does is search for and copy-paste code from elsewhere on the internet. If you're lucky it might even be code that works and does what you want it to.
spzb
·vor 17 Stunden·discuss
Never claimed it did
spzb
·vor 17 Stunden·discuss
It can churn out boilerplate but we already had templates to do that.

It can translate one language into another but we already had transpilers for that.

It can find bugs quickly but we already had static analysis. It also generates many plausible looking false positives.
spzb
·vor 17 Stunden·discuss
Who is the “you” in this scenario?
spzb
·vor 17 Stunden·discuss
Faster != more productive.
spzb
·vor 19 Stunden·discuss
The 10x Centaur doesn't exist. They're just ten times as fast at creating tech debt.
spzb
·vor 19 Stunden·discuss
You want me to run a closed source, LLM agent inside my browser with access to authenticated API endpoints ?! Thanks but no thanks.
spzb
·vor 22 Stunden·discuss
One thing that's often overlooked is the cost of administering a billing system. If you're going to distinguish between the insured and uninsured you need a system that keeps track of who has insurance. You need paperwork (or digital equivalent). You need accounts payable staff to send invoices and chase up unpaid bills. It can, counter-intuitively, work out cheaper just not to charge anyone.
spzb
·vor 5 Tagen·discuss
And they make me feel more like Marvin
spzb
·vor 13 Tagen·discuss
You think two independent scans of the internet captured the same image with the same timestamp entirely by coincidence?

Edit: they're literally the same image

2fc4ad21cfce564f7aa65942eae7d4529c8af3d7ffb6287aa1fd79ebb78eb648 ipcrawl.jpg

2fc4ad21cfce564f7aa65942eae7d4529c8af3d7ffb6287aa1fd79ebb78eb648 shodan.jpg
spzb
·vor 13 Tagen·discuss
This seems to just be a map interface to Shodan Images. I've found the exact same camera with the exact same snapshot on both sites.

https://images.shodan.io/?query=port%3A554+country%3A%22GB%2...

https://ipcrawl.com/imce?cam=069b2971c357edbd
spzb
·vor 30 Tagen·discuss
Doesn't run for me. Just I/O errors and quits.
spzb
·vor 2 Monaten·discuss
Ed Zitron discusses this as part of his post on AI economics : https://www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/
spzb
·vor 2 Monaten·discuss
And ignore capital costs, depreciation, user churn etc
spzb
·vor 2 Monaten·discuss
https://archive.is/31PFC
spzb
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
Not unless you invite the public in on a regular basis. Websites are available to the public - especially if you're trying to promote them on HN
spzb
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
You forget the "Show HN: Here's some crap I cobbled together with an LLM" x a million a day
spzb
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
AIUI one of the many quirks of the US health insurance system is that a lot of people have only minimal cover which doesn't include things like physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatment. That means that they often can't treat a painful condition at source so their only option is to mask the pain with painkillers.
spzb
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
It’s a real shame vibe coding hasn’t figured out colour contrast yet.