Probably needs its own thread now, as it's going to looming larger and larger in the future horizon....
Don't worry, Trump is smart and will save us all.
People think China is a problem too but somebody pointed out that do you think the Chinese government is going to let AI have more power and rights than it gives its own citizens?
I mentioned it a while back in aother thread but my mate sent me a message in mid August that he had got laid off because of AI. He's smart with computers, has a first in it so hopefully will get something but theres probably tonnes of competition for software posts.
Picked this up last year in airport before heading off on hols (not the most appropriate poolside read tbh, but it held my attention), worth a look if anyone interested in the background to AI. Fairly readable from a layman's perspective
Supremacy (book) - Wikipedia https://share.google/jPOfrxe6TRhO1rQoQ
Quote from: Barnacle Billy on September 17, 2026, 11:25:03 AMProbably needs its own thread now, as it's going to looming larger and larger in the future horizon....
Yes, thanks also to unimaginative people using it to generate resource-burning AIslop videos just to tell old and obvious jokes.
As to whether it is going to loom larger and larger, in its current form that may not be materially possible:
"LLMs are a product that destroys its supply chain"
https://bsky.app/profile/kint.bsky.social/post/3mvqcwy2urs24
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Think I mentioned it before in the are we all fucked thread but I watched a video before of a guy that did a deep dive into the sources quoted for a bunch of AI generated articles where the information was clearly wrong and found that the source was always from another AI generated article. Dead internet for all :vomit:
Quote from: Born of Fire on September 18, 2026, 08:51:41 AMThink I mentioned it before in the are we all fucked thread but I watched a video before of a guy that did a deep dive into the sources quoted for a bunch of AI generated articles where the information was clearly wrong and found that the source was always from another AI generated article. Dead internet for all :vomit:
Have had a gawk a couple of times, asking AI fairly foundational questions on the topic I research and it straight up fabricates nonsense, referencing academic articles on entirely different topics that don't contain any information relating to what is asked. Fairly useless for anything beyond common knowledge type queries in my experience.
Slop-as-evidence, articulately pushed back on, in no uncertain terms, by Whitmore:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeCetuVoviT/?stkn=MXJ4MXZwYm9zc2U4dg%3D%3D
https://bsky.app/profile/darylfeehely.com/post/3mwzznr4le223
Supposedly yer man is the CEO of dogs.ie, a site for selling dogs.
Ghost in the Machine (2026)
Good doc on past, present, and future of genAI. I found a dl handy enough, if you've a vpn there's a few links here:
https://notaidoc.com/
Someone used Claude to decompile and perfectly clone the entire Adobe suite (photoshop, etc.) then made it openly available. The genAI copywrite issue up against the big boys of tech copywrite now!
Just wait until an AI can hack some launch codes...then we'll see how smart presidents are..
QuoteNicolas Cage says he's "probably not" working with Amazon again after refusing to sign AI waiver for "Spider-Noir": 'I am not an AI-friendly actor'
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/nicolas-cage-ai-waiver-amazon-spider-noir-1236907564/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crq5nzxv9q4yo
QuoteHundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyber attack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
Hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing some to warm to 50C (120F) overnight, according to one supermarket chain affected.
Maybe...just maybe....fridge/freezers shouldn't be connected to the internet??
Quote from: The Butcher on October 12, 2026, 11:22:08 PMhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crq5nzxv9q4yo
QuoteHundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyber attack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
Hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing some to warm to 50C (120F) overnight, according to one supermarket chain affected.
Maybe...just maybe....fridge/freezers shouldn't be connected to the internet??
Was in a supermarket a couple of weeks ago where all the price labels were digital and each one had those tiny cameras built in.
All those flickering red and green lights on those things, very unsettling really.
I actually felt sorry for the staff being in there 8+ hours a day. It can't be good for a body and mind to be around that...
Quote from: The Butcher on October 12, 2026, 11:22:08 PMhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crq5nzxv9q4yo
QuoteHundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyber attack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
Hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing some to warm to 50C (120F) overnight, according to one supermarket chain affected.
Maybe...just maybe....fridge/freezers shouldn't be connected to the internet??
agreed. why the fuck do kitchen appliances need Wifi.
Also...why would a fridge need to be able to be heated to 50C? Do the froggies not know what fridges are for?
Quote from: Barnacle Billy on October 13, 2026, 05:05:25 AMQuote from: The Butcher on October 12, 2026, 11:22:08 PMhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crq5nzxv9q4yo
QuoteHundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyber attack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
Hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing some to warm to 50C (120F) overnight, according to one supermarket chain affected.
Maybe...just maybe....fridge/freezers shouldn't be connected to the internet??
Was in a supermarket a couple of weeks ago where all the price labels were digital and each one had those tiny cameras built in.
All those flickering red and green lights on those things, very unsettling really.
I actually felt sorry for the staff being in there 8+ hours a day. It can't be good for a body and mind to be around that...
Where was that? I know in the US they have electronic pricing labels in a lot of supermarket chains. They will try to fk us over with dynamic pricing eventually ->
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2026/0106/1551799-dynamic-pricing-could-it-ever-come-to-the-supermarket-aisle/
Quote from: The Butcher on October 13, 2026, 03:16:27 PMQuote from: Barnacle Billy on October 13, 2026, 05:05:25 AMQuote from: The Butcher on October 12, 2026, 11:22:08 PMhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crq5nzxv9q4yo
QuoteHundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyber attack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
Hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing some to warm to 50C (120F) overnight, according to one supermarket chain affected.
Maybe...just maybe....fridge/freezers shouldn't be connected to the internet??
Was in a supermarket a couple of weeks ago where all the price labels were digital and each one had those tiny cameras built in.
All those flickering red and green lights on those things, very unsettling really.
I actually felt sorry for the staff being in there 8+ hours a day. It can't be good for a body and mind to be around that...
Where was that? I know in the US they have electronic pricing labels in a lot of supermarket chains. They will try to fk us over with dynamic pricing eventually ->
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2026/0106/1551799-dynamic-pricing-could-it-ever-come-to-the-supermarket-aisle/
Stockholm city centre, an ICA supermarket, Swedish.
They're for exactly that, dynamic pricing. Once these things work out your shopping routine. Say for instance, your favourite coffee brand that you purchase every 2 weeks on average. These things will be tracking you around the shop and once you get to the particular isles in the shop where they know you're going to usually pick up something in your weekly or bí-weekly shop. The system will put the price up automatically just before you get to your favourite coffee or whatever is your shopping purchase routine.
These things are definitely not there for the public's benefit.
Geez, I better stop going to that supermarket where I'm the only customer.
"Unblocked" B. Billy already i see :laugh:
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I repeat, not for the customers benefit...
2.26 x 2.25 = $5.01
Lots of security flaws/exploits being detected by the latest AI models out there. The PHP being one that was being patched across the web. And now ->
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agents-banks-unauthorized-accounts-access
QuoteMajor U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources tell Axios.
I think half the reason why these American AI companies want US government to step in etc is to shield themselves from severe litigation for the wild wild west they have created when it comes to AI agents just freely sprawling the interwebs. Amazing they have gotten away with it with zero consequences... so far. But then again on the flip side, we'll have free open source models doing the same thing if not already but soon with the same type of impact, perhaps they will want to fight fire with fire. Could there be a scenario where they render the internet useless? Enshittification acceleration go :sniffles:
I think it's already rendered a large part of the internet useless and will get much worse. AI learning from AI slop and on and on. Project mockingbird or whatever but not by master plan
A story that predates, just, yesterday and today's outages:
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/microsoft-employees-write-open-letter-to-company-flag-concerns-over-ai-push-job-security-14059227.html/amp
No one will be surprised if AI at the reins ends up being the cause of it.