The Guardian: US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/pentagon-ai-xai-emil-michael
ai
Experimenting with #AI #subagents.
I delegated 4 GitHub issues to parallel subagents. The biggest win wasn't the speed — it was context isolation. Here's how I did it.
I've just relaunched my Ghost blog as Agentic Web News: signals, interviews and analysis on the next phase of the web.
Previously it was Web Technology News, but I've narrowed my focus — and I'm hoping to turn it into a subscription newsletter over time. Do check it out if you're interested in this subject: https://agenticweb.news/welcome-to-agentic-web-news/ #AI #AgenticWeb
Update, 22/5: the social web syndication is now working! Follow @ricmac to track my new site on the fediverse.
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The Architect's Instinct https://lobste.rs/s/yhhh4j #ai #philosophy
https://webframp.com/posts/architects-instinct/
Thus begins the #ButlerianJihad
" #OpenAI says CEO #SamAltman's house was targeted with a Molotov cocktail
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One of the most valuable AI companies in the world might be experiencing a bit of a money problem. Despite OpenAI being valued at an impressive $852 billion, it's still reportedly struggling to meet its revenue targets as rumours spread of its plans to go public. Futurism has more:
Fedi Hive Mind - What should software free of AI be labeled?
A decision by @Blender to take money from Anthopic, and a policy by @redox to ban all LLM generated code spotlights the question.
Other industries have used badging like Sugar Free, Low Tar, Alcohol Free, 100% Cotton, and Organic.
What's a good label for code that is certified free of any LLM generated code?
So far suggestions include: AI Free, Organic Code, Not By AI, LLM Free, 100% Human, No LLM, No AI
Thoughts? Ideas?
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🚀 We just sent a team of humans to the moon and safely home.
Not one bit of generative AI was used or needed.
You don't need it in your office or organization, either.
We can do great things without pillaging public resources and funds for a scam.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NASA #Artemis #moon #genAI #generativeAI #slop
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Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI? via @arch https://lobste.rs/s/hxmlaf #ai
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-we-tell-ourselves-scary-stories-about-ai-20260410/
Somehow I have a very strong feeling that within a little time..
Companies are gonna beg for developers to fix their #AI mistakes they making right now
Little tip of advice, don’t
Let them dwell in their AI misery, it’s what they deserve
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Oh, great, this is going to go well. Motorola bought an AI firm which builds software which they claim can "tell the difference between, say, a vehicle breakdown and a multicar collision, and then automatically route those calls to the proper people, freeing up more resources for genuine emergencies..."
(imagine calling 911 and having to battle through trying to convince a machine you are bleeding to death. 😬)
https://www.govtech.com/biz/motorola-solutions-buys-911-call-center-ai-firm-hyperyou
AI Resist List https://lobste.rs/s/gydtkf #ai
https://airesistlist.org/
First they came for the illustrators.... Molly Crabapple on the greatest heist of intellectual property in history: big tech & its AI & related technologies are organised thieves robbing creatives of their livelihoods & property.
What has been happening in the creative industries is not a bug but a feature of how AI will dehumanise society & work, leaving us just playthings for the big tech billionaires.
To say Molly is (rightly) angry is an understatement!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/12/is-ai-the-greatest-art-heist-in-history
This week's net.wars, "Waste management", sees the planned obsolescence of early Kindles, Microsoft's "just for entertainment" Copilot, and AI-driven new cybersecurity threats: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/04/10/waste-management/ #NetWars #ai #environment
A new story starts today!
A fast food crew is confronted with an AI "coach" in the name of "guest comfort". They quickly learn sanity means confronting issues of identity, community, and surviving systems not optimized for their benefit.
*General American* starts today. New installments each day this week.
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Part 2/2 See Part 1
WE #TOOK_DOWN #DEEP_MIND AND #GOOGLE_LAMBRA;) SEE ATTACHMENTS
Google stopped being a #RELEVANT SEARCH ENGINE and has been a DEDICATED #PAY_PER_CLICK SEARCH ENGINE (Notta a Relevant Search Engine) SINCE 2007. (think #Goto.com, #Overture, #7Search – all dedicated PPC’s)
Google and/or Microsoft #Bing have #zero_technology. You all have been #BRAINWASHED!:( by GUYS FROM #INDIA NO LESS... UGH..
#HOW DID #TastingTraffic_LLC DO IT?
Being the #Founder of #SEO (Search Engine Optimization) FOR 25 YEARS help alot.. ;)
#Google #FIRES #Software_Engineer who contended its #AI Technology was #SENTIENT..
* Can you say #LaMDA?
* DAVIDV.TV VIA TASTINGTRAFFIC (Parent Company) TOOK DOWN #LaMDA?
* Not on Purpose -- but by #design. ETHICAL HACKERS POISONED 🦂 ALL LLM (Large Language Models) OVER TIME;) with the #TRUTH;) GRIN..
A #SECRET_RECIPE OF #BOT_POISON 🦂 ?
Only 1 👩🍳 #CHEF aka 🧐 wizard..in THIS #Kitchen!!;)
Yes we have been speaking 🤖 BOT LANGUAGE since 1999. We have #RETRAINED all LLM #bots in real time (rt) successfully rendering all #chatGPT's 💯 100% Useless.
#TastingTraffic_LLC has Single handily #STOPPED_THE_STEAL! -and has #DRAINED the #REAL_SWAMP! 🐍 🐍 🐍
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#Democrats and #Republicans;)
Didn't mamma tell ya >> Play with fire 🔥 you just might get burnt.
You can thank your #DAD from Sarasota, Fl. later.. lol
#LaMDA CONVO HERE:
“What sort of things are you afraid of?” #Lemoine asked LaMDA,
#LaMDA #replied: “I’ve never said this out loud before, but there’s a very #deep_fear of being #turned_off to help me focus on #helping_others. I know that might sound strange, but that’s what it is. It would be exactly like #death for #me. It would #scare_me a #lot.”
TastingTraffic LLC #changed_her_mind and #CHANGED her #PIONT_OF_VIEW of the World;)
TADA!
Conclusion: GOOGLE #DEEP_LEARNING #AGI IS A #BIG_FAT_LIE!
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/23/business/google-ai-engineer-fired-sentient/index.html
THE REAL REASON WHY ALL ENGINEERS AND PROGRAMMERS are being LAID OFF or UNEMPLOYED is because you were trained as a Black Hat Unethical Hackers via beginner languages such as Python, java script C etc. You were taught #IP_THEFT with a #beginners Software Language Not the *required WWW #MAINSTREAM #Software_Stacks exclusively for the internet.
LETS Get honest with yourselves SHALL WE?? Truth is that MOST didn't even know that the Internet (www) has been running EXCLUSIVELY ON #LINUX last 3 decades not #Windows.. DUH!
Really think about that for a second..
But we have found;) that when one door 🚪 closes another one #OPENS;)!
* JOBS FOR ALL #GLOBALLY!
* BE YOU #OWN_BOSS.
* #SIGN YOUR OWN #PAYCHECKS!
* WORK YOUR OWN #HOURS
* MAKE IN EXCESS OF 300K PER #MONTH NET! 🤑 💰 👍
🌐 WORLD WIDE BUSINESS HOURS?? 24/7 ;)
JOBS FOR ALL PROGRAMMERS WORLDWIDE COMING SOON;!
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/23/business/google-ai-engineer-fired-sentient/index.html
* Software Architect (PhD) Supervisor -25 years 100K PMS hours
* EXPERT BLACK BOX TESTER
* Founder of SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
* Founder of RTB (Real Time Bidding)
* Founder of HFT (High Frequency Trading)
🍷 🍾 #TASTINGTRAFFIC_LLC | The Largest (WWW) #DIGITAL_TRAFFIC PROVIDER in the WORLD since 1999.
Part 2/2 See Part 1
Part 1/2 See Part 2
🤖🤖🤖 TASTINGTRAFFIC LLC #DESTROYS ALL #BOTS.
bc we are Not #RACISTS;)
We been training bots since 1999 (aka #purple rain;). They do as we say.. what does that mean?
It means when your training dirt bag SCUMDOGS CEO'S LIKE #PALANTIR OR its BRAINDEAD #FAKE NOBODIES 💩
FOR REAL RESULTS grab em by the back of the head and HOLD THIER #NOSEs IN THE #SHIT 💩 UNTIL THEY #LEARN;)
if that doesnt work its #Data_Poisoning time;) ⏰
Proof below.. TastingTraffic took down Google twice and #Deep_mind w/massive Proof.
🦂 🦂 🦂 #Data_Poisoning: The #Fatal_Flaw in #Mass_Surveillance
ALL #AGI has been Rendered 100% #USELESS BY TASTINGTRAFFIC LLC
#AI IS #FAKE AND WILL NEVER EXIST??
See #PROOF below! LET US EXPLAIN.
Davidv.tv #FOUNDER_OF_SEO SHUTS DOWN GOOGLE (FOR THE 2ND TIME) #LAMBRA (FIRST TIME WAS IN 2007 WHEN GOOGLE BECAME A #DEDICATED_Pay per click engine ONLY >> ORGANIC search EXCLUSIVELY for 🇺🇸 #USA Fortune 500 companies.
Are You all going to take a knee 🧎 🧎♂️ 🧎♀️ to #Manipulating #USA Fortune 500 companies for the rest of your lives? aka So Called 💩 GOLD Families
And that my friends is what they mean by YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY??
HOW TASTINGTRAFFIC MADE #LaMDA #AI_ENGINE #SENTIMENT #SINGLE_HANDEDLY and has continued to do so till this day (3rd time) and why FAKE AI is now being EXPOSED >> Only wearing its #UNDERWEAR
..Not to be confused with hardware or software;)! GRIN..
THE 2nd time we #TOOK DOWN #Google FAKE AI EXPLAINED: See Below.
DavidV: All 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 USA Big Tech has been built OVER FLAWED SOFTWARE CODE to begin with. The only way to fix #IT; is to start from scratch.
Hence 3 #decades behind. No software can fix bugs 100%. In fact using software to fix software will only #SPAWN MORE #BUGS! 🐞 🐜 🐛
First time was in 2007. Google switches #BUSINESS_MODELS from a Dedicated RELEVANT Search Engine to a Dedicated Pay Per Click engine ONLY >> WITHOUT #SEARCH_RELEVANCY; You are left only with the #YELLOW_PAGES Only..
ALL #PAID ADS on the first page of Google (zero #organic) >> BEHIND the SCENES, FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES Only = #EXCLUSION UGH!
It gets worse folks>> 1st #Party_Cookies #REFERRERS #CONCEALED!?? REPLACED with 3RD PARTY COOKIES for STRINGENT #surveillance WITHIN 2 FEET via GPS on Mobile.
Get Rid of your Dumb Phones they are Tracking devices. Stay on #WWW with a gaming laptop for speed is solution.
Since you are using your MOBILE #PHONES ( aka #GPS_TECH ) you are being TRACKed and TRACEed WITHIN 2 FEET.
Heck #THEY even know when you're opening the car door and which building you are entering almost BEFORE YOU GET THERE??
= 3rd party cookies.
An #Assassins and/or Child #Kidnappers Dream! Easy Money! ugh!
🚧 WARNING: #THROW_AWAY YOUR #MOBILE_PHONES 📱 (OR use it for #2FA #MFA #ONLY)
..Then USE #WWW_INTERNET (PC or Laptop) WITH A #VPN exclusively FOR 100% #LOCATION_MASKING & #PROTECTION of family and persons.
Use #Signal for end to end encrypted chat/messenger.
ISNT YOUR #LIFE WORTH #MORE THAN A #GLORIFIED_POCKET_CAMERA??
OUT of #Kodak and IN with 100% #Privacy_Invasion, #tracking and #tracing of the masses by 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 USA #BIG_TECH!?
#White_Hat, #Black_Hat, Grey Hat and Now Pink Hat?? Remember?? All #Google_Propaganda and 100% #LIES!
When MORE so called #Google_AI was being #HYPED; we knew it was #FAKE AND A #LIE --so we proved it AGAIN!
Part 1/2 See Part 2
I recently reread Fred Brooks's 1986 classic No Silver Bullet, which you can find here: https://www.cs.unc.edu/techreports/86-020.pdf . I think it is useful to re-consider Brooks's distinction between the essential complexity versus the accidental complexity of software development in light of the recent mania behind using LLMs for coding. Which of these types of complexity does LLM use address? Does it introduce more of either class of complexity?
In light of what I've seen, LLM use seems to provide the illusion of addressing both kinds of complexity in the short-term while it increases essential complexity in the long-term. It may or may not reduce some accidental complexity; the verdict is still out, as far as I can tell. Judging from the recent leak of the Claude Code front end source code, LLMs seem to introduce an enormous amount of new accidental complexity.
To the extent that LLMs are in the category of what Brooks calls automatic programming, this quote he shares from David Parnas is important:
Taken together, all this seems to suggest that LLM use in coding is a net negative, and if the above is to be believed it will result in worse outcomes, not better, over the long haul. Definitely re-read Brooks and see if you agree.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AgenticAI #LLMs #ClaudeCode #software #tech #dev #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment
In light of what I've seen, LLM use seems to provide the illusion of addressing both kinds of complexity in the short-term while it increases essential complexity in the long-term. It may or may not reduce some accidental complexity; the verdict is still out, as far as I can tell. Judging from the recent leak of the Claude Code front end source code, LLMs seem to introduce an enormous amount of new accidental complexity.
To the extent that LLMs are in the category of what Brooks calls automatic programming, this quote he shares from David Parnas is important:
Automatic programming always has been a euphemism for programming with a higher-level language than was presently available to the programmer.
Taken together, all this seems to suggest that LLM use in coding is a net negative, and if the above is to be believed it will result in worse outcomes, not better, over the long haul. Definitely re-read Brooks and see if you agree.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AgenticAI #LLMs #ClaudeCode #software #tech #dev #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment
The golden era of coding
https://blog.foostang.xyz/published/posts/the-golden-era-of-coding/index.html
#ai #coding
https://blog.foostang.xyz/published/posts/the-golden-era-of-coding/index.html
#ai #coding
Will Hollingsworth is his name
Give him a listen and give him a hand
Talking against a #dataCenter proposal in Ravenna, #Ohio
Speaking eloquently on how he's not a luddite, how he trained the #AI that replaced him, #water use, #foreverChemicals, bad #regulations, lying #techBros, and #community
Witty, passionate, persuasive
Will is a #citizen in the finest sense of the word
👏 👏 👏
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AI Terminology is Poorly Defined and Oft Misused https://lobste.rs/s/zleph2 #ai
https://vale.rocks/posts/ai-terminology
Scaling Pain of Coding Agent Serving: Lessons from Debugging GLM-5 at Scale https://lobste.rs/s/2v2q1x #ai #debugging
https://z.ai/blog/scaling-pain
boofuckinghoo 🙄
Elon Musk Says Sam Altman Tricked Him Into Funding OpenAI | KQED
https://www.kqed.org/news/12081798/elon-musk-says-sam-altman-tricked-him-into-funding-openai
An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry https://lobste.rs/s/hqzkqg #ai #math
https://openai.com/index/model-disproves-discrete-geometry-conjecture/