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@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk "Our AI went rogue and set all our users' feeds to reverse chronological from their contacts only"
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mastodon 4.7.3Lead Rails developer at Bugsnag, amateur theatre tech, lighting/sound designer, co-founder of Core Theatre.
Somewhat older and more haggard than his photo.
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@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk The idea that reviewing something is quick and easy compared to producing it seems to be very common. I have a friend who is a translator and the industry is being plagued by auto-generated translations that they are then expected to review, which can often take almost as long as it would have taken to write in the first place.
AI has supercharged the degree to which many people assume other people's jobs (that they have never done) must be easier than they really are.
I need to rant into the void for a moment...
Anyone who blames parents for not using parental controls, kids accounts, family management systems etc clearly has never actually used them.
I'm a total nerd, I've worked in tech my whole life. Every time I want to do anything with any of them I end up despairing.
Every single one of them is a confusing mess of disjointed, poorly implemented, duplicated and frequently just downright inscrutable UX clusterfucks. Every single one is a technological omnishambles.
I completely understand why people just set up ordinary accounts and attach their credit cards to them for their kids, because the alternative frequently requires an afternoon of googling.
Anyway. Rant over.
The grim reaper is far too active this week https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/tim-curry-dead/
Hacker News should just prepend the words “Well actually…” to the beginning of every comment.
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk that looks great. If you’ve not been, the Fleet Air Arm Museum near Yeovil is worth a visit.
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@troed@swecyb.com @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk ah thanks. That sounds like a reasonable slip. Just read a bit more and it all sounds pretty reasonable. Definitely not pitchfork worthy.
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@troed@swecyb.com @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk I hadnt heard any issues with Proton. Whats the story?
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@danielthepope@mastodon.me.uk i love this!
🌻 Sunflowers Daily #28
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@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk We are rapidly heading towards a world where AIs do stuff, and the human in the loop is just there as a liability crumple-zone who can be pointed at when the machine fails.
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@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk It's like the issue in car driver assistance systems like Tesla's "autopilot" where the system does the driving most of the time but the driver is expected to be able to monitor it, keep situational awareness and then step in when something it can't handle comes up. Even just cruise control can cause confusion with the handoff with many "unexplained accelerations" being caused by drivers hitting the accelerator not the break while in cruise, then getting confused when the car speeds up.
It's a ridiculous expectation. I used to work in safety critical systems and this has been a problem for decades. Many air crashes have been the result of a problem between the auto-pilots and the squishy meatbag pilots. e.g. the 737 max ones a few years ago.
Today has turned out to be a good day.
A thing I was not looking forward to turned out to be awsome and fun and now I'm going for a walk in the sun.
And then I have a three day week. I should have random days off more often.
They have made the ultimate British film, it is about forecasting the weather...
PRESSURE | Official International Trailer | STUDIOCANAL
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@BolderBrooklyn@tech.lgbt @denis@ruby.social @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io I cant decide. I kind of want to know, but also I dont know if I have the mental energy for more.
I like this use of AI, it turns architectural renders into something like reality instead of perpetually sun-kissed garden utopias. It feels especially useful here in the UK.
@scalzi Well that's neat, congratulations. Now you need a calendar that can work out when you birthday is on it, so you have have a random big party every five and a bit years.
A seemingly very keen job applicant was a no show for his first interview 🤔
On the plus side that means I get an hour of my evening back.
I hope everything is ok for him and it's just some dumb "life screwing things up" moment.