Sub_dermal

Sub_dermal , 3 months ago to technology in Are We Watching The Internet Die?

I can’t disagree with you on that, you’re absolutely right - I suppose my read just gives the author the benefit of the doubt that it’s not ‘better AI’ that we deserve, but a better internet (i.e. with no AI whatsoever).

Sub_dermal , 3 months ago to technology in Are We Watching The Internet Die?

Personally I read it as a general “demand better”, “don’t accept crap wrapped in gold” as an offensive principle against (de)generative AI. Perhaps I’m inserting my own positive spin on their words, but it seems to me that their point is “don’t let the hype win”; if these companies are pushing AI, forming dependencies on bad tech, then we need to say “not good enough” and push back on the BS. Deny the ability of low quality garbage to ‘fulfil’ our needs. It’s not a directly practical line to be sure (how do we do this exactly?), but it does drill down past “AI is bad” to a more fundamental (and arguably motivating) point - that we, all of us, deserve better than to drown in a sea of crap and that’s still important.

Sub_dermal , 5 months ago to technology in Where have all the websites gone?

I really like Neocities - highly recommended for a personal website.

Sub_dermal , 11 months ago to technology in Consider Joining the UK Foundation Model Taskforce

I feel like this is just investing in the tech hype of AI - AI/LLMs are really just probability calculators, if very impressive ones.

We’re not going to see ‘god-like’ AI run rampart and become sentient (at least not any time soon) - the real dangers of AI are the applications of it that are done my humans. The people who force it into spheres that it is ill-equipped to benefit, to undercut people who’s work can be ‘replaced’ or ‘enhanced’ by AI.

AI will inevitably be harmful. But not because it becomes uber-advanced; it will be harmful because techbros and grifters will use it badly, driven by money, hype or plain stupidity. Believing AI is more advanced than it is just feeds into the human machine that’s going to do real harm.

Sub_dermal , 11 months ago to gaming in What forgotten cult classic games are worth revisiting?

Oh Arcanum is a great pick!

And you’re right, Fallout’s not exactly forgotten - although it was a cult hit at the time, and I’d argue the original still is in a way.

Sub_dermal , 11 months ago to gaming in What forgotten cult classic games are worth revisiting?

I’d heartily recommend Fallout 1, with a less enthusiastic recommendation for Fallout 2