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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Apr 30, 2026

Replying to @RunRichRun@mastodon.social

@RunRichRun @mattsheffield @jwz Also derivative of Sun Yuan & Peng Yu who did the same concept better in 2007 with their "Old People's Home" https://youtu.be/XEoeHt07HAw

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @keoni@mastodon.nz

@keoni @camertron Once worked for a narcissistic bosshole who told me how the Internet was such a game changer, and implied his bullying of staff to work harder than before was somehow justified. For similar reasons sociopath bossholes love AI because it justifies pressuring their employees to adopt the "hardcore" work culture.

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Apr 08, 2026

Replying to @GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @mattblaze Actually I'm proposing a drinking game for every time I see that "What's Going On With Shipping" host do an impersonation of the FIFA Peace Prize trophy https://masto.ai/@bornach/116262514467727863

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Apr 08, 2026

Replying to @nblr@chaos.social

@nblr @carstenfranke @mattblaze Nothing stopping FIFA awarding it posthumously

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Mar 26, 2026

Replying to @natcbr@mountains.social

@natcbr@mountains.social @tante@tldr.nettime.org I guess OpenAI found it prohibitively expensive to fine-tune/retrain/police Sora in order to satisfy Disney's legal restrictions: no sex, no drugs, no famous actors voicing their characters

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Mar 26, 2026

Replying to @qgustavor@urusai.social

@qgustavor@urusai.social @oatmeal@kolektiva.social @tante@tldr.nettime.org "free" alternatives With Sora gone, there is little reason for Google to keep their own AI video generator money pit running. Those unrealistically low tiers will soon vanish. The same applies to code generation. Even $200/month is still only being sustained by continuing investor funding rounds. https://youtu.be/oAbpVCn-Ox0

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @climbertobby@chaos.social

@climbertobby@chaos.social @amsomniac@mastodon.mit.edu @lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space Only missing the emoji 🐢🔪🏃‍♀️

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space

@lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space As Roy Batty spends his last few minutes pushing Deckard's car 50m to the car wash

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Feb 01, 2026

Replying to @oldgeek@masto.yttrx.com

@oldgeek @lucien @cstross At 1:14:17 in the latest rant by @TechConnectify https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?t=1h14m17s Imagine if government never built power lines to rural areas. They'd probably be singing praises to orbiting space lasers beaming them energy at huge expense or the delivery robot drones dropping off daily fuel shipments for their generators.

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Feb 01, 2026

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Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop

Replying to @bellegraylane@universeodon.com

@bellegraylane@universeodon.com @cstross@wandering.shop Musk merged Xitter with xAI to justify its high valuation to investors as an AI company now. The same crap with Tesla being rebranded an AI robotaxi and humanoid robot company. So makes sense to pull the same trick with SpaceX to gullible investors. That it's really an AI company so that SpaceX can afford to bail out Tesla when it buys all those unsold Cybertrucks. Won't be surprised when Neuralink is touted as an AI company next

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Jan 05, 2026

Replying to @simondassow@masto.ai

@simondassow@masto.ai @toni@zug.network @vkc@linuxmom.net Yup. Many devs have a libertarian free market competitive streak to them. They only saw acquiring coding skills as a means for competitive advantage. Their dopamine hits came not from creatively solving problems, but from seeing how they were getting ahead of the competition. That's why AI slop machines would be so appealing to them.

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Jan 05, 2026

Replying to @tristen@illo.social

@tristen@illo.social @vkc@linuxmom.net Same AI techbro probably thinks no one likes making music either https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/its-not-really-enjoyable-to-make-music-now-says-the-ceo-of-an-ai-music-making-platform-and-he-wants-to-help

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Jan 03, 2026

Replying to @jfparis@rouge.eu.org

@jfparis@rouge.eu.org @levelbot@mastodon.social https://makeagif.com/gif/airplane-unbelievable-bullshit-tpy8GR

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Bornach @bornach@masto.ai · Jan 01, 2026

Replying to @AnguaDelphine@mk.absturztau.be

@AnguaDelphine@mk.absturztau.be @kyonshi@dice.camp @stopthatgirl7@famichiki.jp I guess it depends on the civilization from which one is viewing the said progress. Those being exploited, bullied, suppressed, and subjugated by the Roman empire might have viewed seeing it collapse as progress, for example

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