I get fan mail sometimes. It can be...interesting.
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Matt Rife
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Tech, design, general nonsense. Not a comedian.
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AI companies scramble to find a path to profitability as easy money begins to dry up and investors grow restless. Strategies abound as the token economy takes hold - what lies ahead in the industry?
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@sudaksis@furry.engineer
@sudaksis@furry.engineer @futurebird@sauropods.win Remember when Mike Pillowguy was selling pillows for $14.88? Purely coincidence.
After somehow raising another $122 bn, OpenAI has decided to blow a few hundred million on yet another side quest. But who knows, perhaps their podcast will actually be profitable.
https://mattrife.com/openai-just-bought-a-propaganda-division
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@bridget@gts.sharitt.com
@bridget I'm also going with option 3. The whole data center/compute industry seems to be a house of cards and sooner or later the circular deals are gonna collapse. I'm betting on "sooner."
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@lykso@tiny.tilde.website
@lykso @AmyZenunim I haven't seen any signs of increased class consciousness, but that's just anecdata from my tiny corner of the world. As for companies using AI, I think the better question is, "which ones aren't using it?" because as far as I can tell they are ALL on the hype train.
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@djsf@fosstodon.org
@djsf @mikerspencer @AmyZenunim I first read that as "...resignation letter by fax." Which would be incredible, tbh.
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@petrillic@hachyderm.io
@petrillic @rk @norootcause I'm a UX designer and feel the same about "whiteboard design challenges." They are utter bullshit and I do not subject candidates to them. If I can't look at your portfolio and figure out what you can do then I probably shouldn't be doing this job.
Oh look, reverse centaurs as a service.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-rent-human-bodies
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@Npars01@mstdn.social
@Npars01@mstdn.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr
I like it! I just made a Wall of Shame for mine (and I'm not even the right guy).
https://mattrife.com/wall-of-shame