Christoph Becker

We would love to hear from people who take a critically informed, engaged stance, steering the futures of #AI away from #AIhype or #AIslop to genuinely interesting places oriented beyond #LLMs.

@DAIR @alex @emilymbender @timnitGebru

Captain Superlative

This is education-washing bullshit aimed at people who do not understand LLMs.

Study Mode isn't a new ChatGPT model, but a series of "custom system instructions" written for the LLM "in collaboration with teachers, scientists, and pedagogy experts to reflect a core set of behaviors that support deeper learning," OpenAI said.

No set of system instructions can direct LLMs. Not deterministically. And not even statistically with much success. This is true of all LLMs because of what LLMs fundamentally are.
Guardrails do not work. Kids will be taught racist conspiracy theories and shown porn and told to commit suicide. THAT we can know with far more certainty than anything OpenAI claims.
Even when working "properly" this LLM will only generate the blandest of platitudes with the least helpful bullshit pseudoanswers.

It doesn't matter if you don't want this to be true.

#llm #education #aihype

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ChatGPT’s new Study Mode is designed to help you learn, not just give answers

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Mario

@thelinuxexperiment thank you for letting us know that ProtonMail is "upgrading" to the AI hype. I have started the process of migrating all the services to another platform. #AIhype

Miguel Afonso Caetano

"[I]t appears that SoftBank may not be able to — or want to — proceed with any of these initiatives other than funding OpenAI's current round, and evidence suggests that even if it intends to, SoftBank may not be able to afford investing in OpenAI further.

I believe that SoftBank and OpenAI's relationship is an elaborate ruse, one created to give SoftBank the appearance of innovation, and OpenAI the appearance of a long-term partnership with a major financial institution that, from my research, is incapable of meeting the commitments it has made.

In simpler terms, OpenAI and SoftBank are bullshitting everyone.

I can find no tangible proof that SoftBank ever intended to seriously invest money in Stargate, and have evidence from its earnings calls that suggests SoftBank has no idea — or real strategy — behind its supposed $3-billion-a-year deployment of OpenAI software.

In fact, other than the $7.5 billion that SoftBank invested earlier in the year, I don't see a single dollar actually earmarked for anything to do with OpenAI at all.

SoftBank is allegedly going to send upwards of $20 billion to OpenAI by December 31 2025, and doesn't appear to have started any of the processes necessary to do so, or shown any signs it will. This is not a good situation for anybody involved."

wheresyoured.at/softbank-opena

#AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #SoftBank #Stargate #Oracle #BigTech #AIBubble #AIHype #PonziScheme

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Chewie

"Most customers buy three years and then an extended warranty for five, but the correct approach should be a constant practice of refreshing and recycling."
"Legacy systems aren’t just inefficient; they’re expensive, risky, and environmentally costly."

WTF? "Constant"? Because the process of swapping equipment out doesn't introduce risks itself.

"Constant" upgrading is also expensive in terms of effort, both physical, planning and testing before implementation.

It is also environmentally costly to keep replacing perfectly good hardware, just not necessarily for the end customer....

"Doing More With Less" - sounds like "doing more with more" to me.

This article could pretty much be summarised by "please buy stuff more often, sincerely, Lenovo x": techerati.com/features-hub/the

What a load of BS

#Datacenter #PlannedObsolescence #AIHype

The Hidden Cost of Outdated Infrastructure

Explore the impact of infrastructure cost on data centres…

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Companies and business groups are rushing to influence Washington’s artificial intelligence policies as the industry booms and Donald Trump’s administration seeks to encourage the powerful technology in the US.

More than 500 organisations lobbied the White House and Congress on AI between January and June, according to a Financial Times analysis of federal disclosures released this week. The figure is on a par with the first half of last year but has nearly doubled since 2023.

The lobbying boom over the past two years highlights how the AI industry, which is backed by Big Tech companies and deep-pocketed investors, is looking to shape policy at a time of intense debate about the technology.

“The US government is not only a gigantic potential customer but also a public validator of new technology approaches,” said Tony Samp, head of AI policy at law firm DLA Piper and a lobbyist for OpenAI, Boston Dynamics and other companies. “Unlike in years past when the government was often viewed as a hindrance, the business community increasingly views the US government as a key partner.”"

#USA #Trump #AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #Anthropic #AIHype #Lobbying #BigTech #AIPolicy ft.com/content/df01dcf8-dbc4-4

Companies increase lobbying to try to shape Washington’s AI policy

Hundreds of organisations are seeking to influence…

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Paris Marx

Mark Carney promised “elbows up” against the US, but he’s offering a warm embrace to US tech companies and the AI hype they’ve unleashed.

As Canada’s AI minister suggests AI regulation is off the table, there’s ample reason to be worried about Carney’s tech agenda.

My latest for @TheBreach: breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-ai

#tech #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #ai #aihype #generativeai #politics

Bornach

[Discover AI] demonstrates Gemini AI #DeepResearch failure in which its training date cutoff of 2023 makes it consider today's date to be far into the future so instead of carrying out research into current technology, it fabricates a whole story that is entirely speculative fiction
youtu.be/mAms6Lt46H8
#GoogleGemini #AIhype #AIfail #LLM #GenerativeAI

Paris Marx

Is it possible to imagine a better future where we use less computation? The effects of AI hype almost demand it.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @danmcquillan so he could lay out the concept of decomputing as a different way of assessing technology.

Listen to the full episode: techwontsave.us/episode/286_de

#tech #decomputing #ai #generativeai #aihype #siliconvalley

Miguel Afonso Caetano

"- OpenAI and Anthropic both lose billions of dollars a year after revenue, and their stories do not mirror any other startup in history, not Uber, not Amazon Web Services, nothing. I address the Uber point in this article.

- SoftBank is putting itself in dire straits simply to fund OpenAI once. This deal threatens its credit rating, with SoftBank having to take on what will be multiple loans to fund the remaining $30 billion of OpenAI's $40 billion round, which has yet to close and OpenAI is, in fact, still raising.

- This is before you consider the other $19 billion that SoftBank has agreed to contribute to the Stargate data center project, money that it does not currently have available.

- OpenAI has promised $19 billion to the Stargate data center project, money it does not have and cannot get without SoftBank's funds.

- Again, neither SoftBank nor OpenAI has the money for Stargate right now.

- OpenAI must convert to a for-profit by the end of 2025, or it loses $20 billion of the remaining $30 billion of funding. If it does not convert by October 2026, its current funding converts to debt. It is demanding remarkable, unreasonable concessions from Microsoft, which is refusing to budge and is willing to walk away from the negotiations necessary to convert.

- OpenAI does not have a path to profitability, and its future, like Anthropic's, is dependent on a continual flow of capital from venture capitalists and big tech, who must also continue to expand infrastructure.

Anthropic is in a similar, but slightly better position — it is set to lose $3 billion this year on $4 billion of revenue. It also has no path to profitability, recently jacked up prices on Cursor, its largest customer, and had to put restraints on Claude Code after allowing users to burn 100% to 10,000% of their revenue. These are the actions of a desperate company."

wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui

#AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #Anthropic #ChatGPT #Claude #AIBubble #AIHype #SoftBank #StarGate

The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble

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MineEyesDazzle

@404mediaco continuing to keep it really fucking real and roasting all the other BigTech-loving, AI-huffing , website-as-billboard "journalism" pretendians. Smoke 'em on that burn-out, baby! lol

"The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work"

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#genAI #generativeAI #AIHype #AIHypeCycle

The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work

AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing…

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daria-andrea

"The Fragile Five — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Tesla — Are Holding Up The US Stock Market By Funding NVIDIA's Future Growth Story" 🤑 wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/ #aihype

Joe B. Wall

All these so-called "AI" summaries just remind me of how annoying it is to have some dumb five-year-old try to tell you what a movie they saw was about. It's all just a lot of words, "and then and then and then" and honestly I'd rather just read the damn thing.

#AIhype #fakeinnovation

Pedro J. Hdez

"Here's the uncomfortable truth that every AI agent company is dancing around: error compounding makes autonomous multi-step workflows mathematically impossible at production scale."

"Error rates compound exponentially in multi-step workflows. 95% reliability per step = 36% success over 20 steps. Production needs 99.9%+."

utkarshkanwat.com/writing/bett

#aiagents #aihype

Why I'm Betting Against AI Agents in 2025 (Despite Building Them)

I've built 12+ AI agent systems across development,…

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Pedro J. Hdez

Fantastic post (almost a review) of the present state of the AI hype.

"That doesn’t mean these tools are completely useless. I use them myself, sometimes—for proofreading or solving tricky programming problems. But I don’t rely on them. I don’t pay for them. I don’t use them with an account. And I definitely don’t treat them like they’re going to change the world. They’re just tools. If they disappeared tomorrow, it wouldn’t affect how I work or live."

mertbulan.com/2025/06/26/why-i

#AI #AIHype

Why I don't ride the AI Hype Train – Mert Bulan

While everybody talks about AI, I have plenty of reasons…

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Robert Kingett

If any emerging narrators are not afraid of a little edginess, I would love this post to be recorded. I used previous donations to hire a audiobook narrator to record my, the architectural hostility of doorknobs post, I’m unable to pay for this recording at the moment, but if anybody wants to flex their narrator muscle or portfolio, I would be more than happy to shout you out, share your résumé, anything I can do to make pro Bono recordings less wasteful of your time and energy! Just let me know! Response to ElevenLabs Partnership Inquiry, Sightless Scribbles sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2 #AI #AIHype #Podcast #VoiceOver #Audiobooks #Narrator

Robert Kingett

Just a friendly reminder that this is one of the main leading accessibility advocates in this space and he is saying this kind of thing. Anybody that criticizes AI on the basis of it’s hype or the accessibility shortcomings is just not getting the big picture, according to him. But also keep in mind, this is the very same individual that said, automation is not the enemy of #Accessibility AI is the future of accessibility - Karl Groves karlgroves.com/ai-is-the-futur #AI #AIHype #A11y

AI is the future of accessibility - Karl Groves

When I was a kid, my mom bought a 1979 Camaro Berlinetta.…

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Bornach

A.I. = Actually Indian engineers
Over 700 of them
youtu.be/TuAsFCcvWPg
Of course we won't ever fall for a #scam like this again right? Right?
#AIhype #BuilderAI #fraud

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