“You can’t be a serious critic,” New York Times technology reporter Kevin Roose wrote on Tuesday, on Bluesky, about artificial intelligence, “if you’re in denial about how useful it is.” Narrowly, in strict terms, this is true: You can’t be a serious critic of anything if you are in denial about any part of it, […]
  • YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systemsEnglish
    5·
    5 hours ago

    How had I missed that the guy who was “intrigued” by crypto in 202X was also the guy who told the chatbot to make him leave his wife? I really need to pay more attention to the byline.

  • istewart@awful.systemsEnglish
    3·
    10 hours ago

    Leaded gasoline had a lot of utility for a long time too. Even still has its niches in general aviation.

  • jaschop@awful.systemsEnglish
    12·
    16 hours ago

    whatever minor body of irrelevant five-follower internet loons might bother trying to argue the literal uselessness of a predictive text generator

    /c/techtakes mention!?