@bplein @thomasfuchs It’s the letter “൬org”, of course.

@unlambda @jwz

The slot machine metaphor is more apt than ever.

If generative “AI”-assisted programming in general is like playing an old-school slot machine from 50 years ago - you know, mechanical reels, three or four symbols each, one coin per pull - then programming with “agentic” generative “AI” is like playing one of those horrifying multi-line slots where you can put 10 (or more) bets up simultaneously, and you get multiple dopamine hits from “winning” 4 or 6 bets when you’ve paid for 10.

The biggest gen-“AI” coding boosters right now can scarcely describe *what* they’re building, or planning to build, with their supposedly enhanced tools or skills, beyond what seems to be an ever-increasing number of “agents”. It really does feel like too many of them — the ones who are dominating the pro-gen-“AI” side of the discourse — are caught in the same sort of doom loop as people who are getting sucked into playing ever more elaborate slots for ever increasing amounts of money.

@mrencyclopedia "Ent" is short for "violent", right?

@RachelA @Minimus > ... kilt ...

(Minimus currit et carnycem iacere conatur)

Silvius: Tata, quid facis?

...

Eheu! Tata, noli iacere! Carnyx est, "caber" non est!

@malwaretech News flash: “software trained to reproduce text similar to text that commonly occurs in a given situation, including lots of fictional AI dystopias, reproduces text that is similar to what commonly occurs in discussions of possible AI dystopias”

@catsalad [X] Accept Quest (Get Cat Chow for Hungry Danger Kitty)
[ ] Return to Main Path

(You just do. Accept the side quest, that is. When it's a danger kitty waving at you, you *accept the side quest.*)

@lizzard Both cats and bread can be loaf-shaped. Therefore, either one is an acceptable inhabitant of the Loaf Storage Unit.

@BasiliskXVIII

“This is the new ultra-performance Tab-E model. Look at those gorgeous racing stripes! Just remember, to keep performance high, follow the schedule in the service manual. It’s *very* important to rotate the paws correctly every 3,000 mice.”