froztbyte

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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

takes label sticker, writes "agentic" on it, slaps it on the model

look! agentic! that'll be $30b in funding, thx

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago

that, but also I meant specifically that it allows them to "build confidence" inside the company

"look, we've been running ads on mdn for weeks now, and no-one's complained! obvies we can put it on $xyz other places now too!" with a heavy subtext of "why are you being the one that's obstructing this?"

I possess no insider information whatsoever and I'll fairly confidently state that I think it's a fucking strategic choice. guess we get to wait 6~12mo to see how cassandra that statement is

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

that tracks

it's one of their best places to start boiling the frog

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago

nasb, it warms my cold diamond heart to continue seeing instances of people going "oh, yeah, uh.... actually, no, fuck that shit. we'll do it ourselves" in response to broadcom's attempt to Raise Revenue Through Product Capture

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

my first thought on hearing the same was "if this is what he's like in public, imagine what it's like at home"

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

I mean he must know they will come after him next

big piles of money, and all the power bases he's accrued

there's long precedent of collaborators who were instrumental in the projects of harm and suppression still being able to flourish throughout selfsame projects

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

gonna add a whole new weight to "lying synthesis machines" :|

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 2 weeks ago

gather round kids, it's time to sing the monopoly song

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

eyelid twitching

sure, we barely understand all applicable bio systems, let's have some shitty model dream up answers on how things work! it'll go great

Much as a chatbot can discern style and perhaps even meaning from huge volumes of written language,

going to have to add this author to the List, aren't I

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

please excuse me while I infinitely recursively scream into the void

Large Generative AI Models in telecommunications

(this shit has been getting airtime at a couple of different networking conferences, and it's all as ridiculous and pointless as you'd blindly guess)

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

you must click the video link

the video title alone made me flinch, then the video started

also wtf at the custom url, I guess s is their "share domain" under their domain that looks extremely like a spam domain[0]

then searching up around that name, one finds this (warning: linkedin) with "4 followers", and a smattering of vc sauce in all the associated/cluster shit

god these people are just so fucking exhausting

[0] - spammers fuckin love many of the new TLDs

 

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(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this)

 

“stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration.”

yeah I completely believe you, weird lady. I too want to vaguely step into the warm embrace of my piles of ill-gotten gold, forgetting about the stressors of how to sell something that doesn’t exist and that you helped claim would be here really soon now. ahhh, bliss..

one’s gotta wonder about the timing of this announcement, right? like come the fuck on

 

I will say I'm not much of a fan of mysqls but uhhhhh this seems bad

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saw this kicking around on the lobsters frontpage

IBM also includes a DPU for accelerating IO, along with an on-board AI accelerator

ah yes. an AI accelerator. for a chip that goes into a system that'll quite possibly have a lifespan measured in decade-partials. in environments so extremely up to date with the bleeding edge of technology that they are absolutely not losing their programmers to retirement. an AI acceleator for that. makes total sense.

imagine being the poor engineers who had to spec that out, design it, and get it actually existing. nevermind even the awe-inspiringly stunning disregard to reality that it takes for some management fuckhead(s) to have "steered" this

Funny enough, I asked why IBM had different terminology compared to the rest of the industry. They said IBM came up with the terminology first, and later on the industry adopted different terminology. It was all lighthearted and funny.

ah yes! funny! haha. not at all some weird insular shit from the same company that runs a worlds-apart platform with a control grip so strong it makes larry ellison check if they're infringing on anything actionable...

 

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