Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
Hype dims as a country-wide survey of US corporations shows a sudden drop-off in AI use among firms with more than 250 employees.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Kenya exposes ‘job scam’ that sent recruits to Ukraine battlefront
In Kenya, more than twenty people have been rescued after police uncovered a human trafficking network that lured citizens with promises of work in Russia but instead planned to send them to fight in Ukraine. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
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Trump Declares Everyone Who Doesn’t Kiss His Ass Is A Terrorist
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A few snaps from today's National March of Discontent in Warsaw, organized by All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ).
Workers from across the country marched through the city centre, carrying demands for pay raises and shorter working hours.
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The image depicts a protest scene with several individuals. In the foreground, a man wearing a white apron and a dark jacket has a green and metallic device strapped to his back, resembling a large speaker or air blower. Another man, wearing a high-visibility yellow vest and a green cap, is adjusting this device. The background features several white flags with green and black text, including the words "POLI" and "Polish Green." The setting appears to be an outdoor area with cobblestone pavement and a building with a red facade. Other protesters are visible in the background, some holding flags and wearing similar attire. The overall atmosphere suggests a demonstration or public gathering.
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The image depicts a protest scene on a city street. In the foreground, a man wearing a white hard hat with the word "PULAWA" on it is holding a red megaphone to his mouth, likely amplifying his voice to the crowd. He is dressed in a black jacket over a white shirt. He is holding a blue flag with red text and a logo, which is part of a larger group of protesters. The flags and banners carried by the protesters are predominantly blue and white, with some red text. The background shows more protesters, some wearing blue jackets, and buildings lining the street. The atmosphere suggests a demonstration or protest, with banners and flags indicating a unified cause.
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The image depicts a group of people participating in a protest march. They are walking down a street, holding a large blue banner with white text that reads "DOŚĆ IGNOROWANIA GŁOSU PRACOWNIKÓW!" and "Ogólnopolski Marsz Niedozadowolenia 27 września 2025 r." The participants are carrying various flags and banners, some of which are blue, yellow, and orange, with logos and text. The crowd is diverse, with individuals wearing different types of clothing, including jackets and vests. The background shows buildings and trees, indicating an urban setting. The atmosphere appears to be peaceful and organized, with participants marching in a line.
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The image depicts a protest march taking place on a city street. In the foreground, a man is holding a megaphone and speaking into it, with a sign in front of him that reads "PRACA 7 GODZIN WIECEJ CZASU DLA RODZIN" (Work 7 hours more time for families). The crowd behind him is diverse, with individuals holding various signs and banners, including one with the text "31 PRACU" and another with "891." The participants are walking down a street lined with classical-style buildings, and there are flags and banners visible, including a rainbow flag, suggesting a possible LGBTQ+ element to the protest. The atmosphere appears to be peaceful and organized, with people walking in a unified direction.
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U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside #Venezuela, sources say
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U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say
U.S. military officials are drawing up options to target drug traffickers inside Venezuela, and strikes within that country’s borders could potentially begin in a matter of weeks.Courtney Kube (NBC News)
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Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA”
Uncertainty reigns as Trump claims China approved TikTok deal.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
What to know about the new suspect identified in Texas’ infamous yogurt shop killings
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The nonfiction and novels The New York Times book staff can’t stop thinking about.
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Portland is not war-ravaged. It’s fine.
A couple of dozen ICE building protesters are providing all the photo ops.
It’s ONE BUILDING full of ICE thugs, and the delusional president sends the fucking military, which is illegal infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/1…
School as Disciplinary Technology: Foucault and the Production of Docile Bodies
For Michel Foucault, school does not merely instruct; it controls, normalizes, and produces docile bodies. This is an analysis of a power mechanism. #Foucault #School #Power #Docility School as an instrument of disciplinary power In Discipline and Punish (1975), Michel Foucault analyzes school as a disciplinary technology serving power. Far from simply transmitting knowledge, it organizes a…
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School as Disciplinary Technology: Foucault and the Production of Docile Bodies
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The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel has published convincing evidence to show that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and its leaders did that intentionally. This article goes through the case, describing the kinds of evidence and how they relate to the genocide treaty.
‘Direct evidence of genocidal intent’: the UN commission of inquiry’s report on Israel’s actions in Gaza
Legal analysis has accused Israel of committing genocide in four out of five categories as defined by 1948 conventionJason Burke (The Guardian)
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Anti-Israel-Demonstranten wollen „Merz hängen sehen“ – Polizei löst Versammlung auf - Apollo News
Bei einer Anti-Israel-Demonstration in Berlin kam es zu Holocaust-Relativierung, Pro-Hamas-Rufen und vereinzelt auch zu Gewaltaufrufen gegen Friedrich Merz. Die Polizei löste die Demo deshalb unter Einsatz von „freiheitsbeschränkenden Maßnahmen“ auf.Redaktion (Apollo News)
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> A human tower raised the Palestinian flag in Barcelona, Spain, during a solidarity event with Gaza and in protest against the genocide.
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Gaza-Demo in Berlin: Das Ende des lauten Schweigens
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Gaza-Demo in Berlin: Das Ende des lauten Schweigens
In Berlin haben Zehntausende gegen die Kriegsverbrechen in Gaza demonstriert. Der Protest gegen die israelische Politik ist mehrheitsfähig, sagt Michael Barenboim.Stefan Reinecke (taz)
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Carney’s austerity begins. His first target: Canada Post
Carney’s austerity begins. His first target: Canada Post | Communist Revolution
The cuts to Canada Post are a harbinger of things to come under Carney.www.marxist.ca
The James Comey Indictment Is Huge. The Reaction So Far Is Exactly What They Want.
Why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward.Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
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Salzburg Is the Austrian City Everyone Falls in Love With - Here’s Why
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Salzburg Is the Austrian City Everyone Falls in Love With - Here’s Why
If you’re planning a trip to Salzburg, Austria, this local’s guide to Salzburg covers everything: the top things to do in Salzburg, must-see attractions, hidden gems, where to stay in Salzburg (hotels & hostels), the best restaurants in Salzburg, and…Violeta Loredana (Earth's Attractions)
The Ethics of Street Photography: A Personal Perspective
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Asking “…all the soldiers of the army of the US not to point their rifles at humanity," is _not_ having “…urged U.S. soldiers to…incite violence,” in fact seems to be the opposite of a call for violence (it is a call to be peaceful).
Petro is the current President of Colombia.
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I like a lot the "Disobey the orders of Trump, obey the orders of humanity" part.
I'd like a lot to know what is «his call for an armed force to "free Palestine"», as the post reports soon before the part that is quoted in the screenshot («Petro, who has previously clashed with the Trump administration on migration and drug trafficking issues, repeated his call for an armed force to “free Palestine” while addressing a group of pro-Palestine supporters outside the United Nations headquarters on Friday»), or even better what he thinks this «international army from Asian countries to liberate Palestine»
should do. mastodon.scot/@MahmoudGaza/115…
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lmao even.
You get what you pay for.
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •If you've ever seen what AI tries to do when you ask it to code for you, you would understand why it's declining.
We just hired this new guy who uses AI for everything and often leads him astray and into arguments that he is definitely not prepared for.
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •Those are some really good use cases.
EDIT: Though using AI to generate code (even small snippets) may cause licensing issues.
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •Those are excellent use cases for AI, but it is also not a magic bullet. It cannot do everything for you, and often it can leave you a strike, especially if you're not willing to fact check it. It's a well-known fact that LLMs hallucinate, or straight up lie to you about what they know. So in many niche cases, which is what I am doing and what we hire this guy to do, it's often not effective. Just as often as it gives a silver bullet, it is often effectively wrong.
I have seen this dude use code and use AI to say things that are absolutely not true, like claiming setting a very high UID can resize a Docker image to an an absurd level nearing 500 gigabytes.
He also tried to use it to lecture me on how the auditors don't audit our company correctly and how we're actually doing things completely wrong and that he's the guy to fix it all and that'll take him just a little bit to train everybody up to shape.
LLM tools are excellent when treated with respect and the limitations of the tool is understood but unfortunately, far too many people believe it is a magic talking box that always knows everything and always has the right solution. 😮💨
I mean, this joker is so ridiculous that he can't even figure out how to use the AWS CLI correctly or how to setup "deploy" repo github keys. We asked him if he was comfortable working with puppet, or at least capable of figuring it out, and he looked like we asked him to touch a hot stove. Did I mention this joker has 15 years of experience doing stuff like this?
When I was looking at his code, it reeks of AI with anti-patterns I normally only see by strictly generated llm code.
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in reply to dastanktal • • •I think we're in complete agreement here. These things are not magic, they're tools that have limitations. I also think they're best used by devs who already have a lot of experience. If you couldn't write the code yourself without the tool, you have no business using it. It can't do the thinking for you, and just because it sounds convincing that shouldn't be mistaken for it having any sort of intelligence of its own.
I've seen plenty of people do terrible things with LLMs as well. Honestly though, it's not that different from what I've seen people do manually. For example, I've seen many inexperienced devs just start adding kludges to their code instead of stepping back and rethinking the design to make an underlying problem go away more times than I care to count. LLMs just act as an accelerant here allowing people to make a bigger mess faster.
The fact that somebody with 15 years of experience would be so bad at coding is the real story here though. Reminds me how I interviewed a dev with supposed 5 years experience one time, and they couldn't figure out how to reverse a string cause they didn't know how loops worked. That kind of stuff really makes you wonder about the industry as a whole.
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