Never cared much for Omarchy: It's being made by a right-wing dipshit with no experience with Linux and distributions who's whole "Opinion" seems to be that "90ies Hacker movie look" is what makes a good operating system. But when I read this actual review

マリウス

A Word on Omarchy

An in-depth look at the currently trending Arch Linux configuration that is Omarchy.

I was shocked by how bad it actually is: Technologically but also as an "opinionated Linux distribution". Sad to see that @npub15f7r...m7wr tanked their reputation within their target audience in support of this underbaked Linux-Hacker-Cosplay thing.

I do think that this framing isn't fully correct. "Open Source" often has a libertarian (and therefore explicitly non-left) bend. It can be put into left thinking and politics but it works just as well in more right-wing logics. (See Golumbia, Cyberlibertarianism)

Mallegol-Hansen Mastodon

Philip Mallegol-Hansen (@philip@mallegolhansen.com)

I don't know who needs to hear this, but the very idea of Open Source was always a radical left leaning ideological stance. You're GIVING AWAY lab...

It's absolutely fucked up how quickly Google Search went from my go-to search to a "yuck, why is this shit on, get me out of here". Like when I search on Android by accident and get AI summaries I have literally yelled at my phone. Absolutely batshit how quickly Google could destroy the reputation if their core product.

Hallo Baden-Württemberg! Eure Regierung will Palantirs Software einsetzen, was absolut nicht im Interesse von irgendwem ist. Es gibt eine offizielle Petition dagegen, mitzeichnen, weiterleiten, Eure Eltern und Familien damit zusammen:

Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von Palantir in Baden-Württemberg

This Never Post episode on the question of whether "AI" is the esthetics of American Fascism is great. Mike Rugnetta takes you on an enlightening stroll through media theory and the fucked up reality we live in. It's challenging but worth it.

Never Post

🆕 Never Post! A.I. and New American Fascism

Is a generated aesthetic the look of our times?

Falls jemand hier im Bereich Software Entwicklung / Prototyping unterwegs ist, in Berlin wohnt (oder wohnen wollen würde) und nen Job sucht, wir haben gerade openings. (Nicht nur die explizit ausgeschriebene Junior Stelle, auch Seniors könnten relevant sein) https://artcom.de/?job_description=junior-developer-creative-technologist-w-m-d

I read a lot of stuff (mostly on LinkedIn) about people getting 10x more productive through AI assistants (mostly for Code but also other work products). And I wonder how that works given that you need to doublecheck every generated line, phrase or paragraph for correctness. Like _how_ inefficient and unproductive were these people before?

The answer to "the AI systems that corporate overlords push everywhere are shit" is not "so we need open source AI". These systems are shit cause they structurally are. They are just being shoved everywhere to reduce labor power. "Open source AI" (if that even existed) is not changing that.

Things I had not expected to see today: Deutsche Bank making a numbers based argument that "AI" is a bubble and won't last

Futurism

Deutsche Bank Issues Grim Warning for AI Industry

Deutsche Bank is warning that AI spending won't "remain parabolic," or continue to increase exponentially, a dire warning for the future.

"Low effort, unhelpful AI generated work is having a significant impact on collaboration at work. Approximately half of the people we surveyed viewed colleagues who sent workslop as less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output. Forty-two percent saw them as less trustworthy, " (Original title: AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity)

Harvard Business Review

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools ar...