this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
72 points (100.0% liked)

Fuck AI

5268 readers
2531 users here now

"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"

A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024.

AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

If “AI” was really half of what it was cracked up to be, here’s how I would imagine it would have gone down:

AI Co: “Hello everyone. We would like to present our AI code writer. “AI, please write the code behind Google’s search engine.”
AI: “Here ya go:
Google: “That’s very impressive.”
AI Co: “AI, please fix all the bugs in Google Voice that make it run slow as dog feces.”
AI: “Done. ”.
Google: “Ok, we will give you $50B right now for 100% of everything you own. Don’t breathe a word of this to anyone.”

6 months later: “In today’s news, Google Inc. has just released it’s 30th major product. The industry is shocked and suspects perhaps Google has figured out some type of AI program to write code. Google has announced it has purchased AI Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Google has also announced it is laying off 60% of its staff worldwide. Only CEOs and marketing personnel remain.”

In reality, Sam Altman appears to be a man who has created a machine that allegedly points out massive gold deposits. But rather than mining gold, he insists on selling machines that find gold mines.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] sturger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

It‘s crazy what you can get away with if you‘re bold enough.
That’s the key to con(fidence) men. If you state anything confidently enough, some number of rubes will believe you.