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I took to coding when I was 9 years old because I liked the fact that the computer did _exactly_ what you asked it to (even if that turned out to be the wrong thing).
Now my professional life has turned into a negotiation with the computer, where nuance and persuasion play a huge part in getting a successful outcome.
I wish we had fixed the tooling and languages instead. #AI
Another great story about the impact of AI with no mention to it in the headline of the story:
In South Korea a Starbucks marketing campaign is created using AI and executives don't even bother to open the email attachments to check the proposals. The campaign was published on the date of a pro-democracy protesters massacre calling it Tank Day and using slogans clearly drawing from the deadly military attack, which felt deeply unrespectful to the victims. The AI most likely learned that from far-right forums like Ilbe where mocking the victims is common.
They cancelled the campaign hours after publishing it but it was too late, the CEO has been sacked, card payments went down a 26%, refunds haven been requested from prepaid cards, police is investigating and Starbucks asked costumers to refrain from directing their anger to staff.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/starbucks-south-korea-tank-day-promotion-blunder
Look at what Google's AI just did to a Japanese artist...
It permanently banned their entire Google account, simply for uploading their own old manga files to Drive.
The artist's appeal was rejected. An algorithm decided that an artist's work was a violation.
And they didn't just lose Drive. Gmail, YouTube, every service.. gone!
Artists must take care. Never rely solely on the cloud for irreplaceable items like your own copyrighted data. Physical storage is the best approach.
Not really here nor there, but I thought I would reiterate that #commonLisp 's @kentpitman and myself #interview ed @bagder about #curl and #AI on May 10th, one day before that #news article.
https://toobnix.org/w/rPKt4GRBwLeWzF3VcMFWNo
Curl is a popular #networking #software
https://curl.se/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Pitman
🦾Hoe zorgen we dat digitale innovatie niet alleen slim, maar ook verantwoord en duurzaam is?
Tijdens de Staat van het Internet bij @waag Futurelab gaf Fieke Jansen (UvA) een inspirerende keynote over de impact van AI op onze fysieke leefomgeving: van de groei van datacenters en energieverbruik tot de machtsstructuren achter AI-systemen.
Vanuit de @gemeenteamsterdam werken we met de Agenda Digitale Stad en de Amsterdamse Visie op AI aan een digitale stad die menselijk, betrouwbaar en toekomstbestendig is.
AI Innovatielead Swaan Dekkers ging tijdens de sessie in op de verantwoorde inzet van AI in de stad. Ze benadrukte het belang van inclusieve digitale dienstverlening en het continu ontwikkelen en testen van toepassingen, samen met Amsterdammers.
Projectmanager @douwe liet vanuit de Agenda Digitale Stad zien hoe we ook werken aan digitale voorzieningen die van en voor iedereen zijn. Met de pilot NodeNet worden meshnetwerken voor noodcommunicatie getest met bewoners in de Nieuwmarktbuurt. Hiermee onderzoeken we hoe digitale netwerken in de toekomst ook onafhankelijk van big tech en in handen van bewoners kunnen functioneren.
⏯️ De sessie terugkijken kan hier: https://tube.waag.org/w/aHtkW4u45jWwosEp5mMXg3?start=1h56m7s
Daniel Stenberg of #curl and Kent Pitman of #commonLisp (and @screwlisp no affiliation) on #AI and #softwareEngineering
#interview #archive ! https://toobnix.org/w/rPKt4GRBwLeWzF3VcMFWNo
8UTC Sunday 10th May ("tomorrow, Sunday morning in Europe") speaking to
@bagder of #curl https://curl.se/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curl_(software)
targetted by trillions of dollars of #AI companies #cybersecurity scanning, especially after he rejected their ai-content merge requests. And having to close bug bounties due to #llm spam.
...And what it means for #indie #programming today. #commonLisp #ecl 's 2010 example is curl, and and and.
@bagder That's not what I said.
I just expect people to not just copy & paste garbage, but actually deliver some proper info and actually verify stuff before submitting it.
Just so I understand this correctly...
We don't want machine generated vulerability reports...
...so we can leave our #foss projects vulnerable to hackers who are not constrained by ideology in their sploits using #Ai ?
Yeah, that tracks with the current majority of #infosec "professionals" letting the Rome burn while they roast the marshmallows, feeling super pure and superior.
@Gargron @scottjenson Hot take : "gen A.I. is a fascist tool" /me 2026 #fascism #antifa #TaxTheRich #SaveThePlanet #noai #AI
