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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Simulated Company Shows Most AI Agents Flunk the Job:

"The results should comfort people worried about AI replacing them. The best of them, Claude 3.5 Sonnet from Anthropic, only completed 24% of the tasks. Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash came in second with 11.4%, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o was third with 8.6%."

lol. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/2025/agent-company

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
rayckeith@techhub.social ("Third Foundation") wrote:

#MicrosoftCopilot #AI

"I'm still not even sure what it's supposed to do to improve my Windows experience. All it did was deteriorate my Windows experience until I was driven to hardware sabotage. "

Even after removing everything related to Copilot, he could not stop the system from asking to install Copilot whenever he accidentally hit a certain key. So he pried the key off his keyboard and used glue to make sure its stub never moved again.
https://www.tumblr.com/reasonablywittyatbest/803127085604438016

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I writing a part 2, and perhaps a part 3, so this may be a series. It eventually drifts away from Hank and explores why #AIdoomerism seems so popular in left-leaning circles (spoiler: maybe it's not? It's complicated)

Anyway, my apologies to anyone who subscribed via RSS because you thought I only posted coffee reflection essays. I promise to do something lighter after the series.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/hank-green-and-the-fantastical-tales-of-god-ais/

Boosted by jwz:
virtualbri@mastodon.online ("Brian Tatosky") wrote:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/16/coast-guard-swastikas-nooses/

Oh, so they let the anger die down a bit and then did the policy anyway?

Boosted by jwz:
ansuz@social.cryptography.dog ("ansuz / ऐरन") wrote:

Mozilla announcing their vision for the future followed immediately by a link to Twitter pretty much sums up the state of things

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive test suite written by somebody else, 5 different models, a megawatt-hour of energy, a swimming pool full of water, and a month of spare time of an extremely senior engineer

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
FediThing@chinwag.org ("FediThing :progress_pride:") wrote:

One of the myths that comes up again and again in FOSS is "It's run by a non-profit, it's safe, the corporate world cannot take it over".

Mozilla shows how incorrect this assumption is: https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/115730052589989499

Non-profits can be captured by corporations very easily:

1. Evil corporation donates massive amount of money to a non-profit, far more than it got from individuals, grants etc.
2. Non-profit uses the massive donation to greatly extend its features and pay itself much bigger salaries
3. Non-profit can no longer function without corporate donations
4. Non-profit captured, does whatever corporation wants

#FOSS

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
samwilson@wikis.world ("Sam Wilson") wrote:

I don't want AI in my browser, I just want the #RSS icon in the address bar to come back. I liked that.

#Firefox

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Rockndoll@misskey.de ("HugoStiglitz") wrote:

#banger #classic #hiphop #alltimefavorite

https://youtu.be/h2zgB93KANE

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The insanity of the political moment requires that we say clearly that open societies require a search for the truth, and evidence is the central player in that search.

So when oligarchs and politicians throw science and evidence on the bonfire, understand it as attempted cover-up; fundamentally immoral and self-serving. When business leaders go along with anti-evidence policy, see complicity. When civil society institutions fail to defend science and evidence, grasp the revolting cowardice.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
CodyIwatzky@lemmy.cafe ("Cody Iwatzky") wrote:

How about LibreWolf?

As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick “official” toot to then pin: we haven’t and won’t support “generative AI” related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it “slipped through”. As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.

chaos.social/@librewolf/115716906957137196

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

Bye there #Mozilla,

Hope your CEO and your AI have a good time together because soon they will be the only ones left using any Mozilla slop 🤖

I was wrong for thinking we could have a nice browser, silly me..

@mozilla

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

This is the secret to true native level Japanese.

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

(The “g” is an example of having that keyword become a reflex: I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google, but I had to remap DDG to “g” because I just kept typing it automatically.)

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Tahoe’s revamped Spotlight is impressive, but I think my brain is too wired for Alfred at this point—I start nearly all web searches with “g ”, and Spotlight seems peculiarly bad at doing web searches, unless there's something I'm missing.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Hobby Lobby is rife with AI generated prints and illustrations in its products.

https://youtube.com/shorts/tjRl3odfKbw

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

We have such a clear advantage in fighting against AI executives and turning the narrative against them that I don't they we use nearly enough:

These people are capital D Dorks. Straight gum balls. They are deeply dislikable people so much so that Sam Altman literally gets paid just because he can speak without people vomiting (usually).

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

"Where have all the websites gone?" is my most popular. It's a collection of jotted notes and unfinished posts that I cobbled together. I wrote the intro in how ever long it takes me to type that many words.

I didn't like it very much and expect the post to sit unread. But I posted and shared anyway. I'm so glad I did! I connected with a lot of cool people because of this blog post.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/where-have-all-the-websites-gone/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

omg.lol has just switched to short-lived TLS certificates! :prami_happy:

Earlier this year, Let’s Encrypt announced that they were working on making this new type of profile available, and it’s finally here. Switching to short-lived certificates improves security for everyone.

You can read more here: https://letsencrypt.org/2025/02/20/first-short-lived-cert-issued

No action is needed on your part. When your current certificate expires, it will be replaced with a short-lived one automatically.

Huge thanks to @jack for helping with the transition!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mccd@merveilles.town wrote:

Cool washing machine

https://www.positive.news/society/flat-pack-washing-machine-spins-a-fairer-future/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
fancysandwiches@neuromatch.social wrote:

@fromjason OpenAI are running a bunch of similar ads for ChatGPT on reddit. Here's one trying to make it look useful for farmers. I saw another that claimed they were helping an 86 year old steel mill.

Boosted by jwz:
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

fintech bros only know:

- double down on exploitative crap
- extract wealth before everything collapses
- do cocaine
- lie

I might be calling out Mozilla’s new CEO with this. and their old CEO. every CEO they’ve ever had. Marc Andreeeeessen. every executive I’ve ever had the misfortune to meet in the flesh. all the other executives too. fintech is a cult.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

Crypto firms are lobbying Trump for tax carveouts. Meanwhile, a new 501(c)(3) they back hosted a private dinner with tax lawmakers — despite rules against “substantial” lobbying. Purely educational, of course.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
pixelpaperyarn@masto.hackers.town wrote:

If you'd like to review my new book, "All Is Hell Bent" featuring the story of Loki and Sigyn, told as an intimate tragedy, you can request a reviewer copy here: https://forms.gle/6KoAs85iG42XrrJs9

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
vkc@linuxmom.net ("Veronica Explains") wrote:

POLL: do you care about your browser engine?

jwz wrote:

It has come to my attention that the artwork for the original mozilla.org "dinosaur" logo is not widely available online. So, here it is.

As I explained in some detail in my 2016 article "They Live and the secret history of the Mozilla logo", I commissioned this artwork from Shepard Fairey to use as the branding of the newly-founded mozilla.org and our open source release of the Netscape source code, which eventually became Firefox. This happened in March 1998...
https://jwz.org/b/yk0j

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
ploum@mamot.fr wrote:

Mozilla has a new CEO who:

- Has been at Mozilla for less than a year
- Has no prior open source experience (but well in "fintech" and "real estate")
- Has a MBA (aka "brainworm diploma")
- Is all-in on AI

That’s exactly the kind of bingo profile the whole community has been waiting for.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mconley@fosstodon.org ("Mike Conley (:mconley) ⚙️") wrote:

Do you like talented musicians?

Do you like rock?

Do you like the Transformers?

Then you might also like The Cybertronic Spree:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTTT0iarzI8

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Had to share this comment on Reddit:

> People saying AI uses water, is like saying "Cars polute the air, stop the cars now".

My brother in christ, yes.

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

It occurs to me for home listening I should really consider buying and ripping CDs again, and taking advantage of BluOS’s pretty decent music serving capability. (My A/V receiver runs BluOS, which is a large part of why I’m looking at Qobuz, actually.)