2026-11-02 00:20 UTC
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@misterbngo@awful.systems 2026-11-02 03:05
Jepsen releases a barely contained sneer jepsen.io/analyses/particledb-1.1.4
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@o7___o7@awful.systems 2026-11-02 03:41
Get into the Cheesecake Factory or get left behind!
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@nightsky@awful.systems 2026-11-02 10:51
I find it so so funny that the Proton AI manifesto asks why the productivity is not increasing despite LLM usage, and then it’s all like… you’re not prompting hard enough! I take it as a positive sign when even the biggest AI pushers realize it’s not working and turn to denial.
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@CinnasVerses@awful.systems 2026-11-02 15:20
Remember the episode of DS9 where the authors agree that creating a holographic simulation of someone without their permission for sexual purposes is shameful? Ten years later in The Singularity is Near, Kurzweil seems to say that in the glorious virtual future this will be routine and accepted (its a section with a lot of dialogue between characters with years in their names, not digging out a copy and checking the page).
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@BioMan@awful.systems 2026-11-02 17:29
Another entry in the weird “GPU world” writing competition (What kind of wonderful happy go lucky future is brought about by LLMs like those of today being ubiquitous and constantly used but unaccountably not leading to the Great Singularity) www.lesswrong.com/posts/…/gpu-world-submission This one is less messed up than the last. Instead of weird sex and graverobbing it features… uh, a guy being paid by an LLM to braid string as busywork?
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@lurker@awful.systems 2026-11-02 19:00
Anthropic released amended IPO-aaand its even worse! reddit.com/…/anthropic_releases_amended_ipo_prosp… The artificial intelligence company said it generated $33.24 billion in revenue for the nine months ended Sept. 30, up roughly 1,200% from the same period last year. It reported a $104 billion net loss during the period, after losing $25.1 billion over the same stretch in 2025. ‘b-but the convertible notes!!!’
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@lurker@awful.systems 2026-11-03 09:04
Got this recommended to me
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@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-11-03 12:54
LW and the more credulous parts of the general techsphere are going gaga over this rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight-space-programming/ Is this the long foretold, mythical RSI??? RSI = recursive self-improvement, not repetitive strain injury
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@froztbyte@awful.systems 2026-11-03 12:58
so there’s a new nber econometrics paper out, covering our favourite industry it has some bangers in it Paid adoption is substantially more common among younger and higher-income consumers: those earning more than $200,000 per year are 1.7 times as likely to pay as those earning less than $50,000, and those younger than 55 are 1.8 times as likely as those aged 55 or older starting strong! This force creates a dynamic incentive to set lower prices today: lower prices attract more users, improving future model quality and raising future demand I don’t entirely follow how setting lower prices today improves future model quality but sure I’ll go along with the ride Despite this limited horizontal differentiation, we find some degree of vertical differentiation across providers, consistent with observed market shares. At the end of our sample, the average consumer was willing to pay a $10 monthly premium for OpenAI products relative to Anthropic products. Part of this difference reflects model quality: our estimates indicate that consumers are willing to pay more for higher-quality models. For instance, moving from GPT-4’s capability level to GPT-5.5 Pro’s raises average willingness to pay for OpenAI products by approximately $25 per month We also use the model to examine how consumer preferences for AI services shape competition. We begin by considering substitutability across services. By the end of our sample, all pairs of AI services are substitutes on average “do you want tea or coffee?” “yes” OpenAI has the highest retention of all AI products we study, with 77% of people still paying after one month, 65% after three months, and 55% after six months. Anthropic and xAI are lower, but similar to each other: around 65%, 50%, and 40% after one, three, and six months, in the words of basement jaxx, down down downdown down downdown downdown chat is it good when your world changing ai god not getting picked for anyone’s team during lunch football
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@Soyweiser@awful.systems 2026-11-03 15:39
(Death comes for XSLT)[dbushell.com/2026/11/03/xslt-rip/] (article about google killing XSLT, or gunning for it, not my usual fair but it is bad, and I didn’t see much attention pointed at it so far).
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@lurker@awful.systems 2026-11-03 20:21
Sam Altman is yapping some bullshit again And bonus OpenAI bullshit