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Weekend list of critical reading links about the state[1] of Tech, AI[2] hype/finance/politics, mostly long form:
Ed Zitron's The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/
How to use computing power faster: on the weird ec…

The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
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Fuck anti-LGBTQIA haters, I’m here, queer, bi, and shining bright, dressing how I damn well please!

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/

The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
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My main problem with @edzitron.com 's piece on the #AIbubble is that I agree with so much of it.
I'm now wondering if I've missed something about #LLMs? The numbers and implications for stock markets are terrifyingly huge!
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/

Trademarks for FLOSS projects and haters is a fascinating combination.
"You use our code but don't mention the project name! You must!"
"You use our project name in combination with your own shit that uses our code behind the curtain! You can't do that!"

ABC News suspends journalist after calling Trump and adviser 'world-class' haters (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/abc-news-suspends-journalist-stephen-miller-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250608/p80#a250608p80

Sorry if I fucked up your day too, but I fucking love you all! After looking at this GIF, I’m over it!
Autism is real as hell, and autism is fucking awesome. Fuck the haters, fuck anyone who’s “anti-autism,” and fuck domestic violence against autistic people.
I exist, I’m proud, and I’m not going anywhere. Autism power, always fucking rad!
Mistakes happen, and I gotta work on myself, lmao! You do you, and I’ll do me. Cool? Cool.

On reflection, I think the big mistake is the conflation of #AI with #LLM and #MachineLearning.
There are genuine exciting advances in ML with applications all over the place, in science, (not least in my own research group looking at high resolution regional climate downscaling), health diagnostics, defence etc. But these are not the AIs that journalists are talking about, nor that are really related the LLMs.
They're still good uses of GPUs and will probably produce economic benefits, but probably not the multi- trillion ones the pundits seem to be expecting
#AIbubble is that I agree with so much of it.
I'm now wondering if I've missed something about #LLMs? The numbers and implications for stock markets are terrifyingly huge!
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/

#MickeyMouse owned TV network drops #WhiteHouse correspondent after decades long career over single #Tweet critical of #DJT &

ABC News drops Terry Moran over late-night post attacking Trump and Stephen Miller
The network is parting ways with its veteran correspondent two days after he posted a missive on X calling the president and his deputy chief of staff “world-class haters.”