lalal AI has made some great innovations in taking songs and separating them into vocals and instrumentals. that’s a game changer for remix artists.

other than that niche utility and a handful of others, AI is largely bullshit.

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

Mega corporations that only hire contract workers with no morale or investment in the long term success of the company (because the majority of their efforts are purely to appear shareholders) are not equipped with the means to put out decent products.

Passion, dedication, investment in workers, and long term talent are what create remarkable pieces of software. Microsoft has none of this because these things are incompatible with the directives of infinite growth shareholder appeasement. Want extra time for QA? nope, that would reduce profits. Want to pay higher salaries to attract better talent? Nope, that would reduce profits. Want to adequately reward employees in ways they actually connect with like raises and bonuses? Nope, that would cut into the boss’ annual bonus and he needs his new vacation home more than we need to afford rent.

There is an optimal level of profit chasing and company size within which excellent software can be produced, and Microsoft exceeded those thresholds years ago. There is also an optimal phase of capitalism that is conducive to quality innovation and development, and we’re well past it.

It hasn’t been a left wing vote for a long time, if ever.

It’s not just about taxes. It’s about maintaining his status as an oligarch.

LLMs are not AI. They’re content stealing blenders wearing a name tag that says AI on it.

The modern tech industry is all about building products that generate hype to impress the shareholders. Building good functional products to impress the consumer isn’t necessary if you can simply put on a flashy show for the geriatric billionaires.

They were always this way. It’s sociopathy, not age that causes this.

The whole problem with companies like Amazon is that hardly anyone in charge of them seems to care about long term sustainability. They all just invest enough effort to squeeze out some short term profits, earn their bonuses and then leave for another company to do it all again. Nobody is interested in sustainability because there is no incentive to. They’re playing hot potato with the collapse of the company.

Now they can replace them without paying unemployment and pay the new workers a lower wage. This is what they wanted to happen. Mega corporations are a problem we need to solve as a society.

I prefer no landlords at all

Mega corporations are a problem we need to solve as a society.

They are egoists who deal only in proclamation of truth.

You stating that it’s even possible for you to not enjoy their company under certain conditions is offensive to their narcissistic ideals that they should be loved unconditionally by all without earning it.

You embracing an identity that falls outside their homogenous narrow-minded gender binary is offensive to their narcissistic ideals that the world should cater to them and only them.

They are people who failed to shed their ego as they emerged into adulthood and now it controls them, and they have decided to pin the blame for all of their problems on people like you. You’re better off not interacting with narcissists at all. They’re walking fountains of delusion and you can never say anything that will make them see you as a human being and a peer of equal value.

Because all of our current laws work so well at preventing access to addictive things. /s