Madrigal

This shit pre-dates “AI”. AI just lets them do it faster and cheaper.

Stop feeding it.

Your money, or your personal data, used for whatever damned purpose they choose.

That’s really the choice.

It was the last version I needed. Six months gaming on Linux and I haven’t looked back.

The way I see it, they think GenAI is the new portal to information, the way search has been for the last 25-30 years. They want to control that portal, because it’s worth trillions over time.

This is why they’re cramming it into everything and worrying about use cases later. It’s a land grab.

We’ve been training it through the Captcha system for decades now.

Putting other people at risk through deliberate or careless action is also considered to be criminal, in many cases.

2002? Amateur.

But it was broke…

I’ve always believed that the whole stall concept was developed by some kind of pervert.

I mean, even when they grant proper visual privacy, that’s just one of our five senses. You can still hear and smell what’s going on next door - and I swear in some cases just about taste it.

To me, “privacy” means all senses.

Not to mention having weirdos peek over the top of the stall, which has happened.

Crepuscular, maybe?

Just start referring to it as “Isn’trael” then.

It’s a bit like alt med quacks wearing a white lab coat and carrying a stethoscope while they prescribe magical water or wave coloured crystals at you.

You still can. Nowadays it shows you really mean it!

Modern capitalism in a nutshell. Establish a monopoly through any means, then exploit the hell out of that monopoly to become richer and more powerful.

The Y9999.999999871K bug

Then your only challenge will be converting to and from human-friendly formats and cleansing user input. Easy.

I asked ChatGPT for some potential solutions to the Y10K issue. I particularly enjoyed this suggestion:

Plan for Y10K Early: Build flexible and extensible systems now, with modular design to incorporate future changes seamlessly.

It’s what happens when James uses the good dining forks to unjam the cupboard door again.