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David Gerard @ dgerard @awful.systems
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the guy who got Elon and Grimes to hook up, destroying Twitter and proceeding to blow up the United States

https://davidgerard.co.uk/

  • AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats

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  • and a startling percentage of those turn out to be rationalist race scientists

  • AI boyfriend users radicalise against OpenAI — and self-host their chatbot companions

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  • a youtube commenter notices: just where is that robot's left hand

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    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 19th October 2025

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  • I'm apparently quoted in one of the expensive low circulation finance newsletters (Grant's Interest Rate Observer) today or tomorrow saying how even the relatively competent crypto firms are also run by clowns.

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    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 19th October 2025

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    ChatGPT sales are flat — so Altman offers OpenAI adult chat

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/17/chatgpt-sales-are-flat-so-altman-offers-openai-adult-chat/

  • AI boyfriend users radicalise against OpenAI — and self-host their chatbot companions

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  • I did see at least a few, which is why I said that, funnily enough.

  • AI boyfriend users radicalise against OpenAI — and self-host their chatbot companions

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  • Given this user's declared lack of intent to improve, we wish them well in their posting career elsewhere.

  • AI boyfriend users radicalise against OpenAI — and self-host their chatbot companions

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  • this poster doesn't seem to be improving. We wish them well in their posting career to any of the many other Lemmy discussion forums.

  • AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats

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  • ah minor correction, you're on Lemmy not on Mastodon, the venue for this sort of tedious and point-avoiding pedantry

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  • We hope they enjoy their Fediverse(tm) experience here at Awful

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    AI boyfriend users radicalise against OpenAI — and self-host their chatbot companions

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/16/ai-boyfriend-users-radicalise-against-openai-and-self-host-their-chatbot-companions/

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  • Yeah, that's great, thanks.

  • AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats

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  • increasing number of social media responses which come across as they think they're giving clarifying orders to a chatbot

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  • Having reviewed your posts, new poster bad.

  • AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats

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  • Sorry, it's science now.

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    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 19th October 2025

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  • Sneer Zone Media shall TRIUMPH

  • AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats

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  • dammit beat me by 7 minutes

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    AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/15/ai-is-not-popular-and-ai-users-are-unpleasant-asshats/
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    It’s trivial to prompt-inject Github’s AI Copilot Chat

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/14/its-trivial-to-prompt-inject-githubs-ai-copilot-chat/
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    Microsoft tracks your Copilot AI usage in its workplace spyware

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/13/microsoft-tracks-your-copilot-ai-usage-in-its-workplace-spyware/

  • Microsoft OneDrive lets you disable AI face recognition three times in a year!

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  • I guess install it and see!

  • Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th October 2025

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  • first read as lucid screaming

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    Microsoft OneDrive lets you disable AI face recognition three times in a year!

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/12/microsoft-onedrive-lets-you-disable-ai-face-recognition-three-times-in-a-year/

  • Google won’t fix ‘ASCII smuggling’ hack in Gemini AI

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  • lol. The comment on the video that appears to read "Great video!" is actually an ASCII-smuggling example that works on Gemini

  • Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy

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    Google won’t fix ‘ASCII smuggling’ hack in Gemini AI

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/11/google-wont-fix-ascii-smuggling-hack-in-gemini-ai/
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    OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/10/openai-does-deals-to-make-a-deal-and-the-money-is-getting-worried/
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    OpenAI and Jony Ive’s Siri-alike has compute problems

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/09/openai-and-jony-ives-siri-alike-has-compute-problems/
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    Salesforce replaces help with Agentforce AI — customers outraged

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/08/salesforce-replaces-help-with-agentforce-ai-customers-outraged/
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    Dewaffling the tech industry - Iris knocks it out the park again

    deadsimpletech.com /blog/dewaffling_tech
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    Deloitte Australia retracts ChatGPT report, refunds government

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/07/deloitte-australia-retracts-chatgpt-report-refunds-government/
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    Microsoft: forget your IT department, use Copilot at work anyway!

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/06/microsoft-forget-your-it-department-use-copilot-at-work-anyway/
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    Musk’s Grokipedia — Grok AI rewrites Wikipedia

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/05/musks-grokipedia-grok-ai-rewrites-wikipedia/
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    OpenAI wants all the gas power — and prices go up

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/04/openai-wants-all-the-gas-power-and-prices-go-up/
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    I’m appalled and saddened to hear that Tilly Norwood’s brief but dazzling career has abruptly ended due to an unforeseen tragedy.

    www.linkedin.com /posts/activity-7380212586438434816-qjR9
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    awesome old AI paper Artificial Intelligence Meets Natural Stupidity (PDF, 1976)

    dl.acm.org /doi/pdf/10.1145/1045339.1045340
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    YouTube’s AI DJ interrupts your paid ad-free music

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/03/youtubes-ai-dj-interrupts-your-paid-ad-free-music/
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    Microsoft Copilot AI tries faces instead of a pearly blob

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/02/microsoft-copilot-ai-tries-faces-instead-of-a-pearly-blob/