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  RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116667022863059853 Excellent thread on what "LLM-assisted" testing actually does, with context from rsync replacing its test suite with a poorly vibe-ported Python version (as regressions roll in) More generally, the primary product of LLMs is deception: the unfounded belief by the insufficiently-critical observer that the task has been performed. From vibe-coders to user communities, managers, and investors, there are many targets of the...

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  RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116736495067438407 This KPMG report contributed to the inevitability narratives that have been used to pressure academia. This is what businesses need, workforce development, etc. University administrators and business school faculty are exceptionally gullible marks. It's notable that the report has been out for 8 months and this was only detected because an "AI" vendor (GPTZero) had an adversarial interest. So much for the d...

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  Thanks to Deborah Lupton for organizing this panel "Resisting GenAI: How and Why", and to my co-panelists Dagmar Monett and Zachary Kaiser. I hope you enjoy and can make use of what we had to say. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOplEr_isKc

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  RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/117238494374796583 17 GWh at US eGrid average of 350 gCO2e/kWh is 6 kilotons CO2e, plus 5.1 ktCO2e scope 3 (amortized supply chain) = 11 ktCO2e. That's like 2 weeks of emissions for an entire university with 50k people, including commuting, travel, etc., or the emissions of 16700 round-trip transatlantic flights. US data centers are increasingly running on behind-the-meter gas with lower-efficiency simple-cycle gas turbines, which raises the estimat...

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  Is it good that a bunch of universities signed contracts saying they are responsible for everything students do with the product and that the university will indemnify OpenAI? "Florida officials investigate ChatGPT, OpenAI over alleged role in FSU shooting" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-officials-investigate-chatgpt-openai-alleged-role-fsu-shooting-rcna267477

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  RE: https://scholar.social/@olivia/116375986022767924 This is how the "AI in government" people talk about using LLMs to generate text for regulations. They're proud of it. It is a betrayal of the public trust. “We’re flooding the zone.” "Google Gemini can do word salad." https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/01/government-ai-trump-administration-plans-write-regulations-using-artificial-intelligence/410946/ (linking a partner publication because...

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  If you want to talk about healthcare access, find a way for physicians to spend their time thinking about diagnosis and treatment, and communicating with patients, not debating a mirage. People "doing their own research" is not new, and there are times when it is truly helpful, but intellectual friction is necessary. The effect of these products is to affirm biases and deceive people into believing they understand, without friction or regard for truth. And once that happens, i...

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  I installed new Challenge tires on my bike today. Please clap. First time since the 1990s that I've needed a tire lever (and I worked in a bike shop for a year).

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  I have often said that LLM-based pull requests are a denial of service attack on mentoring in open-source communities. This post explains the rationale behind Zig's prohibition and offers much-needed reflection on the human surfaces of open source. https://kristoff.it/blog/contributor-poker-and-ai/