I’m in the thick of the AI bubble professionally, lately - and not hating it entirely - but I’d like the bubble to burst so we could get realistic about what AI/ML tech can actually, usefully do. And, you know, be less scuzzy about it

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/10/business/brands-avoid-term-customers/index.html

And, of course, if when stripped of hype the tech yields less utility than what justifies the cost, a part of me will heave a mighty sigh of relief. Part of me is having fun tinkering, but part of me is tired

I remember the dotcom bubble bursting. It wasn’t an awesome time, job-wise, but folks continued on doing neat stuff with the web anyway. Kinda hoping a similar cycle happens with AL/ML tech.

Of course, the web stuff all calcified into silos I wish would crumble. And the AI bubble is eating the web as we know it. Dark forests are looking mighty cozy lately. Maybe there’s something interesting there?

Remember Pets-dot-com and the sock puppet circa 1999? Haha, losers.

That said, 25 years later, I got a shipment of cat litter from Chewy just last week.

I think about that a lot

The psychological safety to use a toilet that no one you know knows you’re using

(ruined by poop tootin)

Alternatively: I was just in a restroom where someone intoned “release the hounds” before annihilating their throne.

It was not me and I didn’t recognize the voice and I didn’t stick around to see, so i guess that’s still anonymity of a sort.

I’ve just started seeing a timer superimposed over my vision, rapidly counting down “consciousness remaining (in ms)” - this seems like an exciting new feature of jet lag

I wonder what happens when it reaches ze