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AI is being wedged in throwing the tower off balance

    • Midnitte@beehaw.org
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      9 days ago

      …easily slipped in.

      I dont know, tech companies have been pretty hamfisted about getting AI in everyone’s face

      Edit: Ah wait, now that I think about this longer despite my migraine, I think you’re right. Should be like a wedge that transitions to a giant butt plug.

      • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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        9 days ago

        It’s off center, but still balanced because it hasn’t fallen. I think the point was a more accurate metaphor would be a wedge with a curve, so as it gets shoved in more (and clearly we’re not done shoving it in yet), things get far more tilted, until…

        • nyan@lemmy.cafe
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          It’s off center, but still balanced because it hasn’t fallen.

          Until a vibration hits, or someone blows gently on the blocks at the top right.

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            9 days ago

            In the sense of the metaphor, I think any of those things would have knocked it down long ago. Which says something about the odd resilience of our real systems. Not to mean they’ll stay that way, it’s just surprising sometimes.

            • Diurnambule@jlai.lu
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              Ypu have no idea how much energy is spent maintaining these old shits running. Spent a week trying to update a 18 year old application. For now, we failed.

              • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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                I have an idea how much energy is spent trying to replace older working systems with crap that doesn’t. We definitely are failing.