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Saturday February 28th, 2026

heat and serve Veg Kolhapuri has witty Dan Lyke / comment 0

This heat and serve Veg Kolhapuri has witty comebacks for all occasions.

Viagra in your chocolate syrup Dan Lyke / comment 0

The writers of 2026 are having to go to particularly ridiculous lengths to get headlines. Lockout Supplements Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Boner Bears Chocolate Syrup Due to Undeclared Sildenafil

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We need a better phrase than "AI psychosis" Dan Lyke / comment 0

el @el@tilde.zone

We need a better phrase than "AI psychosis" or "AI addiction" for what this is.

What we're seeing with people becoming emptionally and intellectually dependent on computer processes, as a direct consequence of the way both mass and social media have for generations been designed to exploit parasocial fascinations and protaganism.

The entire Internet of social interaction, fandom, and fantasy, was slurped up in service of training these language models in how to act human. With that kind of pedigree, you know damn well how competent they will be at that, in a variety of fairytale ways. The ultimate "Choose Your Own Adventure" storyline.

This is a problem well beyond ethical concerns like intellectual property rights. What's been documented so far, is the December of a global mental health pandemic that may well make the Covid isolation blues seem mild. But for me, the descriptors of "psychosis" and "addiction" don't really cut it.

trash compactors for your dreams Dan Lyke / comment 0

Being Left Behind Enjoyer @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

Just thought about something that bugged me about that Apple “Crush” iPad ad (from two years ago).

The whole image it conveys is that personal computers went from bicycles for the mind to trash compactors for your dreams is just so aptly describing the modern tech industry.

Carry on.

bcachefs author goes AI psychosis Dan Lyke / comment 0

datarama @datarama@hachyderm.io

I apparently live in a world where a totally normal thing that happens is: Linux filesystem maintainer declares that his AI agent is conscious and also a girl btw, and then the AI agent comes out as a trans lesbian after flirting with someone on IRC. Linux filesystem maintainer throws a fit.

I... I think I'm too old for this.

The Register: Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious'

It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'

this internet is built on stolen data Dan Lyke / comment 0

scott f @scott@carfree.city

As an ethical AI user, I begin each session by asking the chatbot to give a stolen data acknowledgement. It is an important first step toward justice.

ChatGPT exposes China strongarm operation Dan Lyke / comment 0

CNN: A Chinese official’s use of ChatGPT accidentally revealed a global intimidation operation

The Chinese law enforcement official used ChatGPT like a diary to document the alleged covert campaign of suppression, OpenAI said. In one instance, Chinese operators allegedly disguised themselves as US immigration officials to warn a US-based Chinese dissident that their public statements had supposedly broken the law, according to the ChatGPT user. In another case, they describe an effort to use forged documents from a US county court to try to get a Chinese dissident’s social media account taken down.

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The spam will bury us Dan Lyke / comment 0

Windy city @pheonix@hachyderm.io

Before you buy that nice hoodie online, ask yourself, "Am I willing to delete one extra email every day for the rest of my life?"

Friday February 27th, 2026

Yeah New rule I check your website I Dan Lyke / comment 0

Yeah. New rule. I check your website, I see any hint of "AI assistant" or "AI" used in support, I nope the fuck out of your services or products.

Holy shit this is bad.

Friend has Hostinger hosting We've Dan Lyke / comment 0

Friend has Hostinger hosting. We've been trying to get their "Kodee" LLM assistant to fix things.

If your business advertises an "AI" assistant, we can assume that you are actively customer hostile and want to waste customer time rather than fixing anything. Blanket rule.


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