Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bruces" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bruces</span></a></span> when do people start attacking <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datacenters</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnergyCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federate.social/@mattblaze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mattblaze</span></a></span> and that's why anyone who even mentions <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> gets kicked off premises by me.</p><ul><li>Cuz people on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LSD</span></a> are way more respectful, less nosy and quieter than all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> bs that is just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> and that are worse than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cleverbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cleverbot</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> combined)...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@lillyfinch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lillyfinch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://qoto.org/@freeschool" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freeschool</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@hzulla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hzulla</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://martinh.net/@m" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>m</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DarkOptimism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DarkOptimism</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@mdione" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mdione</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@PatternChaser" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PatternChaser</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@walkinglampshade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>walkinglampshade</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@JR_Kelly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JR_Kelly</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@vic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vic</span></a></span> </p><p>The problem with most <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> is that it's just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> as in:</p><ul><li>It doesn't work at all or</li><li>It works at random or</li><li>It'll hallucinate solutions on the fly like some mansplainer.</li></ul><p>Almost all search queries one would hand to it are faster to do by just getting a searchable text file if PDF and using <code>Ctrl + F</code> to find things in those.</p><ul><li>I.e. if you want to find out if some medication is incompatible one just searches for that type & kind of medication in the safety sheet that has to be included in the box (at least in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>) and can be downloaded from the manufacturer's website.</li></ul><p>I just don't see any results worth the <em>excessive computational resources required</em> in comparison to say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> which most of the time links to a decently reputable site when it comes to technical things.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@squads" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>squads</span></a></span> no they ain't - they are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> at best if not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/clickworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clickworkers</span></a> who have no other means to make ends meet!</p><ul><li>Stop shilling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/garbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garbage</span></a> that only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> who have 0 skills beyond swaying even more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCs</span></a> into burning money get excited about!</li></ul>
Chewie<p>Fucking Forbes:</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/04/13/microsofts-free-upgrade-offer-for-500-million-windows-users/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/13/microsofts-free-upgrade-offer-for-500-million-windows-users/</span></a></p><p>"If it’s not eligible, do not try to upgrade your PC — instead look at recycling or landfill."</p><p>Yeah, why try upgrading? Upgrading is for losers.</p><p>wtf?</p><p><a href="https://mammut.gogreenit.net/tags/ReduceRepairReuseRecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReduceRepairReuseRecycle</span></a> <a href="https://mammut.gogreenit.net/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://mammut.gogreenit.net/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nerdherz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nerdherz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@koehntopp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>koehntopp</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> ist bestenfalls <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> aside, klansmen-white - hot glowing antisemite Peter <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> and his <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Paramilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paramilitary</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> are an actual <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threat</span></a>, cuz if they can just generate their whole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Elysium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elysium</span></a> and enshure their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/supremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supremacy</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> that have neither conciousness nor fear nor face accountability, they'll gonna go full <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Neofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neofeudalism</span></a> once they can.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oS9UG1U2N0&t=2834s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=3oS9UG1U2N</span><span class="invisible">0&t=2834s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@sj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sj</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@florenciocano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>florenciocano</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a> but I still think <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@senficon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>senficon</span></a></span> is correct in his analysis because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> is way more stringent than say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Otherwise <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnisonAudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnisonAudio</span></a> would have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> on anyone using some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50m2Q7wPUFg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shitty basic chords</a> that got them 83% bad rating on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrustPilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrustPilot</span></a>, which on it's own is so flooded with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaidReviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaidReviews</span></a> that it's laughable as a measure to quality on it's own...</li></ul><p>Don't get me wrong, I think <em>wannabe "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> is still <em>bad</em> as in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> kind (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a>) and that the very few useful applications are overshadowed by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grifters</span></a> wanting to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VC</span></a>'s off their money.</p><ul><li>So yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBros</span></a> ruined <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NFTs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFTs</span></a> because <em>before that</em> their <em>"virtue-signalling"</em> that they are <em>literally "horny for money"</em> burned that tech for the very few use-cases where it could've been an option, and are now busy with the next <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DumpsterFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumpsterFire</span></a> aka. <em>"AI"</em>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@sj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sj</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@florenciocano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>florenciocano</span></a></span> because <a href="http://felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-copilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">that's not how copyright works</a> unless you'd also be perfectly fine with being a perpetual debt peon to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Contentmafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Contentmafia</span></a>...</p><ul><li>Regardless of the fact that most wannabe-"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"* is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> <em>at best</em>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> <em>pressing X for doubt</em><br><a href="http://felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-copilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-co</span><span class="invisible">pilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/</span></a></p><p>Regardless of the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> is just bad...</p>
George Macgregor<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kkarhan</span></a></span> <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> is similarly <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> -- though at least there appears some greater recognition of this nowadays.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://code4lib.social/@g3om4c" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>g3om4c</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112529325113862104" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to me</a> that's <em>criminally "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>"</em>...</p><p>Also wasting the very <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/finite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finite</span></a> nuclear fuel to boil water to make a turbine go brrr and churn out electricity is not only insulting to the universe in terms of wastefulness but also a bad application for said resources that could be used more efficiently in more pressing matters of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>.</p><ul><li>It is the technological equivalent of buying a car just so one can charge their smartphone off it's 12V socket in the dashboard.</li></ul>
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