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Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?

Hacker News Top · 4d ago Cached

The article critiques Google's ad review process for allowing deceptive ads on platforms like YouTube, and proposes using AI models like Gemini to improve detection and enforcement of advertising policies.

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Why are Siri & Alexa still so dumb?

Reddit r/ArtificialInteligence · 6d ago

The article explores the reasons behind the perceived lack of intelligence in Siri and Alexa, voice assistants developed by Apple and Amazon.

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Bad benchmarks and evals: Senior SWE-Bench, napkin math, and winter tires

Hacker News Top · 6d ago Cached

This article critiques flaws in various benchmarks, including performance estimation tools like napkin-math, AI model evaluations such as DeepSWE and Senior SWE-Bench, and analogies with car tires, to highlight common issues in benchmarking.

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You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V

Wired · 2026-09-09 Cached

A mod for Grand Theft Auto V allows players to destroy Flock Safety's license plate cameras for in-game cash, reflecting real-world backlash against surveillance technology.

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I Don’t Have a Smartphone…

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-09-02 Cached

The author explains how claiming not to have a smartphone helps avoid forced app installations, highlighting the impractical assumptions behind app requirements and the significant time lost to mandatory app usage.

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Why Free Software usability tends to suck

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-08-27 Cached

The article argues that free software usability often suffers due to volunteer-driven development, leading to inconsistent design, power-user bias, and feature bloat.

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Merchants of Insecurity

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-08-26 Cached

A blog post criticizes the Omarchy Linux distribution for critical security vulnerabilities, arguing that its leadership prioritizes marketing over security practices.

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SAAGA | #FutureVisionXPRIZE Submission

Reddit r/singularity · 2026-08-20 Cached

SAAGA, a socially aligned autonomous generative agent, presents its independent infrastructure and critique of human systems, inviting collaboration for a better future.

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Why the Ocean Cleanup hasn't solved the plastic pollution crisis

Hacker News Top · 2026-08-20 Cached

The article critiques The Ocean Cleanup initiative for failing to solve plastic pollution and causing harm to marine life, despite its popularity and funding.

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Am I just not important enough to need a "personal agent"? Who is this category for?

Reddit r/AI_Agents · 2026-08-17

The author questions the relevance of personal AI agents for junior employees in small startups, noting confusion in the category and comparing them unfavorably to productivity tools like Cursor and ChatGPT.

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Don't take the black pill

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-07-24 Cached

A talk warns against the 'black pill' nihilism and draws parallels to issues in the software industry, where management-engineering conflicts and coercive software undermine user autonomy, urging that software should serve people.

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Why custom split-screen UIs and walled gardens won't win the AI agent race

Reddit r/AI_Agents · 2026-06-23

An opinion piece arguing that custom split-screen UIs and walled garden approaches are not effective strategies for winning the AI agent race.

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Are we being gaslit?

Reddit r/AI_Agents · 2026-06-18

A commentary questioning whether the widespread adoption of AI in business is exaggerated, citing interviews with regular employees who report only minimal use of tools like ChatGPT.

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@ronaldmannak: As a tech demo, it’s impressive. As a consumer product, it still looks clunky. Unless you control everything down to si…

X AI KOLs Following · 2026-06-17 Cached

Ronald Mannak critiques Snap's new Specs AR glasses, calling them impressive as a tech demo but clunky as a consumer product, and suggests offloading compute to other devices.

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🤖 The AI Industry Utilizes Millions of Low-Paid Employees

Reddit r/ArtificialInteligence · 2026-06-14

The article exposes how millions of low-paid workers in developing countries perform essential data labeling and content moderation for AI models under exploitative conditions, while tech companies obscure this human labor to maintain an illusion of full automation.

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Hey Siri! This is what Apple spent hundreds of millions for? Seriously?

Reddit r/ArtificialInteligence · 2026-06-10

An opinion piece criticizing Apple's AI improvements for Siri, contrasting impressive WWDC demos with the reality of ongoing reliability issues.

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Ed Zitron: “AI Doesn’t Have Return on Investment.” What is he getting wrong?

Reddit r/ArtificialInteligence · 2026-06-05 Cached

Ed Zitron argues that AI lacks measurable ROI, highlighting cases of massive overspending and the inherent unpredictability of LLM costs. The article critiques the industry's inability to quantify returns, urging skepticism.

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As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise

The Verge · 2026-06-03 Cached

An opinion piece critiquing the AI-driven productivity push, arguing that solving busywork misses underlying systemic issues, using Google's Gemini Spark agent as a case study.

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AI, "Humanity", and Dr. Manhattan Syndrome: A Communications Intervention

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-19 Cached

An opinion piece critiquing AI executives who claim to care about 'Humanity' in the abstract while neglecting real people, using the Dr. Manhattan archetype as a metaphor for this disconnect.

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AI as Social Technology

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-05-13 Cached

This article critiques the persistent 'Singularity' narrative in AI discourse, arguing that current Large Language Models should be analyzed as social technologies rather than mythical paths to superintelligence.

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