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The zombified Claude Explains, and more Anthropic shit

June 7, 2025 The zombified Claude Explains, and more Anthropic shit2025-06-08T13:41:52+01:00 3 Comments AI, Claude, Codeium, idiocy, Manus, python, SPECIAL, tips, Windsurf

When Claude Explains, then it doesn't anymore! I’m not sure when was it that Anthropic launched its Claude Explains sort of blog, but between June 3 and 5 every single…

Cât de inutil poate fi AI

June 4, 2025 Cât de inutil poate fi AI2025-06-04T23:35:29+01:00 1 Comment AI, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Manus, Mistral, pe românește, Qwen

Sorry for posting this in Romanian, but it should be machine-translatable quite well. OK, să zicem că aud o melodie la radio, iar Shazam o identifică astfel (SoundHound nu găsește…

The questionable industry of online AI training gig jobs

May 27, 2025 The questionable industry of online AI training gig jobs2025-05-28T21:11:33+01:00 1 Comment AI, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Manus, Mistral, Perplexity, Qwen

Let me start by abruptly inserting the text that I fed some chatbots with. It goes as follows: Years ago, various online jobs that didn't require much expertise bar a…

I quickly tested Manus AI: I guess it has potential

May 20, 2025 I quickly tested Manus AI: I guess it has potential2025-05-28T14:23:44+01:00 1 Comment AI, languages, Manus

When I mentioned Manus AI almost four weeks ago (at number 8), I wasn't thrilled by the business model because it lacked a free tier. Now it sort of almost…

AI: Hallucinations, agents, CO2, buttholes, books, and old news

April 26, 2025 AI: Hallucinations, agents, CO2, buttholes, books, and old news2025-05-20T19:25:45+01:00 21 Comments AI, ChatGPT, Claude, climate, Copilot, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Llama, Manus, Mistral, Perplexity

I'm not genuinely captivated by the AI; quite the opposite is closer to the truth. But given the hundreds of billions invested so far in AI and the hysteria that…

Béranger on Thoughts about BRICS+, China, and Europe—and the US: “İhsan Aktaş’s Iran-Israel war shifts global balances, tests China’s power inspired me to add a comment on China, too. The…” Jun 22, 19:27
Béranger on Understanding Israel, Trump, and the “negotiations with Iran”: “UPDATE: The Nobel Peace Prize goes to Trump. He shares it with Netanyahu and Putin. Fordow is gone.— Open Source…” Jun 22, 09:46
Béranger on Bibi + Donald + Iran = 💣: “Things I didn’t really know in full, but now I do: ❶ There is a fatwa by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,…” Jun 20, 00:58
Aldus on Bibi + Donald + Iran = 💣: ““God’s promise” is bullshit and bears no legal value! It’s interesting that only political leaders embrace the perspective of the…” Jun 19, 23:36
Aldus on Israel is the land of love: “Macron has forgotten his repulsion towards the massacre in Gaza and is friends again with Bibi, the ICC-indicted mass murderer.…” Jun 19, 22:53
Béranger on Bibi + Donald + Iran = 💣: “White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Trump said, “Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of…” Jun 19, 21:18
morgan on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “> 1995 was a much better year for humankind. Yes M” Jun 19, 17:32
Béranger on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “There is no future of Linux on the desktop as long as both RH/IBM and Canonical push GNOME as the…” Jun 19, 11:48
morgan on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “Might this discussion offer an answer: DNF on Opensuse? Is it possible? I just ask – I’ve been using Fedora…” Jun 19, 11:40
Béranger on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “That’s too long a story. Short version: unreliable and bad karma. Not unusable, mind you. Just not for me. Here’s…” Jun 18, 15:57
morgan on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “I’m just scratching my head about the same sort of thing, having followed you article about RH pooing – you…” Jun 18, 15:55
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Mariana Vizoli, consultant fiscal, fost responsabil TVA vreme de 18 ani în Ministerul Finanțelor, le știe binișor: Taxarea inversă generalizată…” Jun 17, 15:38
HAL on Copilot, Mistral, Gpt4All: more AI letdowns. Back to Claude?: “Je vous avais dit que vous étiez peut-être un peu trop rapide en écartant Claude si vite pour si peu……” Jun 16, 13:58
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Corina Vasile, Director Executiv al ANIS (Asociația Patronală a Industriei de Software și Servicii) mănâncă căcat cu polonicul în De…” Jun 16, 11:18
Béranger on Claude’s dirty secrets and… Grok would kill for money!: “Hallusions: Follow-up on the topic of the surgeon saying, “I can’t operate on this boy!” Remember how all chatbots but…” Jun 16, 04:14
Béranger on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “And here’s what I thought about the book.” Jun 14, 12:16
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Uite că nu toată lumea are vise erotice cu „reverse VAT”. Exemplu: Mariana Vizoli, consultant fiscal și cadru didactic asociat…” Jun 12, 18:33
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Deși CTP s-a pronunțat în mod repetat împotriva impozitării progresive, de-abia ieri a venit cu un argument care să „țină…” Jun 12, 16:53
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Ia uite-l și pe Dan Manolescu, șeful Camerei Consultanților Fiscali: „Am auzit de o creștere a impozitului pe profit de…” Jun 12, 14:57
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Nu-l înțelegi pentru că nu vrei să gândești. Atenție, a înțelege ceva nu-i totuna cu a fi de acord, sau…” Jun 12, 12:59
zugu on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Eu nu înțeleg impozitul progresiv. Dacă toți plătim 10%, nu este evident că ăia cu salarii mai mari DEJA plătesc…” Jun 12, 12:03
Béranger on Curtea Constituțională a legalizat corupția în România: “CCR a publicat online faimoasa motivare a abjecției: DECIZIA nr.297 din 29 mai 2025 referitoare la excepția de neconstituționalitate a…” Jun 11, 22:17
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Două idei la care Theodor Paleologu ține cu furie: – Că PSD precis are oameni mai decenți decât Grindeanu -…” Jun 11, 21:12
Béranger on Student, dar nu absolvent: să înțelegem CV-ul lui Nicușor: “Theodor Paleologu, despre cum a fost admis Nicușor Dan la ENS, și despre „adevărata Sorbonă” (Paris I+IV): cam de la…” Jun 11, 21:01
Wiktor Miesok on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “Hit me an email and I’ll send you the ePub. If you like it, you can buy it on Amazon.” Jun 11, 17:05
Béranger on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “I did not spend €5 on it, mate. What’s it about?” Jun 11, 15:37
Wiktor Miesok on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “But is the book good or not, mate?” Jun 11, 15:36
Béranger on The zombified Claude Explains, and more Anthropic shit: “Sí señor, efectos especiales … Sí señor, una tentación … Sí señor, corona de cristales … Tú y yo a…” Jun 9, 11:54
zugu on The zombified Claude Explains, and more Anthropic shit: “Mă scuzați, dar am simțit nevoia să comentez în limba română. Cum căcat trec ăștia în masă la chatboți și…” Jun 9, 11:43
Béranger on The zombified Claude Explains, and more Anthropic shit: “I was just about to write that nobody bothered to notice that Claude Explains is no more (OK, it’s Saturday,…” Jun 7, 22:19
Béranger on This is how stupid Microsoft is: “OMFG. Microsoft shares script to restore inetpub folder you shouldn’t delete 🙂 It’s Set-InetpubFolderAcl 1.0.” Jun 7, 21:32
Chris on Claude’s dirty secrets and… Grok would kill for money!: “I don’t have any comment regarding this post in particular, but I genuinely want to thank you for producing such…” Jun 7, 08:44
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “There’s an important mention to be made regarding GoComics, because SOMETIMES the site does not redirect from HTTP to HTTPS.…” Jun 6, 15:15
Béranger on Führer’s Grok 3 is promising―and expensive if you need more of it 🥴: “Remember how Grok acknowledged my take on the hyperloop? “Hyperloop ignored safety. A vacuum breach would kill instantly—air at 700…” Jun 6, 09:55
Nina on 42: Swimming into brainwashing and burnout: “Can you explain why you think that?” Jun 6, 00:32
Béranger on Cât de inutil poate fi AI: “I think I forgot to note that Manus didn’t bother to tell me anything about the performers of the song,…” Jun 5, 21:37
HAL on 42: Swimming into brainwashing and burnout: “Yeah, after reading all that, I’m strengthened in my conviction that it’s above all a factory of morons. It’s easier…” Jun 2, 18:55
Béranger on Student, dar nu absolvent: să înțelegem CV-ul lui Nicușor: “Well, eu nu pun semnul egal între oameni nici în alte condiții. Naiba știe la ce servește acest statut special…” Jun 2, 15:35
Aldus on Student, dar nu absolvent: să înțelegem CV-ul lui Nicușor: “1. Așa de tânăr e Macron? 🙂 Noroc cu Brigitte. 2. Tu ai pune semnul egal între tine și unul…” Jun 2, 15:29
Béranger on Student, dar nu absolvent: să înțelegem CV-ul lui Nicușor: “1. În 1992, Macron urma să împlinească 15 ani în decembrie, iar din 1993 să-și rezolve erecțiile cu doamna profesoară.…” Jun 2, 15:20
Aldus on Student, dar nu absolvent: să înțelegem CV-ul lui Nicușor: “Pe de altă parte, faptul că era „élève hors cadre” înseamnă că nu participa efectiv la cursuri, nu? Poate cel…” Jun 2, 15:15
Nina on 42: Swimming into brainwashing and burnout: “Hi! I am a student at 42 and wanted to leave a few of my own opinions here. I don’t…” Jun 2, 00:36
Niclas on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “Thanks for that—I was kind of doing that same search until I stumbled across your blog. I got suggested the…” May 31, 18:11
Béranger on Curtea Constituțională a legalizat corupția în România: “Da, știam. N-am ce să comentez, că mă enervez. (S-a enervat CTP și în locul meu.)” May 31, 13:21
Aldus on Curtea Constituțională a legalizat corupția în România: “În gura presei, minutul 29:18. Nicușor Dan zice una, consilierul lui zice fix pe dos.” May 31, 13:03
Aldus on Curtea Constituțională a legalizat corupția în România: “Și eu cred că măsura înlesnește corupția, dar în mod indirect, prin modificarea percepției publice. Miza este probabil mai puțin…” May 30, 21:56
HAL on 🤩 Claude can now search the Web for everybody!: “What’s curious is that in the mobile app, in the settings there’s an option to tell it to use web…” May 29, 17:38
HAL on 🤩 Claude can now search the Web for everybody!: “Yes, I came across this as well. Given that this is an important feature and was a black spot for…” May 29, 06:31
Béranger on 🤩 Claude can now search the Web for everybody!: “Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic: “AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to…” May 28, 22:30
Béranger on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “Niște șmecheri mai cu ștaif, niște țepari, niște bulangii care au pus la cale o harneală de zile mari. (I…” May 28, 21:20
Jeo on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “They carry the name of what they do in plain sight: hustle. Pretentious cons. End of story.” May 28, 21:08
Jeo on The questionable industry of online AI training gig jobs: “I definitely agree with the bottom line. We are so doomed.” May 28, 21:01
Béranger on The Three Shitheads (and us): “Despite twenty rounds of “sanctions” against Russia, the EU is as pathetic as it gets. How could Putin take us…” May 28, 19:16
Béranger on The Three Shitheads (and us): “Robert Reich: A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king. Trump has already disregarded several decisions…” May 28, 19:12
Aldus on AI: Hallucinations, agents, CO2, buttholes, books, and old news: “I’m slowly reading your posts about AI, but haven’t reached that part yet. There’s a lot of material, and the…” May 27, 22:44
Béranger on AI: Hallucinations, agents, CO2, buttholes, books, and old news: “My remark on chess is also posted here: Take this case, when Leela Chess Zero, using its best deep learning…” May 27, 22:34
Aldus on AI: Hallucinations, agents, CO2, buttholes, books, and old news: “The main points (I’d say about 85%-90%) are mine, but I used DeepSeek/Gemini to double-check, correct and refine the answer,…” May 27, 22:28
Béranger on China repeats all the mistakes made by the West—and yet…: “And yet, China’s approach to AI is more integrative. The Economist: Xi Jinping’s plan to beat America at AI: On…” May 27, 14:58
Béranger on AI: Hallucinations, agents, CO2, buttholes, books, and old news: “The Chinese models also use “simple keyword-based checks that operate at a very superficial level” even when they censor the…” May 27, 13:44
Aldus on AI: Hallucinations, agents, CO2, buttholes, books, and old news: “Well, of course, there is NLP, but what it probably does is split the input text into tokens (one token…” May 27, 00:47