But this is the military, so it’s not like details matter or lives are on the line if you’re out in the field and get a sheet of instructions that are completely detached from reality.
Its not like the damage to morale this will near-certainly cause will have some knock-on effects, either.
EDIT: "Soldier dissatisfaction" didn't accurately describe what this plan will do - changed it to "damage to morale".
In a major setback for right-to-repair, iFixit has jumped on the slop bandwagon, introducing an "AI repair helper" to their website that steals "the knowledge base of over 20 years of repair experts" (to quote their dogshit announcement on YouTube) and uses it to hallucinate "repair guides" and "step-by-step instructions" for its users.
We’re preparing your kid for the glorious AI future. That is, a life of getting nickel-and-dimed by corporate parasites feeding off public money.
And being utterly dependent on said corporate parasites thanks to the deskilling machine utterly destroying their critical thinking and general mental acuity at such a young age.
Doing a quick search, it hasn't been posted here until now - thanks for dropping it.
In a similar vein, there's a guide to recognising AI-extruded music on Newgrounds, written by two of the site's Audio Moderators. This has been posted here before, but having every "slop tell guide" in one place is more convenient.
the article headline: "Chatbots are now rivaling social networks as a core layer of internet infrastructure"
Counterpoint: "vibe coding" is rotting internet infrastructure from the inside, AI scrapers are destroying the commons through large-scale theft, chatbots are drowning everything else through nonstop lying
Unsurprisingly, the replies have become a promptfondler shooting gallery. Personal "favourite" goes to the guy who casually admits he can't tell art from slop:
To (somewhat) reiterate a potentially extreme position of mine, shit like this is why society needs to actively avoid adopting new software for the time being, if not actively cut back on software usage whenever possible.
Whilst the IT industry was already a failure-ridden mess which actively refuses to learn before AI was a thing, the rise of AI and "vibe coding" has made things so much worse in practically every regard. At this point, any new software should be treated as a liability until proven otherwise.
I’m not sure will ever escape “move fast and break things” this side of a civilisation-toppling catastrophe. Which we might get.
Considering how "vibe coding" has corroded IT infrastructure at all levels, the AI bubble is set to trigger a 2008-style financial crisis upon its burst, and AI itself has been deskilling students and workers at an alarming rate, I can easily see why.
Cooling in space is an absolute arse. Space is an excellent insulator for heat. That’s why a thermos works. In space, thermal management is job number one. All you can use is radiators. Getting rid of your 200 kilowatts will need about 500 square metres.
To drive home how easy this is to work out, the Codex for the Mass Effect series1 explicitly points out that radiation is the only way to cool off in space, and goes into detail on how in-universe spaceships (civilian and military) deal with heat buildup.
BioWare did their homework on this shit for a series of sci-fi RPGs which started in the early days of the Xbox 360 and the PS3. That the startup bros, tech co's and billionaire CEOs pushing this have failed or refused to recognise this shit is goddamn negligence.
So space is a bit hard. A lot of the sci-fi guys suggest oceans! We’ll put the data centres underwater and cooling will be great!
The only way I see that idea working is if humanity works out underwater cities (e.g. Rapture from the original Bioshock) first. That'd make the issue of maintenance easier to deal with, even if getting new parts from the surface would remain a PITA.
1 Specifically "Starships: Heat Management", under Ships and Vehicles, in the Secondary Codex"
Its not like the damage to morale this will near-certainly cause will have some knock-on effects, either.
EDIT: "Soldier dissatisfaction" didn't accurately describe what this plan will do - changed it to "damage to morale".