Buzzfeed journey:

[mostlytato@mstdn.social]

@Npars01 @GossiTheDog
Its a good list. We can only wish. Thoughts and prayers 😂

[wintergr33n@lingo.lol]

@Npars01 @GossiTheDog

Zuck is starting to look like this recurring character from the Onion:

https://theonion.com/poll-nearly-1-in-10-adults-have-postponed-retirement-due-to-healthcare-costs/

Jaxon McCurdy, Curtain Tasseler

(Have to click the link)

Just to be extra clear.

[andymoose@fedi.aiga.rocks]

@GossiTheDog @bobjmsn And doubling down on AI regardless.

[jt_rebelo@ciberlandia.pt]

@joonq because AI told them not to think about it, and AI knows best, right? Right? @GossiTheDog

[elithebearded@fed.qaz.red]

@GossiTheDog

And that last paragraph...

«The brutal reality check seemingly hasn't put [BuzzFeed CEO Jonah] Peretti off from pursuing AI, though. He now says he's hoping to bring "new AI apps to the market" this year.»

That's some addictive Kool-Aid

[ildiavolorosso@sfba.social]

@GossiTheDog Should we start calling this #slopruptcy ?

[f800gecko@mastodon.online]

@GossiTheDog

Canary, coal mine...

Something-something.

[karma_j@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog

"In 2023, the company’s stock price jumped aggressively, from around $3 per share to north of $15. "

"Reality soon set in. After the initial spike in enthusiasm, the company’s stock took a massive beating; as of this week, its shares are hovering around 70 cents."

#AiSlop #AI #AiGarbage

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai

[64bithero@mstdn.games]

@GossiTheDog this is the future every company is heading toward. But not before mass layoffs

[wesdym@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog LOL

[estelle@mstdn.social]

@GossiTheDog "it seems this pivot to ai has tanked my once very profitable business. what do you think we should do about this?"

*turns towards mirror, revealing only other employee*

"perhaps we can solve this with more ai-assisted apps,"

[reallylazybear@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog Awww, they thought AI was awesome, but the CEO even wanna double down !

I'm pretty open-minded with what people want to do for themselves so I say let them have what's coming for 'em. They wanted more "AI" shoved down their throats so let them have more "AI".

Let 'em choke to death with the fucking slop.

[berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es]

@GossiTheDog Oh no.

[welp_welp@defcon.social]

@GossiTheDog It's not like there were other examples of businesses borking themselves with AI + heavy layoffs. No one could have seen this coming!

Apparently BuzzFeed tried to require all of their content creators to submit their work to AI for some mystery AI project. The maker of Chikn Nugit nearly bowed out until BuzzFeed made an exception for her show.

[mtconleyuk@mastodonapp.uk]

@GossiTheDog

[drewtowler@mas.to]

@GossiTheDog Excellent. Fuck Buzzfeed.

[qccechris@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog There was much rejoicing

[thehcj@floss.social]

@GossiTheDog I guess they messed around and found out that actually people do not care about #AI slop

[divya@sfba.social]

@GossiTheDog actually they did the original pivot to video that caused them to start hemorrhaging visitors

[kimcrawley@zeroes.ca]

@simonzerafa @GossiTheDog

You laugh but Sarah Grey, who led the editing of my 2023 O'Reilly Media book Hacker Culture: A to Z, says Tim O'Reilly makes her and all of his editing staff show him how many ways they're using Gen AI, the more, the better. 🙃🙃🙃