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@scottwilson Addictive! It's not even an analogy anymore; generative AI is an addictive substance that causes cognitive decline. If you cannot stop yourself from using it even when compelled to for a scientific study, seems like you have a dependency.

This study—from Anthropic, no less—is rather damning of the entire generative AI project. In code creation, the realm where it should shine, not only were the time gains marginal, but developers understood their code far, far less. And they didn't even have more fun doing the work!

But to me the most concerning part of this study is the fact that Anthropic could not get the control (non-AI) group to comply. Up to 35% of the "control" in the initial studies used AI tools despite instructions not to. What kind of behavior does that sound like?

https://arxiv.org/html/2601.20245v2#S5

@nuintari I have a complicated history with the Church. At one point I was discerning for priesthood.

It is as bloody and poisonous an organization as there has ever been. And yet, there are believers who strive for the grace that the Church purports to expound. The Pope seems a good man, and he'd be that with or without the ferula.

Direct link to the message:

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/communications/documents/20260124-messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html

Amen, Your Holiness

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/pope-leo-xiv-brings-not-peace-but-a-sword-to-ai-oligarchs-and-a-slop-mad-world-in-new-address-says-its-turning-people-into-passive-consumers-of-unthought-thoughts/

@cstross @jwz I'm not so sure it's that. Mozilla view The Goog as a liability, and want to diversify revenue away from the disastrously single-sourced search royalties. They have concluded that the best way to do so is pursuing AI, while under the guise of "liberating" AI from corporate control. The latter is of course a joke, since uhhhh where exactly do those foundation models come from, even the "open" ones?

https://taggart-tech.com/mozilla-cycle-pt3/

As a former K-12 technology educator, let me break this down for you. If a "toy" comes with an app, it isn't a toy; it's a data collection mechanism, and likely a brand loyalty engine.

Kids don't need these things. In fact, they're much, much better off without them.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ai-toy-exposed-50000-logs-of-its-chats-with-kids-to-anyone-with-a-gmail-account/

@alicedotjpog That is absolutely what this is and everyone is aware. They're just really mad at genAI.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/113694884783855934

It's 2026 now. Boost if you're ready to destroy genAI entirely.

@unchartedworlds MZLA is excluded from the requirement, I believe

@Xyla @chillybot @DaveMWilburn That's not entirely accurate, as the remedies for that case did not prevent sweetheart deals like the one Moz has with Google for default placement.

@DaveMWilburn @chillybot I have been following this for some time, and I think the answer is clearly that they don't think of Firefox as anything more than legacy debt, despite their language. Their investments are in AI because that's where donor money is. The user base is not the revenue source. Their corporations that chase VC are.

@chillybot It's too late: https://taggart-tech.com/mozilla-cycle-pt3

@chillybot I think that's rather honest of them. They have no intention of backing off from AI. They'll ride that bomb all the way to the ground.

@theorangetheme @SecurityWriter The roulette is more random

@SecurityWriter This is short-sighted imo, and missing a huge monetization opportunity.

What if every function call, every API endpoint, every program output could be gambled on in a betting market?

Will my function return the desired result? Current odds are 4:1!

I just checked and polymorphic.market is available. Let's do this.

Don't, uh

Don't use this. Don't let your family or friends use it. If you see it in your neighborhood, bang pots and pans, whistle, and scare it off.

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001036-what-is-chatgpt-health

Welp.

Chat platform Discord files confidentially for US IPO https://www.reuters.com/business/chat-platform-discord-confidentially-file-us-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-01-06/

@glyph Sure, although that first group may be said to be users, but not addicts, if that's the case. My suspicion is that time of use will be a factor there.

@glyph Absolutely, but even in that we can make out the general shape of the thing. We know this current model is not economically sustainable by any party. For users, the result will be inability to access models, or paying cripplingly high prices to do so. Option 1 will elucidate their inability to function without the models, and option 2 will impose the kinds of costs that look like rock bottom in other addictions.