It's nice when a games journalist lets go with a nice takedown of AI slop. Shit Niblets. Bro'st-modern art. Hot Sloppy. etc.

#ai #genAI #slop #aiSucks #aiSuuuucks #orphanCrushingMachine #anotherDayInParadise

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/we-need-some-better-terms-for-genai-output-slop-is-too-benign

AI is now screwing renters.
Property management software Real Page, used by many landlords, deploys AI to artificially inflate rental prices in the United States by more than $3.6 billion annually, according to a new report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).
RealPage includes an "AI Revenue Management" tool that facilitates price coordination to set higher rents.
https://popular.info/p/ai-costs-american-renters-over-36

#AI #Rents #EndStageCapitalism #OrphanCrushingMachine #Capitalism #TuckersBalls

Oooh, this wins this week's "orphan crushing machine' award.

(ie, a story that is "oh what an uplifting story, she raised $1M for her family" but really "why do orphan crushing machines exist")

USA Today: Utah mother who raised over $1 million for her funeral dies from cancer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/14/erika-carr-ogden-utah-cancer/75678518007/

ABC7: Couple goes extra mile to help drivers in Compton by filling potholes themselves #potholes #compton #orphancrushingmachine
https://abc7.com/potholes-city-of-compton-california-alex-and-daisy-de-la-rosa/14494143/

Ok so to turn off the fucking wordpress "steal my stuff" option, go to admin page of your blog, click on settings, then scroll till you find "Prevent third-party sharing for (blog url)"