AI links of the morning
2026-08-13 20:14:28.132772+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Jason Gorman: codemanship: AI Software Development – What Does The Data Say? (Via).
If you're looking for more writing by someone who's consistently been right about the current "AI" boom, Timnit Gebru's book Deep Unlearning is available for pre-order. (Via)
Brett codes: I'm Done Using AI, on the path through using AI assistants for coding, and then, of course, realizing that the mental atrophy is setting in. Via pretty much everywhere, but here.
Buncha people linking to Annie Sexton's Compression is prediction, which is a lot of old territory if you're already a programmer, but eventually gets around to the notion that an LLM is a lossy compression of the Internet, while referencing the Google Language Modeling Is Compression paper from 2023. (Via)
And, finally, in "oh, honey, no, you didn't actually..." DOCKET NO. AAN-CV-25-6066141-S : MATTHEW A. ELLIOTT V. NEW YORK BARIATRIC GROUP, LLC : : SUPERIOR COURT JUDICIAL DISTRICТ OF ANSONIA/MILFORD AT MILFORD AUGUST 6, 2026 MEMORANDUM OF DECISION COURT SANCTION FOR PLAINTIFF'S USE OF PROMPT-INJECTION ("the plaintiff is self-represented"👀)
The Court further finds that this conduct is irreconcilable with the good- faith certification required of every filer under Connecticut Practice Book $4-2(b) and 4-9, and that it is an abuse of the filing process and an affront to the integrity of these proceedings, over which the Court has inherent authority.
"No more electronic filing for you!" (Via Tara Calishain and Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. among others)