<![CDATA[“If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.”]]>“If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.”

Gosh, I sure hope so. I see where you’re going and it sucks.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/79468690-c2e2-4c6b-894b-7993700a08a5/if-you-don-t-use-ai-you-re-going-to-get-left-behind.RSS for NodeSat, 24 Oct 2026 20:21:31 GMTFri, 23 Oct 2026 17:40:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:15:31 GMT]]>@overholt Ditto What Sap. "You're missing out on things" No, you're excluding people who don't sell their soul to Zuckerberg.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.iow.social/users/mikecox/statuses/117494417403100851https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.iow.social/users/mikecox/statuses/117494417403100851Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:15:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:01:29 GMT]]>@carrideen @overholt he’s probably just finding a way to deal and is in denial maybe. I wish you strength 😞

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://front-end.social/users/Anneke/statuses/117494362255930502https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://front-end.social/users/Anneke/statuses/117494362255930502Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:01:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:34:01 GMT]]>@overholt The problem is they are taking us with them by force, AI boosters don't understand consent.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/KekunPlazas/statuses/117494254212778049https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/KekunPlazas/statuses/117494254212778049Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:34:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:28:18 GMT]]>@maccruiskeen @joltrast @overholt I'm done. You're being obtuse and we've been round and round and you're not acknowledging what I'm saying and I might as well be talking to a wall because you're so tied into the circle jerk of Ai=bad. You're part of the proud ignorance of contemperary circle jerk anti tech populism... an anti with no ideas and no knowledge of the issue. AI ain't going away. This whole "conversation" is evidennce of the Left not being able to meme.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Scrimshaw9/statuses/117494231774796107https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Scrimshaw9/statuses/117494231774796107Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:28:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:02:44 GMT]]>@Scrimshaw9 @joltrast @overholt 'Humanist AI'? AI is the opposite of humanist, intrinsically. It is literally the removal of the human.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/maccruiskeen/statuses/117494131196673725https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/maccruiskeen/statuses/117494131196673725Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:02:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:59:41 GMT]]>@maccruiskeen @joltrast @overholt You found your way onto the metaverse yet you're pretending like there isn't an equivelent for AI because the circle jerk is to pretend that you're a victim of fascist AI creators. There's literally ppl trying for a humanist Ai and y'all pretending like Ai is all the same fascist thing in all instace.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Scrimshaw9/statuses/117494119211089815https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Scrimshaw9/statuses/117494119211089815Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:59:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:54:10 GMT]]>@overholt
watching the slop-coded bus drive off the cliff

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/joshg/statuses/117494097545223706https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/joshg/statuses/117494097545223706Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:54:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:34:45 GMT]]>@Scrimshaw9 @joltrast @overholt no, it is not math. It is participation, action.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/maccruiskeen/statuses/117494021218167282https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/maccruiskeen/statuses/117494021218167282Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:34:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:46:07 GMT]]>@rupert@mastodon.nz @jbqueru@floss.social @overholt@glammr.us Ignoring that OO is a big mistake outside of simulations, which include UIs, from everything I’ve heard the “old COBOLers” retire so much as got riffed.

Some from lack of demand due to switching to other languages as you allude to, some because it was perceived they weren’t needed anymore, certainly not compared to cheaper young whippersnappers. COBOL still runs a lot of the world, though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://shitposter.world/objects/e7d8ecac-c3e4-43d9-84a8-305363dc7884https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://shitposter.world/objects/e7d8ecac-c3e4-43d9-84a8-305363dc7884Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:46:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:33:43 GMT]]>@joltrast @maccruiskeen @overholt Is democracy not math? Is electioneering not algorithmic math itself? Come on man... y'all pretend to be stupid while going out of your way pretending to be victims.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Scrimshaw9/statuses/117493781169846977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Scrimshaw9/statuses/117493781169846977Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:33:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:51:31 GMT]]>@Scrimshaw9 @maccruiskeen @overholt you can't teach these computer programs anything because they can't "learn". They can't place emotional value on anything. These are algorithmic word guessing, weighted probability machines. Just math(s). It's nothing more than a very expensive parlor trick.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joltrast/statuses/117493615249791581https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joltrast/statuses/117493615249791581Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:51:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:18:08 GMT]]>@overholt "Where are we going?"
"AI city"
"Leave me behind"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MachineLordZero/statuses/117493483976222745https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MachineLordZero/statuses/117493483976222745Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:18:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:14:18 GMT]]>@overholt
Does "left behind" mean "left alone?" That's what I'd really like.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mast.hpc.social/users/jbowen/statuses/117493468918015583https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mast.hpc.social/users/jbowen/statuses/117493468918015583Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:14:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:30:22 GMT]]>@maccruiskeen @overholt What? You absoultely can develop models that value democracy and equality. So... nice cop out, I guess. Keep throwing baby out with the bathwater, see where that leads us. 🙄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Scrimshaw9/statuses/117493296178633632https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Scrimshaw9/statuses/117493296178633632Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:30:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:24:22 GMT]]>@overholt

- discovering 14 yo CVEs
- improving weather modelling
- improving protein folding
- improving crystalline material discovery
- clean-room open source rewrites of rentier software (Adobe,...)
- decompiling and reverse engineering rentier software and hardware

I think we're going in the right direction with AI

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/budududuroiu/statuses/117493272589312707https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/budududuroiu/statuses/117493272589312707Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:24:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:07:02 GMT]]>@overholt Please leave me behind. I am just short of retirement. I am going to find a cabin with no cell or internet service once retired. They should be pretty cheap at this point.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BoloMKXXVIII/statuses/117493204437728878https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BoloMKXXVIII/statuses/117493204437728878Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:07:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:54:44 GMT]]>@jbqueru @overholt I remember being a callow youth telling old COBOLers that they were going to get left behind if they didn't learn an OO language.
Then we went through Y2K and they all retired early and I'm still working.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/rupert/statuses/117492920130744873https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/rupert/statuses/117492920130744873Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:54:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:50:55 GMT]]>@overholt Reminded the director of engineering, on a tire kicking visit from the UK, that either I've been unemployable for a year or llm boosters talk a lot of bullshit.
I also said they make you stupid, which I expect to get some feedback on from the people between us on the org chart.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/rupert/statuses/117492905123498274https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/rupert/statuses/117492905123498274Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:50:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:33:52 GMT]]>@overholt AI is a technology like any other, it can be useful, but it also makes it easy to make money with low effort. Until that is not true it will continue just pumping out slop.
Some good uses of AI are, for example, suicide prevention at metro stations. AI systems trained to recognise people wanting to jump.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShiroBloo/statuses/117492838079884808https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShiroBloo/statuses/117492838079884808Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:33:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:31:16 GMT]]>@overholt

I sure was glad of the fact that I learned the Rust programming language with the able assistance of my friends here, real encouragement I got from them.

Not.

I use AI pretty much every day of my life as a code assist. If any of these AI Chicken Littles want to work with me on Rust, they're welcome.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/tuban_muzuru/statuses/117492827820599354https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/tuban_muzuru/statuses/117492827820599354Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:31:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:25:28 GMT]]>@overholt

Truly yes. THIS. They are going the wrong way.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/carpetbomberz/statuses/117492805025617555https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/carpetbomberz/statuses/117492805025617555Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:25:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:00:04 GMT]]>@overholt I realise I am in a privileged position where I don't have to interact with AI chatbots or LLMs at all and I'd like to keep it that way. Others aren't so lucky and I really feel for their predicament. It sucks.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joltrast/statuses/117492469254565209https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joltrast/statuses/117492469254565209Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:00:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:52:19 GMT]]>@overholt I'd also very much like to be left out of the financial crash just around the corner.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/bit/statuses/117492438762940833https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/bit/statuses/117492438762940833Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:52:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “If you don’t use AI you’re going to get left behind.” on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:51:03 GMT]]>@overholt@glammr.us@glammr.us Yes, I do see your destination, so do leave me behind, then forever leave me the fuck alone.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/LabSpokane/statuses/117492433803894424https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/LabSpokane/statuses/117492433803894424Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:51:03 GMT