<![CDATA[lot of that going around]]>lot of that going around

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ea265a61-e6c7-4cfa-aada-9c48aeeaf253/lot-of-that-going-aroundRSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 19:44:03 GMTSun, 30 Aug 2026 11:42:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:35:18 GMT]]>@wordstitcher i like the term .

@histoftech
if you can imagine the same dish but without anyone having their throat slit and bleeding to death, then the lack of imagination is less with the eating it and more with the who is unable to imagine not eating the corpses of the young.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/117248656556011847https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/117248656556011847Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:35:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:09:53 GMT]]>@peteriskrisjanis @histoftech When operating flights, the term "wet" is used, as in "wet lease" (hiring a flight with the crew inside). "Wet proxy"?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.radio/users/Ea5iyl/statuses/117194528759790789https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.radio/users/Ea5iyl/statuses/117194528759790789Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:09:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:17:45 GMT]]>@greggbayesbrown @histoftech Yeah personally I like the sound of this one a bit better 🤷

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/diazona/statuses/117193380029747366https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/diazona/statuses/117193380029747366Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:17:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:46:10 GMT]]>@histoftech Here's a site to share with that special someone. https://meatproxy.me/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Xavier/statuses/117192548057284977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Xavier/statuses/117192548057284977Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:46:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:09:05 GMT]]>@dalias @histoftech true, whenever someone is called out for LLM use, they always downplay it and insist they totally reviewed everything, or only used it for xyz and not the Really Important Work (and of course this is a lie)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jo/statuses/117191930355294013https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jo/statuses/117191930355294013Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:09:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:08:25 GMT]]>@histoftech @vico and if the intended recipient is an ai, the whole system is a meatloaf

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/n1k0/statuses/117191927769756757https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/n1k0/statuses/117191927769756757Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:05:41 GMT]]>@histoftech @so_treu 🤣🤣<bookmarks for future reference>

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/117191681071754893https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/117191681071754893Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:05:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:25:46 GMT]]>@wordstitcher @histoftech “meat proxy” doesn’t have the ableist baggage of terms derived from “idiot”.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/mdekstrand/statuses/117190108560415599https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/mdekstrand/statuses/117190108560415599Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:25:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:54:06 GMT]]>In Finnish military there has been a term 'nahkarele' that translates to 'leather relay' (or 'skin relay') for person manually copying information between systems of different classification between which there is no (approved) automated data transfer or there is a need for a human decision which information can be released.
In English the term used is typically 'swivel chair'.
@histoftech @linjari

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/puhuri/statuses/117188804360233403https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/puhuri/statuses/117188804360233403Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:54:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:55:41 GMT]]>@histoftech i believe he has coined (or at least popularized) it https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ml/users/snakequake/statuses/117187866912502437https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ml/users/snakequake/statuses/117187866912502437Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:55:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:42:16 GMT]]>@datarama @histoftech The outlook for our future makes me want to play in traffic.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/117186162627976083https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/117186162627976083Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:42:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:40:47 GMT]]>@histoftech I prefer the more antiquated "Slop Puppet"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117175466489902356/statuses/117186156814568599https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117175466489902356/statuses/117186156814568599Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:40:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:39:40 GMT]]>@DukeDuke @histoftech The same person once, in the middle of an actual face to face conversation, took out his phone to ask ChatGPT what to say to me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117186152429197191https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117186152429197191Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:39:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:38:07 GMT]]>@datarama @histoftech That's disturbing on many levels.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/117186146318181937https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/117186146318181937Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:38:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:34:35 GMT]]>@histoftech I texted a friend the other day about how there've now been three Home Alone 2 performers die this year, and yet Trump's still extant. They texted back to let me know that I was wrong, because goggle AI said it was a bogus internet rumor because Dolly wasn't in the movie. I had to tell them it has nothing to do with Dolly, and that AI was always wrong. We're so screwed that people blindly accept that tripe as reality. 😑

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/117186132422316446https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/117186132422316446Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:34:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:51:54 GMT]]>@histoftech For (literally) decades I have been using Meat Proxy as a term to describe people (me included) who are interacting with a system at the behest of others. I've chirped about this before but the new meme appears to have given it to the sloppageddon.

At least "Rectal Millinery" was taken over by a real breathing author so I don't mind losing that one.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/just_one_bear/statuses/117185256764364803https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/just_one_bear/statuses/117185256764364803Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:51:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:46:16 GMT]]>@histoftech i feel like all genai users become that eventually, as their skills and ethical stances atrophy to nothing

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snug.moe/notes/aqjjq948xrb6c29dhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snug.moe/notes/aqjjq948xrb6c29dSun, 30 Aug 2026 15:46:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:23:08 GMT]]>@histoftech
This just reminded me how my then-boss, years back, called us, programmers, PowerPoint-to-code converters.

I guess converter > proxy, though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/shadowdancer/statuses/117185143672894219https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/shadowdancer/statuses/117185143672894219Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:23:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:21:14 GMT]]>@histoftech I feel like the words "without reading, understanding, or validating it" are extraneous and serve just to give the meat proxy wiggle room to claim they're not a meat proxy.

The definition should just be "a person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/117185136168467265https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/117185136168467265Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:21:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:02:40 GMT]]>@histoftech I know someone who calls *himself* a "meat terminal for Claude".

He wears this as a badge of honour, not as a mark of shame.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117185063173978535https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117185063173978535Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:02:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:59:42 GMT]]>@histoftech

This aligns closely with the ‘reverse centaur’ concept: the meat proxy (skip driver or code reviewer for example) whose sole function is to enable the code to act in the world.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DavidM_yeg/statuses/117185051494054285https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DavidM_yeg/statuses/117185051494054285Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:59:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:44:22 GMT]]>@histoftech

I wonder if i'd end up at HR if i reply this to the next "AI" ticket.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/fzer0/statuses/117184991294312178https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/fzer0/statuses/117184991294312178Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:44:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:47:38 GMT]]>@histoftech that is good one, I like it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.lv/users/peteriskrisjanis/statuses/117184768138351842https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.lv/users/peteriskrisjanis/statuses/117184768138351842Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:47:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to lot of that going around on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:46:46 GMT]]>@histoftech
That's a better term for so-called 'vegan alternatives', which apparently always have to compare it to real meat, for lack of imagination.
If you need a term for someone who facilitates AI, while knowing next to nothing, call them an 'AIdiot'.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/wordstitcher/statuses/117184292862650630https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/wordstitcher/statuses/117184292862650630Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:46:46 GMT