AI fails

[briantrumpet]

Bluesky isn't doing a very good job of changing my cynical view of how AI is being pushed.

https://bsky.app/profile/radiodeadair.com/post/3mm66dzn5c22s

Nash
May 19, 2026 at 1:51 AM GMT+1

"According to Velloso, less than 3% of paying users actively use Copilot, even though Microsoft has pre-deployed it directly into the Windows 11 taskbar and across the Office suite." lol, lmfao

"This means a staggering 96.7% of users are rejecting the premium AI features, yielding just a 3.3% paid adoption rate. When viewed against Microsoft’s estimated $37.5 billion quarterly AI spending, this is an alarmingly low adoption rate." rofl I'm remembering how Microsoft tried to dictate to chipmakers that all Windows CPUs needed to have "neural processing units" and laptop makers needed to put a dedicated Copilot button on their keyboard and roflcopter"

 

[Psamathe]

However, I have not "dabbled" with AI... yet

For me it's about what's useful in my life, what adds something. In my workshop I don't want tools that I never use and are of no help in the projects I do. Same with AI, at the moment it would add nothing and from my minor dabbling it actually detracts 'cos it gets so much stuff wrong. So like I don't use tools in the workshop that are of no help, I'm not using AI.

But I'll keep an open mind as both AI and what I do can change over time.

 

[First Aspect]

It's like disc brakes. No one wanted them of needed them, but adoption was high because the companies who spent loads developing them and which could charge a higher price gave people no choice.

 

[C R]

It's like disc brakes. No one wanted them of needed them, but adoption was high because the companies who spent loads developing them and which could charge a higher price gave people no choice.

There's a fundamental difference, disc brakes do what they are supposed to do.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

It's like disc brakes. No one wanted them of needed them, but adoption was high because the companies who spent loads developing them and which could charge a higher price gave people no choice.

Politics here please. Unless the disk brake conversation has been deemed too divisive for the other place.
And as far as I'm aware my disc brakes aren't monetising my braking habits.

 

[C R]

Bluesky isn't doing a very good job of changing my cynical view of how AI is being pushed.

https://bsky.app/profile/radiodeadair.com/post/3mm66dzn5c22s

Nash
May 19, 2026 at 1:51 AM GMT+1

"According to Velloso, less than 3% of paying users actively use Copilot, even though Microsoft has pre-deployed it directly into the Windows 11 taskbar and across the Office suite." lol, lmfao

"This means a staggering 96.7% of users are rejecting the premium AI features, yielding just a 3.3% paid adoption rate. When viewed against Microsoft’s estimated $37.5 billion quarterly AI spending, this is an alarmingly low adoption rate." rofl I'm remembering how Microsoft tried to dictate to chipmakers that all Windows CPUs needed to have "neural processing units" and laptop makers needed to put a dedicated Copilot button on their keyboard and roflcopter"

Everyone should read this book

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/222376640-enshittification

and watch this video


View: https://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?si=k4A2WmRaMpeuj9OT


That's all there is to the "disruptive entrepreneurs" "thinking".

 

[briantrumpet]

I find this both heartening (for its forthrightness) and interesting, especially in its specificity about the centrality of 'conceptualising'. I'm beginning to get the feeling that students and institutions are sensing the dangers of uncritical usage of AI, and falling for the marketing tatics of the AI companies.

 

[swee'pea99]

Not to mention digging the holes is a bitch...

 

[Beebo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98rqld1j3yo

He’s just saying what we all know to be true.
Why the outrage?

 

[Pblakeney]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98rqld1j3yo

He’s just saying what we all know to be true.
Why the outrage?

Probably just the phrasing.
The eventual outcome is inevitable.

 

[Ian H]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98rqld1j3yo

He’s just saying what we all know to be true.
Why the outrage?

Because you're not supposed to say that bit out loud.

 

[briantrumpet]

Because you're not supposed to say that bit out loud.

It's a new kind of reaction: you put lots of water and power into AI centres, and the waste product is humans.

 

[Psamathe]

Looks like detrimental side effects of the AI-bubble go beyond climate, water & energy impacts. And the impact goes far beyond smartphones from the title.

BT warns of smartphone price rises due to chip shortages from AI boom
...
Price increases would mainly hit smartphone handsets, she said, but could also affect the cost of routers. Memory chips are essential for almost every modern item of electronics and are also used in other important components such as graphics cards.

 

[Pblakeney]

Looks like detrimental side effects of the AI-bubble go beyond climate, water & energy impacts. And the impact goes far beyond smartphones from the title.

The downsides of AI appear to be overtaking the upsides.
There is only so many times you can say "Oh, cool AI photo.".

 

[C R]

The downsides of AI appear to be overtaking the upsides.
There is only so many times you can say "Oh, cool AI photo.".

I'm just waiting for the Butlerian Jihad.