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Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 20th July 2025 - awful.systems

AI can't set you free.

Vibe Coding

Veo fails week 4: the final faildown

AI coders think they’re 20% faster — but they’re actually 19% slower

The idea guy will become the most important role in the coming aeon of AI

‘AI is here to stay’ — is it, though? What do you mean, ‘stay’?

Cursor tries setting less money on fire — AI vibe coders outraged

LLMs are the Air Guitar of intellectual work (podcast)

Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 13th July 2025

did Jeff Bezos' API Mandate alienate the world into abandoning take your daughter to work day?

Calling in the AI vibe-writing cleanup crew

Publishers file competition complaints in UK and EU over Google’s AI Overviews

Venture capital is lending money against video cards

The Force-Feeding of AI on an Unwilling Public

Google Veo 3 fails, week 3 — fail harder with a vengeance (video)

"Asked to think like a paedophile or act suicidal: Workers training Meta's AI in Ireland speak out"

Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it

The rise of Whatever

Microsoft lays off the staff who make the money to fund AI that doesn’t