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With how fucking slow windows has gotten on my work PC with all the copilot bullshit, I’m pretty sure MS is doing the same thing. No proof, just a painfully slow machine after getting all the AI updates..
I hate having that machine in my house, on my network.
VLAN?
yes, work in progress actually..
Draw a dick with your cursor every 5 minutes
They weren't already?
As far as I could tell, they weren't when I worked there. Then again, I was the only person I knew who had a Linux workstation, and one running Wayland at that, so it may have been present on the Mac and Windows machines and I just never knew about it.
Oh they were, but now it's going to less secret
Probably a way to encourage them to quit. No doubt they did it before. They probably just made the announcement to put unnecessary stress on employees.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, now they will literally have performance metrics for all employees. Prepare to see non-executive white collar jobs turn into minimum wage slogfests where you're pruned if even 10% of your time is idle.
well they won't literally have performance metrics. they'll have data that they will use as performance metrics. important distinction
Hehe that’s funny you think this is performance metrics and not just training AI agents to do the work without having to pay a human.
¿por qué no los dos?
I wasn't understanding what use keystrokes and mouse-clicks would have without also capturing what's happening on screen. Turn out, they are also capturing that:
The tool, called Model Capability Initiative (MCI), will run on work-related apps and websites and will also take occasional snapshots of the content on employees’ screens
FWIW, a lot of websites do pretty much the same thing. It isn't too hard and, for the most part, doesn't require user permission.
It does if you want full screenshot / video recording, but it doesn't if you just track mouse movements and what is typed and virtually recreate the DOM.
Great. Now everyone will be making quirky mouse movements and clicking at nothing - adding these motions into the database. And the first wave of replacement robots (programs) will slow down live interface to a standstill as the humans are retired and the bots take charge. And the "modern world" will return ever closer to the dark ages.
Wait ??!
Here's a sneak peek into a management review meeting in the near future:
"Why is our AI browsing porn in the middle of the workday and constantly writing 'It fucking sucks ass here' in corporate documents?"
Or just making superfluous to do lists and ridiculously long reports on its activities because it needs to get the clicks in.
Seriously, why would anyone that isn't a far-right fascist even work there anymore?
Before my buddy got laid off there they were making $200k/yr plus stock to work remote about 10hrs/week. I kinda understand why they were willing to compromise their morals.
Fuck, I'd draw random dick movements with my mouse for that kind of money.
That seems like low pay for Meta though?
Hell that could just be the entry level position for all we know.
I've heard they pay really well.
Their turnover is questionable
People just make their buck and get out. From my experience the way it's run is just moronic. Micromanagement and lies.
This is exactly why I never bought one of their headsets and why their VR division was doomed to fail. They want to do this kind of stuff with your head tracking data.
VR could have been something cool, but I'm steering clear of it..
Also, the lack of standards doesn't help. I won't buy a VR until they have a common standard the way that monitors do. Yes, I know it might be a very long wait.
I guess it’s not technically a standard but Steam VR runs on every client OS and streams to any VR headset money can buy over USB or network.
I guess it’s not technically a standard but Steam VR runs on every client OS and streams to any VR headset money can buy over USB or network.
And, to add to this, Valve is about to launch their next gen VR headset.
VR's major barrier is that to do good, AAA game level, VR you need a pretty beefy PC on top of an expensive headset AND a large enough room to take advantage of the roomscale stuff. That isn't to say that there isn't fun games that have low requirements, like Beat Saber and Superhot but for games like Half Life: Alyx you're looking at several thousand USD in hardware.
I think VR will eventually get there, it offers experiences that you can't get from a monitor, but right now it's a niche hobby with a pretty limited library of good titles.
Walkabout Mini Golf from Mighty Coconut is the only VR game I play anymore. Most of the courses demonstrate that you don't need fancy graphics if you have good aesthetics!
They want to do this kind of stuff with your head tracking data.
The newer headsets can do eye tracking/gaze estimation. Useful for some VR things (foveated rendering) but I wouldn't trust Meta to leave the data on the headset.
OMG that's so creepy
I'm pretty sure the EU won't let them pull this off with their EU employees. And the US will do absolutely nothing to protect their citizens that are employees of Meta. Disgusting behaviour from Meta, there's absolutely no bottom for them.
This is nothing compared to their enablement of the Rohingya genocide. In terms of less horrific, but still impactful crimes their recent premeditated promotion of scams to gain revenue on commissions ($16 B in a year) is also worth mentioning.
But the enablement of the Rohingya genocide really does make one wonder if exceptions need to be made with respect to state use of capital punishment (which I generally do not support, but I can see the need for exceptions such high treason during war and crimes against humanity).
Oh man I'd be cleaning out my desk and leaving right then.
Can someone train it to download and extract a zip bomb or do the fork bomb terminal trick?
just use a macro and make random movements to screw with the AI.
Have it spell out FUCK YOU, over and over..
