Hacker News with Generative AI: Criticism

Switch 2's new "Game-Key Cards" are the worst of digital and physical (sethmlarson.dev)
So the Switch 2 got announced in a Nintendo Direct yesterday. The event itself was essentially an unending series of incredible new information about the Switch 2 console and games. Here are my mixed thoughts, especially about things that weren't included in the live stream.
Gaming, Hardware, Criticism, Nintendo
6 points by SethMLarson 10 hours ago | 1 comments
It's Unreal Just How Awful 'Real ID' Is (2020) (zocalopublicsquare.org)
Do you love this country, this state, and your freedoms?
Government, Identification, Privacy, Criticism, United States
16 points by leotravis10 1 day ago | 48 comments
We need a better term for GenAI output – "slop" is too benign (rockpapershotgun.com)
Earlier this month, Snail Games put out a widely and justifiably clowned-on genAI trailer for Ark: Survival Evolved's Aquatica DLC.
Generative AI, Video Games, Terminology, Criticism, AI
10 points by fjghajkhdfgjlk 2 days ago | 0 comments
Why MCP Is Mostly Bullshit (lycee.ai)
If you follow the AI space closely, you’ve surely noticed the increased interest in MCP (Model Context Protocol).
Artificial Intelligence, AI, Criticism
7 points by kristjansson 2 days ago | 0 comments
The Mediocrity of Modern Google (om.co)
These days, whenever I think about Google, I recall a line from Madame Bovary. “She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris,” Flaubert writes, capturing Emma Bovary’s provincial reality and her romanticized dreams of escape. That is Google in a nutshell, isn’t it?
Google, Technology, Opinion, Criticism
49 points by mji 4 days ago | 26 comments
The tech fantasy that powers AI is running on fumes (nytimes.com)
Behold the decade of mid tech!
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Future, Criticism
9 points by abelanger 6 days ago | 2 comments
Nobody should be a "content creator" (christianheilmann.com)
As part of my job, I have to keep up with the social media space and I’m worried, bored and annoyed in equal measures. There is not much social about it any longer. Instead it’s become a race to the bottom of lowest common denominator content. And interaction bait. Or rage bait. Or just obvious spam disguised in seemingly sophisticated sound bites generated by AI.
Social Media, Content Creation, AI, Technology, Criticism
70 points by mfld 7 days ago | 44 comments
Tim, don't kill my vibe (irace.me)
Recent criticism of Apple’s AI efforts has been juicy to say the least, but this shouldn’t distract us from continuing to criticize one of Apple’s most deserving targets: App Review. Especially now that there’s a perfectly good AI lens through which to do so.
Apple, App Review, Artificial Intelligence, Criticism
32 points by retskrad 10 days ago | 52 comments
Ex-Meta executive: 'People deserve to know what this company is like' (cnn.com)
Meta, Business, Social Media, Criticism
15 points by Brajeshwar 12 days ago | 0 comments
When writing, don't mention people who've criticized you (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Writing, Criticism, Social Media, Twitter
13 points by amrrs 15 days ago | 18 comments
Who Is Free Software For? (tante.cc)
For a while I have been arguing that maybe there are some issues with the whole “Open*” movements, their founding myths and ideologies (see for example my talk at Fluconf). This criticism comes from a place of love.
Free Software, Open Source, Ideology, Criticism
65 points by NotInOurNames 18 days ago | 65 comments
Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino (daringfireball.net)
In the two decades I’ve been in this racket, I’ve never been angrier at myself for missing a story than I am about Apple’s announcement on Friday that the “more personalized Siri” features of Apple Intelligence, scheduled to appear between now and WWDC, would be delayed until “the coming year”.
Apple, Criticism, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Technology
18 points by aucisson_masque 21 days ago | 1 comments
Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino (daringfireball.net)
In the two decades I’ve been in this racket, I’ve never been angrier at myself for missing a story than I am about Apple’s announcement on Friday that the “more personalized Siri” features of Apple Intelligence, scheduled to appear between now and WWDC, would be delayed until “the coming year”.
Apple, Technology, Criticism
176 points by minimaxir 22 days ago | 28 comments
Steve Wozniak says Tesla 'is the worst in the world' at improving its technology (fortune.com)
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak is no fan of his Tesla's interior.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Technology, Criticism, Apple
59 points by doener 25 days ago | 32 comments
Spotify's biggest sin? Its algos pushed artists to make joyless, toothless music (theguardian.com)
In the hands of some of its most gifted practitioners, songwriting is a kind of emotional alchemy.
Music Industry, Music Streaming, Artificial Intelligence, Criticism
10 points by nickcotter 25 days ago | 3 comments
Binocular Shot (binocularshot.com)
A tribute to movies with inaccurate binocular shots
Movies, Filmmaking, Humor, Criticism
58 points by bookofjoe 25 days ago | 32 comments
There Is No AI Revolution by Ed Zitron (wheresyoured.at)
Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei have used a compliant media and braindead investors to frame unprofitable, unsustainable, environmentally-damaging and mediocre cloud software as some sort of powerful, futuristic automation.
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Cloud Computing, Criticism
34 points by enpera 38 days ago | 14 comments
Elon Musk Biographer: No Evidence Billionaire Has Any Intellectual Achievements (thewrap.com)
Attorney, journalist, and Elon Musk biographer Seth Abramson eviscerated both Elon Musk and his “fanboys” who have attempted to use the billionaire’s IQ as an indication of his intellectual prowess in a series of messages shared on X Thursday evening and into Friday.
Elon Musk, Biographies, Criticism, Intellectual Property
51 points by axiologist 40 days ago | 29 comments
Wikipedia's Co-Founder Is Wikipedia's Most Outspoken Critic (vice.com)
In Słubice, Poland, there’s a monument to Wikipedia, the inscription on which reads: “Wikipedia [is] the greatest project co-created by people regardless of political, religious, or cultural borders.”
Wikipedia, Criticism, Culture
13 points by lmaoguy 44 days ago | 2 comments
Statement or eyesore? Japan's divisive brutalist buildings – in pictures (theguardian.com)
Architecture, Japan, Art, Criticism
79 points by PaulHoule 47 days ago | 37 comments
Laid-off Meta employees blast Zuckerberg: the 'cruelest tech company out there' (fortune.com)
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued layoffs in the name of low-performance that workers deemed callous.
Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Business, Criticism
28 points by mgh2 49 days ago | 13 comments
I Tried to Fix Government Tech for Years. I'm Fed Up (reason.com)
When I helped create the United States Digital Service (USDS), it was not on my bingo board that it would become the U.S. DOGE Service a mere decade later.
Government, Technology, Criticism, Public Service
28 points by frankish 50 days ago | 35 comments
Google Maps blocks Gulf of America reviews after rename criticism (bbc.com)
Google Maps has blocked reviews for the Gulf of Mexico, after criticism of its decision to label it "Gulf of America" for users in the US.
Google Maps, Geopolitics, Cartography, User Experience, Criticism
8 points by andsoitis 50 days ago | 9 comments
Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner? (bbc.com)
Released 40 years ago this month, Miloš Forman's best picture-winning Amadeus is often accused of historical inaccuracies – but the film's critics could be missing the point.
Movies, History, Criticism, Awards
4 points by Tomte 52 days ago | 2 comments
Gartner's Grift Is About to Unravel (dx.tips)
Gartner's Grift Is About To Unravel
Business, Technology, Analysis, Criticism
6 points by swyx 55 days ago | 0 comments
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase "enshittification" to describe the decay of online platforms.
Internet Culture, Technology, Criticism, Social Media
11 points by rbanffy 55 days ago | 0 comments
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase "enshittification" to describe the decay of online platforms.
Internet Culture, Online Platforms, Technology, Criticism
12 points by stalfosknight 56 days ago | 1 comments
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase "enshittification" to describe the decay of online platforms.
Internet Culture, Online Platforms, Technology, Criticism
12 points by pseudolus 57 days ago | 1 comments
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase "enshittification" to describe the decay of online platforms.
Internet Culture, Online Platforms, Criticism, Technology, Social Media
12 points by CharlesW 57 days ago | 8 comments
Why Children's Books? (lrb.co.uk)
In​ 1803, Samuel Taylor Coleridge sat in his astronomer’s study in Keswick, and wrote in his notebook his central Principle of Criticism:
Literature, Criticism, Children's Literature
92 points by ferman 63 days ago | 70 comments