martin_e

@flourogoth.bsky.social

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Just some bloke. He/him. These are my opinions, not those of my employer. I manage people who write code.

A poster advertising the film "Stuff Stephanie in the incinerator"
British fried breakfast with sausage, bacon, black pudding, eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms. With toast.... On a black plate with black cutlery.
Fragment of Trump's schedule saying the King and Queen of England will "tour a beehive".
Book cover for "A book of Dragons" by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Illustration of a large green dragon staring at a feminine-looking knight in armour.
Miffy, the cute cartoon bunny is reading "Watership Down" a thought bubble reads "Fucking Hell"
Image shows two men in trilby hats, one dressed as a vicar, the other as a butcher wearing a comedy moustache and glasses. They are actually the comedy double-act Reeves and Mortimer.
A dark grey bowl containing a breast-shaped pudding in a yellow sauce. The pudding has a mix of poppy seeds and sugar on top which resembles ash.
Image of book cover. Titled "150 Years of Gynarchy" by Viola Voltairine. Text "with essays by Natalia Stroika and Pearl O'Leslie". Black cover with white text against a grey symbol of unknown origin.
Job application. Text of question reads: "How are you currently using AI (or thinking about using it) to improve your day-to-day work ? We're interested in how you apply AI to drive efficiency, improve experiences, or raise the bar in your work. Whether you're experimenting with tools, building automations, or shaping your team's approach - we'd love to hear how AI fits into your thinking." My answer: "As it has been a while since I was an Individual Contributor, but rather have been working as an Engineering Manager; I am far more interested in the use of AI from both a people-centric perspective and the wider strategic landscape. I have personally worked with Neural Network technology since the late 1990s and, in my opinion, the use of these tools needs to be balanced with the company's risk appetite. Understanding the risks may allow you to implement controls and strategies for the newer LLM/Generative AI-based tools. As I see it the risks which should be at the forefront of the business are: 1. Cost. Currently these tools are vastly underpriced, we are at the user acquisition stage of the providers of these tools. The companies who are building and developing them are borrowing huge amounts of money to provide the service. This means that the cost to the user is going to have to increase dramatically in quite a short space of time. Currently the major providers would need to pay back about $2 Trillion dollars by 2030 collectively, whilst currently spending between 10-100 times their costs for the service they provide at their current rates. Reliance on these technologies does, therefore, have a high risk of becoming much more expensive in a short time period." (answer continues in next image and alt text).
Medical image of a man with 3 images of Trump. Text reading "His posture is the classic fronto-temporal dementia stance. Forward leaning, arms down like balancing rods. He's at risk to jerk and fall backwards. He can't stand hands on hips or in the pockets. He would topple."
Graffiti on wall stating "Be gay, do crimes"
Small boy raising a middle finger at a billboard with Elon Musk standing on a Tesla with the slogan "Buying a Tesla? The far right salutes you"
Graffiti in a toilet. Reads "Paradox of tolerance. If you hate people for who they are. We hate you for what you do."
Graffiti on toilet wall. Includes "Protect Trans Kids", "Let us piss in peace, love The Trans Folk" and "Lucia steals lip gloss from Boots" (British pharmacy).
Large advertising board above a greengrocers with a picture of Musk saluting on top of a red Tesla. Words read "Buying a Tesla ? The far-right salutes you."
"I would like my subscription to Microsoft 365 to be reverted to 'Classic' as CoPilot is obviously not useful to me. How do I do this without wasting my time" Screen shows frozen (broken) CoPilot dialogue.