It's 2025 and the techbros are still out there with their AGI fantasies.

So Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 will also still be here taking it all apart with ridicule as praxis.

@alex & I will kick off the new year by aiming that praxis at ARC, o3 and all things OpenAI:

Monday, Jan 13, noon Pacific
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems starting with next month's security update.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-force-install-new-outlook-on-windows-10-pcs-in-february/

Currently working on adding comment-overlays to Function-Graph-Overview.

The idea is to add special begin- and end- comments, and use those to draw overlays on the graph (think C#'s region thingy).

I hope this will make the CFG more viable as a code-understanding tool, as we'll be able to better document our findings.

#FunctionGraphOverview

AI generated content in a nutshell

(Disclaimer: This has to be one of the worst videos I've ever watched... enjoy)

Project: openssl-static-gcc-dwarf 3.4.0
File: openssl
Address: 0062b660

ossl_parse_query

SVG:
dark https://tmr232.github.io/function-graph-overview/render/?graph=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fv-p-b%2Fghidra-function-graph-datasets%2Frefs%2Fheads%2Fmain%2F%2Fopenssl-static-gcc-dwarf%2F0062b660.json&colors=dark
light https://tmr232.github.io/function-graph-overview/render/?graph=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fv-p-b%2Fghidra-function-graph-datasets%2Frefs%2Fheads%2Fmain%2F%2Fopenssl-static-gcc-dwarf%2F0062b660.json&colors=light

“Why don’t you take some of that ‘go to mars’ money and actually help rather than Monday morning quarterbacking during a live fire?”

The CEO of Watch Duty is bringing the energy that we need to 2025.

https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/09/wildfires-watch-duty-elon-musk-los-angeles/

Alternative takes:

If you're worried about how it affects the critical thinking of users, just wait until you see what it does to investors!

Maybe this is how AI takes over: by lowering the bar for competence until a stochastic parrot can fly over it.

The second one is actually close to Frank Herbert's objection and the cause of the Butlerian Jihad in the Dune backstory.

Another take on AI that (at least for now) kinda nails it.

Use of AI tools reduces critical thinking abilities. Frank Herbert looks more prophetic every day.

Exploiting SSTI in a Modern Spring Boot Application (3.3.4) https://modzero.com/en/blog/spring_boot_ssti/

Our 2025 RE//verse talk schedule is now live! Talks start Friday, but don't forget to check the Thursday schedule and arrive early enough for the kick-off event!

https://re-verse.io/schedule.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=schedulepub#sz-tab-45716

One of the most useful skills you get out of doing open source comes from learning to write READMEs.

Being able to describe a piece of software clearly and concisely in terms of
- what is is
- what it does
- how it does it
- why it does it that way
- how you use it
is a superpower that will you will be able to use throughout your career.