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On the one hand, #generative #AI in in Slack will be useful. On the other hand, I can see this exacerbating some of the communication misunderstandings and other issues that occur in #Slack, #Teams, and other communication tools...
OH SHIT IT'S "BOB"! 
DATA LEAKS 
Ok so many of your #bigtech favourites are at it, stealing your data and selling it to corrupt individuals for financial gain.
Latest offenders are as follows
You won't find this on American search engines, search not in #russia
https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/dark-side-ai-data-harvesting
If you missed this, new AI-powered features are built directly into the platform.
"The bundle is meant to function as a smart digital assistant operating in the background of a team's normal operations, automating routine and time-consuming tasks.>
ZDNET: Slack will generate thread summaries and AI notes from your huddles now https://www.zdnet.com/article/slack-will-generate-thread-summaries-and-ai-notes-from-your-huddles-now/ @ZDNet #AI #Slack
For those who don't know the size of the problem:
In 2006 I bought a new [entry level] Computer with 256 MB of RAM and a single-core P4 Celeron with 2,8 GHz.
This thing ran #WindowsXP and #NeedForSpeedMostWanted just fine.
Nowadays it would crash trying to open #Slack even on a minimalist #Linux distro like @bunsenlabs in @dillo, a lightweight browser ...
And now imagine that some folks have to use #Slack, #MicrosoftTeams, #Telegram, #Signal, #WhatApp, #WeChat, #QQ and #LineMessenger at the same time on their machine, and you can imagine that this will make entry-level desktops already scream harder than if someone were to loop the Lost Coast benchmark on them...
- The #bloat of modern #WebApps is just the socially accepted equivalent to #Cryptojacking desktops and driving some phat #SuperUselessVehicle just to get less than a kg of groceries at a walking distance supermarket.
Slack says its AI can make sense of your company’s jargon https://thever.ge/scM8 #Slack #News #Tech #AI
I don't say that @pidgin is bad and I appreciate @grimmy et. al. for keeping it up and working.
- My original post was a #rant re: the #Enshittification of #Messaging, because garbage like #Slack burns more resources on Idle than me building the Linux Kernel for
OS/1337...
“The messaging app supports #WhatsApp, #Instagram, #Messenger, #X, #Telegram, #Signal, #Matrix, #Slack, #GoogleChat, #Discord, #LinkedIn, and #GoogleMessages (SMS/RCS). On Mac computers only, #Beeper can also connect users with their #iMessage chats. […] The app previously first connected with Beeper Cloud before communicating with the messaging network, said Beeper CEO Kishan Bagaria. While that system remains the default, users will now have the option of switching to Beeper on device, which will see the app connecting directly to the messaging network and skipping the middleman. ‘That ensures that end-to-end encryption is preserved and your #privacy is as good as the official app,’ Bagaria told TechCrunch in an interview ahead of the app’s relaunch. […] At some later point, Beeper Cloud will be deprecated once the company is sure the on-device model is capable of being everyone’s daily driver.”
@foone @ianh worse is that the #Ableist #design is not an oversight but intentional.
- Simply #hoarding system resources to make it impossible for the average user to use more than one platform at the same time.
I mean, anyone left #Slack & #GoogleMail open for 5 hours will notice it'll make one's Laptop sound like someone runs half a dozen #Cryptojackers at the same time, pegging CPU & RAM useage at 100%...
@lispi314 @foone Given #BinaryGarbage like #Slack, #Telegram, #MicrosoftTeams, etc. exists I tend to see the #enshittified #SaaS as a personal enemy!
@lispi314 @foone Yes, but unlike #Slack it won't make your Laptop sound like you're mining half a dozen #Shitcoins on it and completely saturate the #RAM even on a 14" MBP that has been maxed out in terms of RAM from the factory...
One thing that really pisses me off personally is the #regression in terms of #Messenger #Apps.
My personal distaste and dislike for #proprietary, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider #services like #Signal ¹, #Telegram, #Discord ², #WhatsApp, #Slack, #MicrosoftTeams, etc. aside:
WHY is there no #CrossProvider #Messenger to handle that shite?
WHY does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their #bloated #WebApp that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the #RAM and #CPU they can??
This problem ain't new and already got solved for corporate social media ages ago! (Not to mention actually good messengers!)
I mean
API 0- style access because obviously none of the platforms will allow, endorse or support such an endeavour and actively fight the developers and users !
So yeah, consider this a call for a @gajim / #Gajim or @pidgin / #Pidgin for garbage platforms!
I'm not saying #Slack is overvalued, I'm just saying Slack's local storage is >10GB on my desktop.
Friendly reminder that Slack is going to automagically enable their brand-new magical AI pixie dust in everyone’s workspace on (I think) the 17th, so maybe go log into your Slack admin account and maybe disable the AI pixie dust before it infects *you* #ai #slack #sysadmin #bofh #offbydefault #jfc #sigh
XAI Pressed Staff to Install Surveillance Software on Personal Laptops https://www.byteseu.com/1193676/ #bi #business #BusinessInsider #company #document #ElonMusk #employee #hubstaff #PersonalComputer #PrivacyConcern #slack #SurveillanceSoftware #tutor #WorkHour #worker #XAI