Seriously? Another AI Conference.

Ugh. Fine. Apparently, TechCrunch is having another goddamn conference – Disrupt, this time with a *special* focus on AI. As if we needed more of that noise. It’s in San Francisco, naturally, because where else would they flog this dead horse?

The gist? A bunch of sessions about how AI is going to “revolutionize” everything (it won’t), sponsored by JetBrains and Greenfield Capital – surprise, surprise, they want your money. Expect panels on generative AI for…everything, coding assistants (because apparently humans can’t code anymore), and the usual VC drivel about “opportunities.” There’s a demo day thing too, so brace yourself for a parade of half-baked ideas from people who think throwing an LLM at a problem is innovation. They’re even talking about AI agents now – because Skynet wasn’t enough of a warning sign.

Highlights (and I use that term *very* loosely) include talks with folks from Runway, Adept, and some other companies trying to cash in on the hype. They’ve got workshops too, probably teaching you how to prompt engineer your way into unemployment. Honestly, it sounds like a festival of buzzwords and empty promises.

Don’t bother asking me if it’s worth attending. It isn’t. Go learn an actual skill instead. You’ll thank me later.

Source: TechCrunch

Speaking of useless tech, I once had to debug a system where some bright spark decided to implement “AI-powered” error logging. It just spewed out random Shakespearean insults whenever something went wrong. “A plague on this house!” it would scream when the database crashed. Took me three days to disable it and get back to actual logs. Don’t even *start* me on the memory usage.

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