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0 pointsgiobox1mo ago0 comments

More than ironic, it's truly outrageous, especially given the site's recent propensity for negativity towards AI. They've been caught red-handed here doing the very things they routinely criticize others for.

The right thing to do would be a mea-culpa style post and explain what went wrong, but I suspect the article will simply remain taken down and Ars will pretend this never happened.

I loved Ars in the early years, but I'd argue since the Conde Nast acquisition in 2008 the site has been a shadow of its former self for a long time, trading on a formerly trusted brand name that recent iterations simply don't live up to anymore.

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khannn1mo ago

Is there anything like a replacement? The three biggest tech sites that I traditionally love are ArsTechnica, AnandTech(rip), and Phoronix. One is dead man walking mode, the second is ded dead, and the last is still going strong.

I'm basically getting tech news from social media sites now and I don't like that.

gtowey1mo ago

In my wildest hopes for a positive future, I hope disenchanted engineers will see things like this as an opportunity to start our own companies founded on ideals of honesty, integrity, and putting people above profits.

I think there are enough of us who are hungry for this, both as creators and consumers. To make goods and services that are truly what people want.

Maybe the AI revolution will spark a backlash that will lead to a new economy with new values. Sustainable business which don't need to squeeze their customers for every last penny of revenue. Which are happy to reinvest their profits into their products and employees.

Maybe.

gowld1mo ago

> start our own companies founded on ideals of honesty, integrity, and putting *people above profits*.

That's a non-profit charity, not a company.

remh1mo ago

I’ve really enjoyed 404media lately

khannn1mo ago

I like them too. About the only other contender I see is maybe techcrunch.

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bombcar1mo ago

ServeTheHome has something akin to the old techy feel, but it has its own specific niche.

jandrewrogers1mo ago

Conde Nast are the same people wearing Wired magazine like a skin suit, publishing cringe content that would have brought mortal shame upon the old Wired.

antod1mo ago

While their audience (and the odd staff member) is overwhelming anti AI in the comments, the site itself overall editorially doesn't seem to be.

emmelaich1mo ago

Outrageous, but more precisely malpractice and unethical to not double check the result.

netsharc1mo ago

Probably "one bad apple", soon to be fired, tarred and feathered...

zahlman1mo ago

If Kyle Orland is about to be fingered as "one bad apple" that is pretty bad news for Ars.

JumpCrisscross1mo ago

“Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012” [1].

[1] https://arstechnica.com/author/kyle-orland/

rectang1mo ago

There are apparently two authors on the byline and it’s not hard to imagine that one may be more culpable than the other.

You may be fine with damning one or the other before all the facts are known, zahlman, but not all of us are.

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pmontra1mo ago

Scapegoats are scapegoats but in every organization the problems are ultimately caused by their leaders. It's what they request or what they fail to request and what they lack to control.

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khannn1mo ago

I'm basically getting tech news from social media sites now and I don't like that.

gtowey1mo ago

I think there are enough of us who are hungry for this, both as creators and consumers. To make goods and services that are truly what people want.

Maybe.

gowld1mo ago

> start our own companies founded on ideals of honesty, integrity, and putting *people above profits*.

That's a non-profit charity, not a company.

remh1mo ago

I’ve really enjoyed 404media lately

khannn1mo ago

I like them too. About the only other contender I see is maybe techcrunch.

Need to set an email address and browser up only for sites that require registration.

bombcar1mo ago

ServeTheHome has something akin to the old techy feel, but it has its own specific niche.

jandrewrogers1mo ago

Conde Nast are the same people wearing Wired magazine like a skin suit, publishing cringe content that would have brought mortal shame upon the old Wired.

antod1mo ago

While their audience (and the odd staff member) is overwhelming anti AI in the comments, the site itself overall editorially doesn't seem to be.

emmelaich1mo ago

Outrageous, but more precisely malpractice and unethical to not double check the result.

netsharc1mo ago

Probably "one bad apple", soon to be fired, tarred and feathered...

zahlman1mo ago

If Kyle Orland is about to be fingered as "one bad apple" that is pretty bad news for Ars.

JumpCrisscross1mo ago

“Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012” [1].

[1] https://arstechnica.com/author/kyle-orland/

rectang1mo ago

There are apparently two authors on the byline and it’s not hard to imagine that one may be more culpable than the other.

You may be fine with damning one or the other before all the facts are known, zahlman, but not all of us are.

2 more replies

pmontra1mo ago

Scapegoats are scapegoats but in every organization the problems are ultimately caused by their leaders. It's what they request or what they fail to request and what they lack to control.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse