#first world

This is a way of talking about countries that arose during the Cold War and has to do with political alignment, not with level of development or GDP or quality of life. The Cold War is over-ish. There is no first, second, or third world anymore.

When it was relevant...

Turkey was a first world country.

Vietnam was second world.

Thank gods I had this world set to Peaceful, there was nothing but Warden bullspit down there

Weirdest tree generation I've ever found

I'd seen trees on a single block of dirt in the water, but this was a whole column lol

Makes for a good pfp so

The clock is ticking for AI projects to either prove their worth or face the chopping block. Or so says data management and machine learning biz DataikuAI, which commissioned research conducted online by the Harris Poll to get a snapshot of the views from 600 Chief information officers (CIOs) across the US, UK, France, Germany, UAE, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. The report, "The 7 Career-Making AI Decisions for CIOs in 2026," claims AI is facing corporate accountability in 2026 after several years of investment into research and pilot projects. CIOs are worried their careers are on the line if the tech's effectiveness falls short of expectations. Money continues to be pumped into AI as the next great thing in business, but a growing number of studies have found that adopting AI tools hasn't helped the bottom line, and enterprises are seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from their AI projects. In the past, the CIO could argue that a new tech was in its early development, evolving, or "still being optimized," Dataiku's report notes, but regulators are looking for traceability, corporate boards are asking for performance, and investors want to see quicker value generation. Perhaps not surprisingly, almost all respondents (98 percent) said pressure from the board to demonstrate measurable return on investment (ROI) is increasing, and retaining budgets may depend on whether they can prove a measurable return.

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