this is so funny. If AI disappeared tomorrow I'd save five minutes a day of clicking "report phishing" on slop emails, and half an hour a day of arguing with my children about why you should not "ask Chat" for eg a brownie recipe when Nigella's Domestic Goddess is RIGHT THERE
Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 11h agoI have one answer.
[Person who has only seen Boss Baby] All the people who are anti-Boss Baby or want less Boss Baby sequels, I have one question: If Boss Baby disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without watching The Boss Baby or The Boss Baby: Family Business?
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 19h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Abdul El-Sayed will win the Democratic nomination for US Senate in Michigan, CNN's Decision Desk projects, handing progressives a major win in a critical battleground primary. He defeats Rep. Haley Stevens. https://cnn.it/4w6wmLu
New from 404 Media: Apple's 'Private Relay' is exposing users' real IP addresses. Private Relay is supposed to protect all your browsing in Safari. But researchers found a bunch of issues that are exposing real IPs. I verified they do. Not fixed, a live issue www.404media.co/apples-priva...
Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses
Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses.
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Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
“All this makes AI companionship akin to what Zhang calls a ‘social snack,’ if not downright junk food: something that offers users an appealing short-term fix for their loneliness and isolation, but which lacks the necessary ingredients for long-term emotional health and well-being.”
"Oh, I only use LLMs for research. I just use AI for ideas. ChatGPT wrote the first draft, nothing else." So what you're telling me is that it's doing all your thinking for you.
it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy
Så veldig synd at to av byens beste museum for barn har så grønnvaskende klimautstillinger: maritimt museum og teknisk museum er begge ekstremt teknologioptimistiske og er ikke i nærheten av å forklare konsekvensene av klimautslippene tydelig nok
getting tired of people on the left still launching substack newsletters after all the reporting on that company in recent years
Enjoy 127 items by 109 creators and support game devs effected by recent layoffs: itch.io/b/3802/game-...
Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
Fuck you. Seriously, fuck you. Using this framing: "Two people died of a preventable infection. But don't worry, its just disabled/vulnerable people!" should automatically mean you are eligible for a fiery, pus-ridden, painful, endless and eternal toil in the depths of Tartarus
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.
A video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.
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God if this is your beat you can have a field day here with the way this dude's brainworms intersect with the broken expectation-setting of specifically D&D DMing culture
Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d ago"I'm entitled to whatever I want whenever I want it for any reason and I don't care what satisfying these urges does to me or the world" well okay dude, seems like there's something deeper going on here, but that's just my take
That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Hating AI and capitalism are mutually compatible, and honestly even strictly inclusive, beliefs. It's almost like we should be distrustful of those who love capitalism and hate AI, actually... Cannot imagine who that might be... Oh, wait just kidding... *taps sign*
Entryism
AI entryism subverts anti AI critique.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d agoYeah I actually hate ai *and* capitalism. I can do both.
This is Massive Attack's response to what happened in Singapore, posted on their Instagram page. Good on them.
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖@kirstenhan.com · 5d agoMassive Attack has been banned from Singapore after they held up a Palestinian flag during their concert here last week. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anybody at @moderation.bsky.app want to try to explain why they suspended @matthewcort.land, ANOTHER of the most prominent people out here fighting for disabled and marginalized people? Like… are y'all planning to suspend/ban literally every disabled legal scholar/policy worker out here, orrrr…?
ali alkhatib@ali-alkhatib.com · 2d agoanyway, if you're looking for Matthew Cortland, you should sub to their patreon since they're a disabled lawyer evidently getting deplatformed from places.
Pulling out is the correct decision: organisers can then go back to the University and explain how their decisions are harming the credibility of the institituion, and they're having trouble getting speakers. Organisers need to understand their role, even if they are blameless.
Shannon Vallor@shannonvallor.bsky.social · 2d agoOpinions on the ethics of pulling out of speaking events at unis where academic freedom has just abruptly been killed? I just had to, but organisers were not understanding despite it being 3+ months away, with no costs for me yet incurred. Apparently we are all just supposed to carry on as usual?
Opinions on the ethics of pulling out of speaking events at unis where academic freedom has just abruptly been killed? I just had to, but organisers were not understanding despite it being 3+ months away, with no costs for me yet incurred. Apparently we are all just supposed to carry on as usual?
I think the onus might be on us to not live a life where we inspire celebration when someone learns of our death.
Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 2d agoSad to see people posting on social media negatively about Rod Liddle, who died yesterday. If I have disagreed with you very strongly in life - and you die - I hope I'll be either silent, or kind.
How about we instead end the practice of companies using my social media and private email correspondence to train their human-immitation machines? They do not have the right to my privacy or my intellectual property, yet have used both to train machines to replace my labour.
Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 2d agoDo you use Instagram or Gmail? You could be helping to train AI. Big Tech has turned what all of us helped create into a trillion-dollar industry. It’s time to tax AI so you can share in its success.
Not schoolism advertising art lessons by using AI and AI generated chat gpt ass written ads. What the fuck are they doing Like does anyone trust them anymore? Do they just prey on hopefuls who can't tell, or
If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic. 😶🌫️ I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
Anxiety
Reasoning (and crying) my way through fascist AI-induced anxiety.
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"Our role as academics is to protect this one institution. This is why we receive tax money; why we're basically civil servants. The role of the university is even lost on many, so bears repeating: produce knowledge and educate at the highest level. AI destroys both at their core"
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 3d agoIf useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic. 😶🌫️ I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
