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acting in an official capacity on behalf of her majesty's government

I see a lot of people actively losing their minds about the AI stuff and I'm honestly starting to feel bad for them. But it's blinding them to the real problems. These things are not your girlfriend, but they're probably going to smash-and-grab passwords and attack bank or government data.

The observation that the most alarmist claims about A.I.’s impact seem to come from the individuals most connected to Rationalism should anger us. This exaggerated grimness makes it easy to overlook the more immediate harms created by these technologies, such as their potential use in cybersecurity attacks, excess resource consumption, impact on our cognitive fitness, role in undermining education and amplification of soul-deadening slop.

This style of anxious talk also allows the A.I. companies to portray themselves as the reluctant “stewards” of an inevitable technology, which is a framing they can use to deflect blame for damage caused by their own products.

aye, aye, a strike, a strike, nothing more. no, 'tis not so deep as a 'well, actually' nor so wide as a startup romproom door, but 'tis enough. 'twill serve. look up my pid tomorrow, and you shall find me a banned man. I am fedposted, I warrant, for this world. a plague o' both your cliques!

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Stolen Generations survivors have more health challenges than other First Nations people

Indigenous Australians forcibly removed under government policies more likely to have severe or profound disability, report finds

theguardian.com

I know people really want to resist this idea, but there’s an increasing pile of evidence that lots of people in positions of power aren’t trying to do some delicate balancing act to keep the peace, but simply agree with the aims and to an extent the actions of the fascists.

Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 2d ago

In contrast, Donna Jones, the Conservative police and crime commissioner for Hampshire, did not condemn the masked crowds in Portsmouth: "Largely they were peaceful. They were they were making their point, but they don’t want Portsmouth to become a destination" [for asylum seekers arriving].