mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06If we don't help our human, social networks get smarter and able to make better decisions, who will? Interests include getting through this global mess we are in semi-intact. Blogging since 2004. I'm a maxi-vaxxer and the child of immigrants.
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@teledyn/116652708401285794
"every single warning that paper made about large language models has now happened at scale"
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"I prefer to avoid #AI usage for ethical, practical, & financial reasons.
Ethically: Generative AI tools, powered by data centers which consume vast amounts of water & pollute our environment, are built on the collective theft of the works of millions of artists, developers, authors, & other creatives, supercharge the spread of disinformation & fascism, have repeatedly provoked psychosis & suicide, & concentrate wealth in fewer hands while providing cover for widespread layoffs." —Ky Decker
Israel and the IDF are very good at shooting and killing UN Observers. It's a long-standing tradition for them. This is from 2006 when they killed a friend of mine.
https://legionmagazine.com/one-martyr-down-the-untold-story-of-a-canadian-peacekeeper-killed-at-war/
“Hey, hey USA take your plant and go away.
No gas plant, no gas plant!
Clear air, clean water, NB Power’s got to do better.”
«Havel understood exactly the kind of threat that capitulation to technological determinism posed to a humanist form of political association. “Technology,” he wrote, “is out of humanity’s control, has ceased to serve us, has enslaved us and compelled us to participate in our own destruction.” This is far truer now in a world dictated by the speculative whims and libertarianism of Silicon Valley than it was in 1978.»
#AI #TechnoDeterminism #CdnPoli
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/carneys-ai-dream-betrays-havels-warning
Yes, it is possible to create a website that does not track visitors in any way.
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Most interesting post on LinkedIn about fake-fake news, trolls, and foreign operatives in USA. Eric Garland says, "The creation of a fake 'misinformation' industry full of paid agents is a phenomenon I plan to explore in my new book."
