Not an American, but I realised it when I had to talk one of my online friends out of suicide because he almost worked himself to death (ten or more hour shifts six days a week for over a month) and couldn’t afford rent.
Not an American, but I realised it when I had to talk one of my online friends out of suicide because he almost worked himself to death (ten or more hour shifts six days a week for over a month) and couldn’t afford rent.
Invidious works absolutely great as an alternative way to access all the content uploaded to YouTube. No ads at all and a way better search function.
Yeah, they had that one coming. Stuff in there is just straight up insanely overpriced
YES
Finally some sort of actual consequence for the malicious bullshit of the ultra wealthy. We take those Ws
This isn’t just cruel, it’s actually actively disadvantaging Russia in a huge way.
Anyone can be a scientist, and autistic people can go into any profession, but statistically speaking, autistic people tend to be the ones willing to obsess over data enough to get into science and make technical breakthroughs.
Sure, a lot of other countries aren’t exactly saintly when it comes to treating people who act a bit different, but good fucking luck building a tech industry that can compete with the world’s dominant powers if you’re actively removing people that aren’t perfect little obedient clones of the ideal citizen.
Bits operate in a fundamentally different way to neurons. Until we create hardware that can emulate the way neurons process information, we’re wasting time and money chasing ‘AI’
I don’t like AI because it’s literally not AI. I know damn well that it is just a data scraping tool that throws a bunch of ‘probably right’ sentences or images into a proverbial blender and spits out an answer that has no actual comprehension or consistency behind it. It takes only an incredibly basic knowledge of computers and brains to know that we cannot make an actual intelligent program using the Von Neumann style of computer.
I have absolutely no interest in technology being sold to me based on a lie. And if we’re not calling this out for the lie it is, then it’s going to just keep getting pushed by people trying to make money off the concept at the stock market.
And like, it’s not even a good gimmick. It’s a serious labour issue because the primary intent behind a lot of AI has always been to just phase out workers.
I’m all for ending work through technological advancement and universal income, but this definitely wasn’t going to get us that, so…
Well, why would I support something that mostly just threatens people’s livelihoods and gives even more power to the 0.1%?