Why are so many tech bros laser-focused on their fancied projects while also completely oblivious to the adverse effects their tech might have on others? Have any of you done or read studies on this?
My (purely anecdotal) experience suggests that a blend of capitalist incentives and masculinity might be a contributing factor. But I'm sure the issue is more complex than that.
I'd love to learn more from you!
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Next time someone suggests using a slop machine because "it's so convenient", ask them why they believe that their laziness justifies using technology that has a proven track record of harming the planet, our society, and other people.
Let them make their case and explain loud and clear why other people should pay the price for whatever they do instead of them!
We have to stop this abominable cult!
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"[...] the business model behind AI relies on brute force: capture massive reserves of data by any means possible, throw tons of resource-intensive processing power at that data, and gin up public support with wondrous tales (your AI) and scary stories (their AI). This is a far cry from the idea that innovation works in mysterious ways."
From Jathan Sadowski's "The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism" (2025), p. 93
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Ephemerality, in digital world, is already fading away. Now it is going to be past soon. Thanks to Microsoft.
From this post of Kevin Beaumont, we get to learn further that privacy gets completely diluted, for all practical purpose, with recall feature of Microsoft.
Copilot+ Recall feature pop quiz: You deal with a sensitive matter on my Windows PC. E.g. an email you delete. Does Copilot Recall still store the deleted email? Answer: yes. There's no feature to delete screenshots of things you delete while using your PC. You would have to remember to go and purge screenshots that Recall makes every few seconds. If you or a friend use disappearing messages in WhatsApp, Signal etc, it is recorded regardless.
TL;DR: Copyright, privacy and security will take a further backseat amidst the deluge of AI leveraged productivity tools that are deeply integrated with existing workflows and with great usability for normies. To protect privacy, copyright and security users have to be much more conscious and use additional tools and settings. This will add to increased effort, cost and cognitive load. Most of us will succumb.
Privacy conscious users have read and understood that Microsoft's new Windows 11 Recall is a privacy nightmare. Accordingly, they will advocate no usage or very restricted usage and I would agree with them. I also agree with them when they raise similar serious privacy concerns about Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube etc.
But none of these concerns have slowed the usage of WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube etc. Big Tech continue to actively develop and upgrade these flagship products since they significantly impact both the top line and bottom line. Big Tech will also continue to claim and promote data and user security while actually leveraging the metadata to offer personalized services and targeted advertising, leading to increased recurring revenue. Another interesting approach is to integrate with existing services and apps to garner critical mass as rapidly as possible.
Recall on Copilot+ PCs cannot be an exception to this approach. It is just a matter of time before more such similar AI assisted tools will be available. Even though Microsoft Recall does not perform content moderation and will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers, it will not deter most users if the usability is good enough for the user. Microsoft has full access to its own Windows 11 ecosystem and also has deep pockets to incrementally and frequently improve usability to enhance the feel of seamless integration with Windows ecosystem and increased productivity. As per this blog, the investment is already remarkable.
Microsoft's announcement of the new AI-powered Windows 11 Recall feature has sparked a lot of concern, with many thinking that it has created massive privacy risks and a new attack vector that threat actors can exploit to steal data.
TL;DR: Copyright, privacy and security will take a further backseat amidst the deluge of AI leveraged productivity tools that are deeply integrated with existing workflows and with great usability for normies. To protect privacy, copyright and security users have to be much more conscious and use additional tools and settings. This will add to increased effort, cost and cognitive load. Most of us will succumb.
Privacy conscious users have read and understood that Microsoft's new Windows 11 Recall is a privacy nightmare. Accordingly, they will advocate no usage or very restricted usage and I would agree with them. I also agree with them when they raise similar serious privacy concerns about Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube etc.
But none of these concerns have slowed the usage of WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube etc. Big Tech continue to actively develop and upgrade these flagship products since they significantly impact both the top line and bottom line. Big Tech will also continue to claim and promote data and user security while actually leveraging the metadata to offer personalized services and targeted advertising, leading to increased recurring revenue. Another interesting approach is to integrate with existing services and apps to garner critical mass as rapidly as possible.
Recall on Copilot+ PCs cannot be an exception to this approach. It is just a matter of time before more such similar AI assisted tools will be available. Even though Microsoft Recall does not perform content moderation and will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers, it will not deter most users if the usability is good enough for the user. Microsoft has full access to its own Windows 11 ecosystem and also has deep pockets to incrementally and frequently improve usability to enhance the feel of seamless integration with Windows ecosystem and increased productivity. As per this blog, the investment is already remarkable.
Microsoft's announcement of the new AI-powered Windows 11 Recall feature has sparked a lot of concern, with many thinking that it has created massive privacy risks and a new attack vector that threat actors can exploit to steal data.
In Karel Čapek‘s 1920 play «R.U.R.», when talking about those who created robots (in this case artificial humans) for their personal profit, the character Alquist says: «They dreamed of the dividends. And on those dividends humanity will perish.»
More than a hundred years later, this fictional warning sounds oddly contemporary.
(Quote taken from the translation by Claudia Nowack, published by Penguin Books in 2004)
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