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Alan CampbellReminder, Thiel is an evil little miscreant.
seize their fucking assets, they are parasites and conmen #aibubble
#techbrofascism #techbroscum #techbros #PeterThiel #ai #aiCon #trumpfascism
@Joe_0237 Should have been pretty obvious to everyone that something shady would be going on with any kind of software or service that as "Google" in it's name.
Every software and security person should know that everything that has Google's fingerprints on it needs to be treated as hostile spyware unless definitively proven otherwise.
#Google #enshittification #techbros #techbrofascism #cyberpunk
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Musk DUMPS Trump—He Was Just a Trojan Horse. What’s Coming Is Worse!
Babu Menos 🎵 #NoAIA little over a year ago, I released a song about the resurgence of right-wing, fascist ideology all across Europe, the US, and the world. Its lyrics keep repeating, ‘Humans are much better than that’. One year, several elections, and a coup in the White House later, I am not so sure anymore.
Not Again
An album by Babu Menos Released Wed Apr 24 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) The two most threatening problems of today are, without much doubt, the climate collapse and the resurgence of right-wing, fascist ideology all across Europe, the US, and the world. The former Babu Menos has addressed with several songs. Now it’s high time for the latter: ‘Not Again’ is a protest song that expresses great concern about the increasing violence in both language and action, and at the same time reminds us of our capacity for solidarity and empathy. ‘Ninety years ago men in brown took over’ — setting the scene, this line opens the first verse, while the chorus ends with, ‘Humans are much better than that’, thus instilling hope. ‘Not Again’ is a call to action for the majority of human beings who still feel the urgent need to save and nurture democracy. Without a ‘We,’ the ‘I’ will be lost.
DoomsdaysCWFrom 2017: #Google has finally found a buyer for its amazing, scary robot companies, #BostonDynamics and #Schaft: #SoftBank
The companies are not disclosing a price.
by April Glaser
Updated Jun 8, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT
"Japan’s big-betting holding firm SoftBank is buying Boston Dynamics, one of the most highly regarded robotics labs in the world, from Google’s parent company #Alphabet for an undisclosed price.
"Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013 under the leadership of Andy Rubin, the co-inventor of #Android, who was leading a wave of acquisitions of robotics companies under the search giant.
"Boston Dynamics’ robots routinely make headlines, including a high-profile demo at this year’s TED conference. The company, led by CEO Marc Raibert, has made a robotic cheetah that can run 28 miles per hour, a robotic dog that it recently used to deliver packages to doorsteps in Boston, and most recently a massive legged and wheeled robot that can clear hurdles and walk down stairs.
"The firm has been hailed by other roboticists for its ability to blend hardware and #ArtificialIntelligence to make machines capable of dynamic, agile movements. Its most recent wheeled robot, Handle, can manipulate objects that are comparable to its own weight, and its four-legged, animal-like robots can maneuver over different types of terrain.
"One industry source said earlier this year that Boston Dynamics’ most recent machine 'changes the whole ballgame.'
"SoftBank is also buying Schaft, a Japan-based robotics firm that unveiled a bipedal walking robot last year, from Alphabet. A source close to the matter said Schaft, which was part of Google, never fully integrated into the company and operated as a sort of separate entity taking a different approach to robotics than the rest of Google.
"The deal makes sense for SoftBank, which has been working in robotics for years, having acquired a majority stake in the robotics company #Aldebaran in 2012. Aldebaran makes the humanoid robot Pepper, which is being used in retail and customer service settings throughout Japan, and increasingly in the U.S. SoftBank has also invested in related technologies, including buying chip design firm #ARMHoldings last year for more than $30 billion. SoftBank also led a $20 million investment round in #FetchRobotics, a company that makes warehouse logistics robots, in 2015.
"Rubin left Google in 2014 after driving a string of robotics acquisitions, which, sources have told Recode, left a number of the companies without much direction about what their role at Google would be.
"Prior to being acquired by Google, Boston Dynamics largely operated on military research contracts. Its humanoid #Atlas robot was used in #DARPA’s robotics challenge in 2015."
https://www.vox.com/2017/6/8/15766440/softbank-alphabet-google-robotics-boston-dynamics-schaft
#Terminator #TechBroFascism
@caseynewton This does not surprise me. #Alphabet (#Google's parent company) was in bed with #DARPA for many, many years... #KillerRobots #Terminator #TechBroFascism
Musk, Trump Prosecutor Targeting People Who Divulge Identities of DOGE Staff
The self-described free speech champion is not pleased that the public has learned the identities of his young henchmen
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-prosecutor-identities-doge-staff-1235255556/
#USPol #TechBroFascism #TechBoys
#PresidentElonMusk says he and #Trump are shutting down #USAID
Musk announced the planned closure of the foreign assistance agency early Monday on social media.
by David Ingraham, February 3, 2025
"Tech billionaire [and self-appointed President] Elon Musk said Monday that he and President [in name only] Donald Trump were in the process of shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development, escalating their war on the federal bureaucracy and defying the constitutional power of Congress to determine how money is spent."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-says-trump-are-shutting-usaid-rcna190388?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#TechBroFascism #USPol #GlobalPol #AuthoritarianRule #authoritarianism #fascism
#Omnipresent #AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says #LarryEllison
"We’re going to have supervision," says #billionaire #Oracle co-founder Ellison.
Benj Edwards – Sep 16, 2024
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/
#OrwellQuotes #NineteenEightyFour #BigBrother #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule #TechBro #TechBroFascism
