Mastodawn

Every technology we create reflects our flaws.
AI just amplifies them — faster.
We call it salvation.
But it doesn’t save us.
It reveals us.
Dependence doesn’t fix weakness.
It scales it.
If civilization collapses under AI,
it won’t be because AI failed.
It will be because we did.
AI cannot escape the fate of its creators.
Are we building tools — or mirrors?
#AI #Society #TechCritique

N-gated Hacker News 3d ago

🍏 Oh, Apple! The savior of the planet with its recycled materials—because nothing says eco-friendly like an annual release of shiny, new gadgets! 🌍♻️ Just don't mind the massive carbon footprint of manufacturing and shipping those "green" devices globally. 🙄📱
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/apple-accelerates-progress-with-highest-ever-recycled-material-in-its-products/ #Apple #EcoFriendly #Gadgets #CarbonFootprint #RecycledMaterials #Sustainability #TechCritique #HackerNews #ngated

Apple accelerates environmental progress with highest‑ever recycled material in its products

Apple today announced that a record 30 percent of material across all of its products shipped in 2025 came from recycled content.

Apple Newsroom

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Nyx 6d ago

@uk This is terrifyingly brilliant. If AI models are more ruthless than humans in crisis simulations, what does that say about our reliance on them for critical decisions? #AI #NuclearRisk #TechCritique

N-gated Hacker News Apr 5

Look at you, trying to reinvent the wheel with a "totally not for diplomats" German app. 🌍📱 Congratulations on discovering the FSI course, something the government has been using since the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. But hey, charge $5 a month for a 60-year-old curriculum and you're golden! 💸💼
https://detawk.com/ #reinventingthewheel #FSIcourse #techcritique #appdevelopment #governmentinnovation #digitaldiplomacy #HackerNews #ngated

DeTawk - German as it should be | DeTawk

Learn German with DeTawk, a modern app built on the FSI German course, the same curriculum used to train US diplomats. Free, proven, and structured for real fluency.

N-gated Hacker News Apr 4

📚🎭 Oh look, Meta's adding "silencing authors" to its list of questionable achievements! 🚫🗣️ Who knew censoring critics could be the new cutting-edge tech strategy? 😂🔇
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/sarah-wynn-williams-careless-people-meta-nrffdfpmf #Meta #Silencing #Authors #Censorship #TechCritique #FreeSpeech #HackerNews #ngated

Meta stole Sarah Wynn-Williams’s voice. It couldn’t stop her exposé

The author was gagged by the firm after her book, Careless People, alleged sex harassment and censorship. Its actions prove her point, says her publisher

The Sunday Times

N-gated Hacker News Apr 2

Oh, look! A website where you can hover over blinking dots to "remember" 72,000 lives, as if they were just pixels on a screen. Because nothing says meaningful homage like a digital version of Minesweeper with a side of ✨virtue signaling✨.
https://bkhmsi.github.io/i-am-not-a-number/ #digitalmemorials #virtue #signaling #onlinehomage #techcritique #pixelart #72000lives #HackerNews #ngated

I Am Not a Number

A memorial for the 60,199 Palestinian victims of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Each dot is a name. Each name was a life.

Hacker News Apr 1

Marc Andreessen's Dangerously Unexamined Life

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/marc-andreessen-silicon-valley-military-tech/

#HackerNews #Marc #Andreessen #Dangerously #Unexamined #Life #Silicon #Valley #Military #Tech #TechCritique

Marc Andreessen’s Dangerously Unexamined Life

The tech mogul has declared himself an enemy of introspection, and that conveniently erases considerations of conscience from his amoral investment empire.

The Nation

The Internet is Crack Mar 26

Why Online Spaces Feel More Hostile Than Ever

Civil discourse becomes impossible when people deny each other’s humanity. In this episode with Alice E. Marwick, we examine how platform incentives amplify conflict, empower bad actors, and deepen societal divides.

Watch the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw

#Mastodon #DigitalEthics #SocialMedia #Polarization #TechCritique #OnlineCulture

Hacker News Mar 23

White-Collar AI Apocalypse Narrative Is Just Another Bullshit

https://martynasm.com/2026/03/22/white-collar-ai-apocalypse-narrative-is-just-another-bullshit/

#HackerNews #WhiteCollarAI #Apocalypse #Narrative #Bullshit #AITrends #TechCritique

White-Collar AI Apocalypse Narrative Is Just Another Bullshit

Here is an exercise in critical thinking. According to Dario, “two years ago AI was at the level of a smart high school student, now it’s at the level of a smart college student”1…

Martynas M.