#Microsoft sent an email to everyone saying they're listening to people now and they will definitely not pushing AI to everything anymore.

Also Microsoft enabled #github to collect all your "inputs, outputs and associated context to train and improve AI models". This new tickbox is enabled by default, even if you explicitly disabled Copilot before.

Actions speak louder than words.

You can disable the option at https://github.com/settings/copilot/features

#enshittification

The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show

Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.

DeSmog
@Npars01 @harrysintonen
With all the evil tech bros CEOs out there, it's easy to lose sight of how evil CEOs have always been. Charles Koch has done so much harm in his lifetime.
Charles Koch's audacious new $5 billion political scheme

Billionaire Charles Koch, who will turn 88 on November 1, is funneling his wealth into two secretive organizations that can continue his right-wing political advocacy for years.

Popular Information
@Npars01 @harrysintonen
We have allowed our society to be ruled by wealth and power addicts. With people addicted to drugs, alcohol, even conventional gambling, we take measures to curtail this behavior when it starts to harm others. Meanwhile, we reward these wealth addicts with more of the very thing they're addicted to.
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel warns of tech stagnation: 'Without AI, there’s just nothing going on'

While AI enthusiasts envision digital immortality and human-machine mergers, Peter Thiel calls that vision “pathetically little.” In a recent podcast, he suggested AI might spark economic growth but fall short of ending innovation stagnation. For Thiel, the real danger isnt AI taking over—its that without it, society may unravel from sheer technological inertia and lack of bold ambition.

Economic Times
Tech oligarchs are gambling our future on a fantasy

Musk and Bezos are the heirs to a quasi-religious belief in tech salvation. The rest of us are stuck in the real world

The Guardian
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study

From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check

The Register
@Npars01
Ik they do this, and we then delete the database, will all Americans then be gone? That might be a great idea.

@Npars01 Palantir is the branch of North Central Positronics for our level of the Dark Tower.

Robots in service to vampires, aiming to end the world.

The Psychopaths Who Lead Us: The Dark Traits Driving Success

The surprising traits of psychopaths in leadership, from Theodore Roosevelt to modern CEOs, how these traits shape corporate success—and the hidden dangers they pose.

Forbes

@rrb @Npars01 @harrysintonen
I'm skeptical about the validity of diagnosing people based on historical records... Honestly, I think it's a lot simpler than that. It's just junkie shit.

Still, worth a read.

I'm also really amused about all this rich asshole critical writing coming from Rich Asshole Digest.

@TheGreatLlama @Npars01 @harrysintonen I did not notice the article saying "being a psychopath is a bad thing."

You may want to read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychopath_Test
(I like all things Jon Ronson).

In it, Ronson discusses psychopathy with the investor "Chainsaw Al." For "Chainsaw Al" psychopathy personality traits are 100% positive.

I think for CEOs, a psychopathy diagnosis would be a badge of honor. "Empathetic is pathetic with a prefix."

The Psychopath Test - Wikipedia

@rrb @Npars01 @harrysintonen
Ah, of course. I didn't consider the tech bro MO of redefining words. "Disruptive" is a feature and psychopathy is a virtue. 🤦🏼‍♂️

@TheGreatLlama @Npars01 @harrysintonen And Greta Thunberg is the Anti-Christ. Elon Musk is a genius and Zuckerberg is a gifted manager. Have you looked into the "Dark Enlightenment"?

War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; etc.

This predates them. They are not bright enough to make this dung up.

@rrb @Npars01 @harrysintonen
Yeah, *Arbeit macht frei* has the same DNA.

@TheGreatLlama @Npars01 @harrysintonen

Jedem das seine.

Which is oddly appropriate in this context. Both the German meaning and the literal interpretation.

@rrb @Npars01 @harrysintonen
I hope to live to see these guys get what they deserve!
@rrb @Npars01 @harrysintonen
The fact that they mean "Greta Thunberg is the Antichrist," not as hyperbole, but LITERALLY will never stop making me laugh. The joke is on all of us and may well be lethal, but I CANNOT take these people seriously.

@TheGreatLlama @Npars01 @harrysintonen Assuming that Peter Thiel is sincere (a big ask), and assuming that he researched the Biblical anti-Christ warnings. If he is not a total idiot, he should find someone on his side that is a better example of the Anti-Christ than poor little Greta.

I enjoy having the "Greta Thunberg is the anti-Christ" discussion with people not following the oligarchs. The faces that they make when you say that is worth a fortune.

@rrb @Npars01 @harrysintonen
It's a pretty unhinged statement for anyone to make, let alone someone worth billions. Like, the young woman just trying to keep the planet from being incinerated? THAT'S your antichrist? 🤦🏼‍♂️

@TheGreatLlama @Npars01 @harrysintonen I don't understand what about her sets off people like Thiel and the Israeli military:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/4/greta-thunberg-mistreated-by-israeli-forces-in-detention-activists-say

She is just honest and wants to help people. I guess, that is what they hate about her.

Greta Thunberg mistreated by Israeli forces in detention, activists say

Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.

Al Jazeera
@rrb @Npars01 @harrysintonen
Yeah, people who are motivated entirely by short sighted self-interest are really hostile to the idea that anyone could earnestly be trying for a better world.