Damper 🇨🇦

@ADMP@thecanadian.social
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As a lifelong Canadian, I live in Brampton, Ontario, trying to keep aware and engaged in the world at large while not being overwhelmed by the constant barrage of bad news.

I am in the twilight of my tech career and dabble in photography and art, which you may find on my Flickr profile linked below.

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Profile picture: A shadow silhouette of a man and a dog against a wooden fence.
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LocationBrampton, Ontario, Canada
Damper 🇨🇦4h ago
Show threadminentromax7h ago
@burnoutqueen There is a very creepy group of evangelicals that believe Revelations means the Jews must control Jerusalem before the Apocalypse/Rapture happens - And every single one thinks they're going to heaven which is sick and almost funny. Hopefully there is a hell and Satan has some fun with these types.
Damper 🇨🇦4h ago

Some basic math.

The CRA processed 31,537,790 tax returns in 2025. According to the CBC, we currently pay $62,000,000,000 per year on defense, and get to 5% of our GDP requires spending $150 billion per year, or $88 billion more.

That means each, and every Canadian taxpayer will have an ADDITIONAL burden of $2790 per year to pay to prepare for a global war.

I’m not saying it isn’t justified, these ARE dangerous times, but it is sad when that money could be spent on the benefit of humanity.

Show threadDamper 🇨🇦4h ago
@harold Ironically, the Liberal policies are also hurting business. My spouses company is losing dozens of people who were here on temporary work permits and are now being sent back home. Some will say this is good, more jobs for Canadians (If they have the skills), but the impact is also that company infrastructure projects are being delayed as they search for new talent.
Damper 🇨🇦5h ago
David August ❌👑7h ago

Asked 5 different local AIs (not internet based nor connecting to the internet):

What is the average airspeed of a fully laden swallow?

And they attributed it to 3 novels: Alan Sillitoe's "The Lonely Voice"(which does not exist), Douglas Adams's "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and also the correct answer, the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

So as long as we're good with AI being 75% wrong, we're good! 😆

#llm #ai #hallucinations

Show threadDamper 🇨🇦5h ago
@harold I agree. The only benefit is it’s making the conservative party obsolete. Hopefully the NDP gets a good leader and is able to counteract this.
Damper 🇨🇦5h ago
Harold Jarche5d ago

I have never turned against a Prime Minister so quickly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyQTI-sACQ4

#CdnPoli

Forget the trade war. Mark Carney’s first 100 days have been a rapid-fire class war

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Damper 🇨🇦5h ago
Lauren Weinstein7h ago

So let me be really clear about this. I feel that autonomous vehicle tech, and AI tech generally, are both amazing developments. I know a fair bit about how all this stuff works behind the curtain, so as a technologist my entire life I appreciate technology.

I also feel that the manner in which these technologies are being deployed in society by Big Tech billionaires are more and more dangerous, supportive of fascist goals, and increasingly vastly damaging to society overall.

That about sums it up.

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Damper 🇨🇦5h ago
Show threadLauren Weinstein7h ago
@n_dimension @mike805 Robocars are a "solution" in search of a problem. They are a quintessential example of Big Tech groupthink -- and believe me, I've been in meetings where I've seen first hand how that works! ANY problem that you can name related to taxis in a city can be solved with human drivers who have VASTLY more flexibility in unusual situations, rather than subject human passengers to face those situations alone in the back seat with no human driver to assist them or get them out situations that a remote center controller can't handle. And this is just the beginning. Wait until people REALLY get angry, and start doing things like jamming the mobile frequencies these vehicles use for contact with central, leaving passengers stranded. The ways that robotaxis can be rendered useless are almost unlimited. And the more that Big Tech pushes this stuff, the more likely you are to see more of those methods deployed by angry residents of these cities.
Show threadDamper 🇨🇦5h ago
@maxleibman Perfect! :D
Damper 🇨🇦5h ago
Max Leibman13h ago
Look, I know AI is controversial, but just for a moment, let's set aside our preconceived notions, our biases, the environmental impact, the massive cost to train and run models, the labor exploitation, the intellectual property theft, the inaccuracies, the mania it causes in users, the destruction of search, the deskilling of professionals, the devaluation of creative work, job losses, and lack of economic value from enterprise implementations.

Wait, what were we talking about?