The NYPD doesn't just have a long history of corruption and sadism, it also has a tradition of violent civil unrest to resist efforts at reform.

1857: New York Police Riot - Police riot in response to anti-corruption efforts by the State of NY.

1992: Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Riot - Police riot because black mayor tries to institute civilian oversight.

No professional should ever use a general piece of software with “AI” features for client work… Especially not a lawyer.

This isn’t an ethical position, you can be as shady as you like, but software that incorporates algorithmic learning and similar buzzwords is a risk to you. Professionals deal in confidential information and have duty to protect it or face consequences. AI tools depend on collecting information provided to them and reusing it … it's a risky combination.

Publicly available AI applications are useful for translation, summarizing, editing, etc. Unfortunately, giving them protected information to work on is almost always a violation of one’s duty not to disclose confidential information.

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I'm starting the daunting process of looking at the European Union's new tech regulation - The EU Artificial Intelligence Act. So far it's a fascinating document seeming largely of statements of noble intent that are dialed back repeatedly in its all important Recitals. Surprisingly pro-business, and less so pro national/state security.

I will try to drop more tidbits of note here if I can winkle them out of the hundreds of pages of legislation.

"Twitter's" new logo appears to be "X" from the font "Special Alphabets 4" by Maisfont.

You can also do a quick rebrand for as little $29.99

Wondering why SF drivers seem to be trying to run everyone over these days?

Here's a graph of SFPD traffic enforcement over the past few years.