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Somebody made the point on social media that since the Pope has published an encyclical raising concerns about AI, you may be able to get religious exemptions to using AI at work

"[T]he target of my criticism is not the models. Rather, I am concerned about the actions of people: the data theft, the exploitative labor practices, the haphazard creation of and failure to document datasets, the complete disregard for environmental impact, and the astonishing willingness of so many to surrender their own power and turn to synthetic text (for which no one is accountable) for all kinds of weighty decisions." by Emily M. #Bender

This great paragraph reminds me of Joe #Weizenbaum once saying that he is not a computer critic as computers don't understand criticism, therefore he's a society critic.

https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/stochastic-parrots-frequently-unasked-questions-49c2e7d22d11 @emilymbender

#AI

Stochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked Questions

It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…

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The filter is gone
The friction that maintained contribution quality for 30+ years has been removed. We need intentional replacement, not nostalgia.

This is not about Al
It's about context, intent, and relationship. The projects getting this right aren't banning tools.
They're redesigning the social contract.

We don't need more code
Wo need more care
Layers 3, 4, and 5 of the contribution stack, context, intent, relationship are human layers. They cannot be automated. Only cultivated.

#OW2con

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign

https://www.them.us/story/zohran-mamdani-trans-rights-are-human-rights-campaign

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign

The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.

Them.

Dear cis men: the coolest thing you can do this #Pride Month is submit a public comment in support of #trans people on this proposed rule change that would gag any entity receiving federal money and prevent them from supporting trans folks.

This is what genocide looks like on paper. Please stand up and oppose it.

News item: https://theneedlenews.com/2026/05/trump-administration-proposes-barring-federal-agencies-federally-funded-organizations-from-promoting-gender-ideology/

Link to leave a public comment: https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001

#Boost #CallToAction #UsPol

Trump Administration proposes barring federal agencies, federally funded organizations from acknowledging existence of trans people

This proposal is the most comprehensive such attempt to be floated.

The Needle

This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels

#solar #energy #SolarPower

@hacks4pancakes That’s a fair approach, though if your threat model includes national adversaries who plan to capture now and decrypt later, moving to post-quantum cryptography now makes sense.

The argument for AI that I hate the most is the shoulder shrug that comes with, "AI is coming whether we like it or not."

I want to know why you are such a weak fucking bitch that you gladly give up your ability to decide your own future for yourself? I want to know why you cower when the rich demand that they be allowed to suck the fucking life out of you, and have no motivation to fight back? Do you love them? Do you hate yourself?

Stop being a weak nihilist. It's not sexy.

Hey it's the book's birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday to our book @alex :)

The AI Con has been out in the world for a whole year.

🎂🎂🎂

https://thecon.ai

THE AI CON

How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

THE AI CON