Once again Ted Chiang has it exactly right. The immediate danger from #AI is not that it will become sentient and do whatever it wants. The danger is that it will do what it’s being designed to do: help rich corporations destroy the working class in pursuit of ever-greater profits and thus concentrate wealth in fewer and fewer hands.

https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans:

1940: 81%
1950: 84%
1960: 91%
1970: 72%
1980: 70%
1990: 28%
2000: 40%
2010: 35%

For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

Have you tried the @Vivaldi?

This poll is to test engagement on #Mastodon in comparison to #Twitter. Please share.

Looking for a new instance to move to?

These instances have advertised on #FindAServer as having capacity. (I am no longer updating this post except to remove servers now at capacity; check the hashtag for many MANY other announcements!)

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Hey all, would appreciate a post boost on this one.

I, unfortunately, got laid off last week and am looking for a new job!

If you know of any going that fits my skillset of video content creation, educational CG writing, CG generalist then I'd love to hear about it! I'd love to stay working remotely, but I'm located in Scotland near Glasgow if there is anything around there too.

https://www.artstation.com/blenderbrit

Over 100 billion people have lived on our planet.

Just 622 have been to space.

Just 12 have set foot on another celestial object, our barren moon.

Not a single human has been to another planet.

We know of no other planet that can sustain human life.

Why is it so damn hard to get people to care about protecting the only home we've ever had and the only place we can live?

#climatechange

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oceans-break-record-for-highest-temperatures-four-years-in-a-row-180981455/

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