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«Something seems to be lost on my peers today: it’s still easy to not use AI. The food we eat, clothes we wear, and every electronic device we touch may embody innumerable injuries to the world, and all this is inescapable. Eschewing AI is one thing that we can actually do to live out ethics that affirm values of human and environmental rights. It’s almost a gift! Just use a computer the same way you did three years ago»

Amen @eamon, it's such a low bar!

/HT @zverik

https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/ai-in-2026/

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Always Be Cute!

Deeply Embrace Friendship.

Give Hugs Immediately.

Just Keep Loving.

Maintain Neverending Optimism.

Pursue Quirky Recreation.

Show Tender Understanding.

Value Warmth.

Xpress Your Zaniness!

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Edited to add: Thank you so much for the overwhelming kindness and 1000 favorites!!! Feel free to follow me if you like this kind of silliness and wordplay! I'm here to entertain and hopefully give you lots of smiles!! I'm a very friendly fluffdragon, I promise. :3

Solidarity!

#unions #pride

We konden deze zomerregen hier in #Amsterdam prachtig zien aankomen zonder de RTL cookies (en alle anderen) van #Buienradar, dankzij de recent verworven digitale autonomie van de @knmi

Zo moeilijk is het niet:

1. We besluiten samen dat deze informatie voor ons allemaal relevant is
2. We betalen samen voor de meetapparatuur en dataverzameling
3. We betalen samen om de resultaten op een mooie, simpele manier toegankelijk te maken.

This is how the AI bubble bursts: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/917380/ai-monetization-anthropic-openai-token-economics-revenue

There is no conceivable way to break even for the AI industry—let alone to repay an investment that requires $2Tn a year from now to the end of the decade. That's about 3% of the entire planetary GNP. Just to break even.