Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/04/google-ai-policies-weapons-harm/
I finished my audiobook of The Grapes of Wrath this morning and YELLED at it. THATS IT? THATS THE ENDING?!!!
I gave 21 hours of my life to that depressing story.
(Not a good book choice at this particular point in time either)
WHY OH WHY... are no 'journalists' picking up on this incredible (and incredibly disturbing) story by @pluralistic
'Turns out Donald Trump isn't the only world leader with a tech billionaire "first buddy" who gets to serve as an unaccountable, self-interested de facto business regulator. **UK PM Keir Starmer has just handed the keys to the British economy over to Jeff Bezos.**'*
*(My emphasis)
Prolly best to read this on Cory's blog https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/22/autocrats-of-trade/#dingo-babysitter rather than a long, long thread here on #mastodon - which some folks are getting in a flutter about.
Let's keep to the real news here - this incredible, jaw-dropping, cave-in to big tech.
#tech #oligarchy #ukpol #amazon #bezos #billionaires #starmer