I felt that Microsoft Copilot, formerly known as Office, could use a mascot. So I asked Copilot to design something in the spirit of Clippy.

Let me introduce you to Sloppy, a cheerful slightly gooey assistant with glasses and a headset.

#Microslop

'When we treat human interpreters — and any human act of care — as inefficiencies to be optimized away, we lose that pause before “the last time I saw my mother.” We lose the hand on the shoulder. We lose the tears that say: “This child is not a data point. What happened to him is an atrocity.”

My work studying crimes against humanity has taught me that some frictions should not be smoothed.'

https://www.politico.eu/article/when-the-interpreter-wept-what-automation-erases-inside-europes-institutions/

Help please fediverse, I know a 2nd year zoology degree student looking for zoology/conservation/biology science work experience placements of up to a year, UK and Europe, does anyone know where they might turn to for resources and help? Please boost for reach. Thank you!

#biology #zoology #conservation

Stuff of nightmares

#BigTech #Apple

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/