The Sabotage of Twitter Is a Disaster for Democracy
 
I wrote about Musk’s destruction of the virtual public square – and what democracy is losing:

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-sabotage-of-twitter-is-a-disaster

Texas teen at the supermarket accidentally opens the door to the wrong car. She’s shot.

Kansas City teen goes to get his little brothers and accidentally rings the doorbell of the wrong house. He’s shot.

Car full of teenagers looking for a party accidentally turns into the wrong driveway. They’re shot.

OH dad mistakes 16-y-o daughter for an intruder, shoots her. She died.

These stories happen every day in America and school security or mental health access won't solve them. Only #GunControl.

"I have to keep posting on Twitter because that's where my audience is"

Your audience fell 7.7 percent in March, the third straight month of decline

Move on dot org

https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/4/15/23683554/twitter-dying-elon-musk-x-company

You folks were super enthusiastic about my posting more on Mastodon, so let's try this.

RT/boost and let's see if there's interest in a regular #Ukraine thread!

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

For the last year, I've been tracking a notorious Russian unit known for its role in killing 100s of civilians.

This past month we published how we found them.

After messing around with #LLM a bit, here's a few thoughts.

* Its best use is to take care of boilerplate
* It's super overhyped
* Calling it #AI is part of said hype
* The hype is going to put it in so many places that it doesn't belong, and this WILL end up hurting people and society
* Never, EVER, ask it for anything that you can't verify the accuracy of yourself
* I don't think this method will lead to true AI
* It's a copyright nightmare
* It is, nevertheless, a very cool technology