Blunted Affect

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The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics

Ghost in the Machine — out on Kinema March 26th — director Valeria Veatch speaks with The Verge about gen AI’s roots in eugenics.

The Verge
On this Labor Day, boost this post if you believe that it’s long overdue to raise minimum wages or that aliens built the pyramids and their labors should be more widely recognized.
I need you to find me 11,780 boosts.
Here is my question today: Why have countless other officials not been indicted, like Trump, under the charge of "conspiracy against rights" for obstructing voting and civil rights of citizens in states across America?
As my momma used to say, live your life such that you are not indicted under federal criminal statutes known as the Ku Klux Klan Acts.
The Toilet Paper of Sauron
A dark pattern is an interface element designed to trick users into doing things against their interest. Threads has these 11 dark patterns. https://www.yankodesign.com/2023/07/07/the-threads-app-is-filled-with-deceptive-dark-design-patterns-we-spotted-more-than-ten/
The ‘Threads’ App is FILLED With Deceptive Dark Design Patterns – We Spotted More Than TEN - Yanko Design

Explore how the Threads App from Instagram cleverly manipulates user behavior - Featuring over ten deceptive dark design patterns...

Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
"Negative Ghost rider. The pattern is full." 📸#birdbuddy

With all the new people I thought this might be a fun way to interact and show the reach of the #fediverse.

Where do you live?

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Being able to see the air seems like a bad thing.