Yesterday Cory Doctorow argued that refusal to use LLMs was mere "neoliberal purity culture". I think his argument is a strawman, doesn't align with his own actions and delegitimizes important political actions we need to make in order to build a better cyberphysical world.

EDIT: Diskussions under this are fine, but I do not want this to turn into an ad hominem attack to Cory. Be fucking respectful

https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/acting-ethical-in-an-imperfect-world/

I may regret this at some point, but I felt the need to put down in writing how I feel about this moment in the tech industry.

It is not kind. You may well be insulted by it. If you are... then you really should question yourself.

https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/selfish-ai

#AI #LLM #Programming

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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Make Argentina Gold Again (Again?)

A stroll through various aspects of the American taxpayers' quest to bailout #Argentina's Javier Milei, with particular attention paid to agricultural products, Argentina's missing #gold reserves, and the myriad ways American taxpayer money might end up in the hands of crypto bros.

Special guest appearances by Tether Gold, Howard Lutnick, & Rob Citrone.

* Substack: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again-again
* DocumentCloud: https://legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26195550-make-argentina-gold-again-again

(Retoots appreciated)

#uspol #uspolitics #Lutnick #stablecoin #stablecoins #Milei #JavierMilei #ScottBessent #inflation #SouthAmerica #BuenosAires #soybeans #robCitrone #HowardLutnick #Tether #XAUT #TetherGold #Adecoagro #crypto #Beef #LLA #Libertad #LaLibertadAvanza

just wow. read this, from Techdirt:

Wired, Business Insider Editors Duped By Completely Bogus ‘AI’ Using ‘Journalist’ Who Made Up Towns, People That Don’t Exist

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/02/wired-business-insider-editors-duped-by-completely-bogus-ai-using-journalist-who-made-up-towns-people-that-dont-exist/

Here's Wired's mea culpa:

https://www.wired.com/story/how-wired-got-rolled-by-an-ai-freelancer/

Techdirt's Karl Bode correctly concludes: "This country has taken an absolute hatchet to quality journalism, which in turn has done irreparable harm to any effort to reach reality-based consensus or have an informed electorate. The rushed integration of “AI,” usually by media owners who largely only see it as a way to cut corners and undermine labor, certainly isn’t helping. Add in the twisted financial incentives of an ad-based engagement infotainment economy, and you get exactly the sort of journalistic outcomes academics long predicted."