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Political and tech - On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity
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For the 1,000th time: "AI" does not have agency and cannot think and cannot act.
Chatbots cannot "evade safeguards" or "destroy things" or "ignore instructions".
They do literally only one thing and one thing only: string tokens together based on statistics of proximity of tokens in a data corpus.
If you attribute any deeper meaning to this, it's a sign of psychosis and you should absolutely never use chatbots, possibly you should even touch grass.
Gates vs Bridges: the obscure politics of the #geekproblem
In the #geekproblem mindset, crossing a protocol flow is a gateway were in #openweb terms, it’s a bridge. That difference is not technical - it’s social - the difference between CONTROL and TRUST. A gate is something you lock, permission, authentication, enforcement were a bridge is something you cross, connection, flow, relationship. In the physical world, we don’t put gates on bridges as a default, but in software, we keep rebuilding them, and then wondering why things fragment. RSS […]https://hamishcampbell.com/gates-vs-bridges-the-obscure-politics-of-the-geekproblem/
In the #geekproblem mindset, crossing a protocol flow is a gateway. In #OMN, it’s a bridge.
That’s the difference between CONTROL and TRUST. A gate is locked. A bridge lets things flow. In the real world, we don’t put gates on bridges.
Strange how that basic truth gets lost in code metaphors.
#RSS is a bridge.
Closed APIs are gates.
RE: https://mastodon.online/@Geri/116290884370800922
Call Israeli prisons what they really are: extermination camps.
#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #FreePalestine
For many people, the #Linux vs #Windows vs #Mac debate is a privilege — it assumes you can choose. But working with the Computer Upcycle Project, I've seen the real choice is often Linux vs no computer at all.
~95% of donated computers are "too old" for Windows 11 or macOS. Linux installs on them anyway, adding 10+ years of life to machines #Microsoft and #Apple called trash.
This isn't Linux vs Windows. It's Linux vs e-waste.
#Microsoft sent an email to everyone saying they're listening to people now and they will definitely not pushing AI to everything anymore.
Also Microsoft enabled #github to collect all your "inputs, outputs and associated context to train and improve AI models". This new tickbox is enabled by default, even if you explicitly disabled Copilot before.
Actions speak louder than words.
You can disable the option at https://github.com/settings/copilot/features
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