Fascism didn't suddenly become popular. It's not popular. Except with the bottom 15%-25% of shitheads who would vote for anyone that promises to hurt their perceived enemies.

What has happened is that liberalism has failed. It has been a planned failure, happening in stages for the past 40 years, at least, wherein institutions and the very concept of liberal democracy have been hollowed out to make room for the cancerous wealth of white billionaires, fascism's most ardent supporters.

It seems business decisions at #OpenAI are made by #ChatGPT itself at this point 😕

What a mess

Meta will allow political ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen.

YouTube will no longer remove videos making similar claims.

Monetizing lies has become a big business in America. It’s one of the core challenges to democracy.

With new folks arriving on #Mastodon every day, a reminder that social media doesn’t have to look like anything we’ve experienced before.

*We* get to build the fediverse. So let’s make it awesome ✨

If you're using Mastodon through the web on a computer, there's an optional multicolumn interface you can use instead of the default single column one.

1. Log in through your server’s website
2. Click ⚙️ Preferences
3. Tick the box marked Enable Advanced Web Interface
4. Click the Save Changes button
5. Click the Back to Mastodon link at the left of the screen

If you change your mind, click the ⚙️ icon on the left to get back to settings.

More info here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mastodons-tweetdeck-style-advanced-web-interface/

One reason I'm avoiding MSN.com (which DuckDuckGo often directs you to):

"Microsoft’s decision to increasingly rely on the use of automation and artificial intelligence over human editors to curate its homepage appears to be behind the site’s recent amplification of false and bizarre stories."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/tech/microsoft-ai-news/index.html

#AI #Microsoft

University of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with Nightshade

Altered images could destroy AI model training efforts that scrape art without consent.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/university-of-chicago-researchers-seek-to-poison-ai-art-generators-with-nightshade/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social