Meanwhile, here is some actually good coverage about the current generation of chatbots, from @kharijohnson

https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-got-big-and-their-ethical-red-flags-got-bigger/

“Tesla’s big recall should serve as a wake-up call. A recklessly designed ‘autonomous’ system shouldn’t be installed on hundreds of thousands of vehicles before the feds intervene. We can prevent that from happening by requiring that these technologies receive pre-approval before they are sold to the public.” Via Slate.

#cars #Tesla #DriverlessCars #cities #driving

https://slate.com/technology/2023/02/tesla-recall-full-self-driving-nhtsa-musk-regulation.html

In private exchanges, Fox News stars and execs expressed contempt for Trump's false election claims, calling them "mind-blowingly nuts," "totally off the rails" and "completely bs."

They also denounced colleagues for pointing that out publicly or on TV.
https://t.co/hKHlN0VDxv

If you've arrived from Twitter and you want to find your friends from Twitter on here, there are some tools to do this:

🐦 Debirdify
https://pruvisto.org/debirdify

🔍 Fedifinder
https://fedifinder.glitch.me

🐑 Flock
https://mastodon-flock.vercel.app

Twitter said they were shutting down the API these tools rely on last Monday, but this doesn't seem to have happened yet.

So, for the moment these tools work, but they could stop working at any moment. If you're going to use them, this is possibly last chance to do so.

Hey managers, please don't ask for "mystery meat" conversations with your directs -- i.e., no "hey do you have a minute?" DMs, or surprise calendar invites with vague titles. Always include the topic: "hey, can we talk about client X? I need some information about the meeting last week".

Otherwise, many (most?) of your directs will immediately assume the worst: "hey, do you have a minute ... so I can fire you?" "Hey, can we talk ... about what a failure you are?"

More: https://jacobian.org/2021/oct/26/manager-microscope/