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Scientific American op-ed:

Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

(by me):

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/

*to the tune of Shout by Tears For Fears*

Cat
cat
Little potat
He wants to know where the treats are at
Come on
He's meowing at you
Come on

“AI” enthusiast: i have made a chatbot that answers your questions

Software developers: you fucked up a perfectly good search engine is what you did. look at it. it's got hallucinations

“Information wants to be free” – but at what cost?

The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors, @agatamontoya (@Sydney_Uni) writes. https://theconversation.com/internet-archives-digital-library-has-been-found-in-breach-of-copyright-the-decision-has-some-important-implications-212091?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1692769125-1

The Nib made all of their issues free for download:

https://membership.thenib.com/donate-free-pdf-downloads

"The Nib is wrapping up ten years of publishing and closing down at the end of August. But before we go, we are making all 15 issues of our Eisner and Ignatz award-winning magazine available for anyone to download for free. That’s more than 1,600 pages of comics, including our out of print Secrets, Nature, Food, and Color issues."