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mellbratt Nov 6, 2024

Per Axbom Oct 26, 2024

Decided on a better way to phrase this:

If you're not open to the idea that the problem you are solving for may need something other than a digital solution, then you're not really interested in solving the problem.

mellbratt Oct 26, 2024

josef Oct 25, 2024

i think the privatization and financialization of everyday services and goods has done more than anything in culture to make society decohere. interacting with the world on basically any level now largely consists of attempting to outwit giant systems designed to exploit you. from the perspective of an individual, there is virtually no consistent expectation of any duty of care, moral responsibility, or trust evident in daily life, so there's little to suggest you value those qualities either

mellbratt Jul 3, 2024

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mellbratt May 28, 2024

Catbus May 27, 2024

life under capitalism

mellbratt Apr 21, 2024

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Semi Sentient AI Cooling Water Apr 19, 2024

@pluralistic We really need to destigmatize laziness. To my knowledge, no lazy person has ever started a war or liquidated a company or cut down a rainforest. It's always those busy mutha fuckas.

mellbratt Apr 14, 2024

jamesbridle Apr 10, 2024

The Guardian asked me to write about Amazon and AI. I'm trying to avoid tech criticism because it's always so despairingly predictable, but if you'd like to know what connects your local Tesco's and the IDF's war machine here you go: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon-ai-cashier-less-shops-humans-technology (with a particular shout out to Sven Lindqvist's "Dig Where You Stand", which taught me at least to stick to the money.)

So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you

This is how these bosses get rich: by hiding underpaid, unrecognised human work behind the trappings of technology, says the writer and artist James Bridle

The Guardian

mellbratt Apr 5, 2024

Dan Hon Apr 3, 2024

People who ordered an air strike on this location also ordered air strikes on…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets

Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants

The Guardian

mellbratt Apr 3, 2024

Dan Hon Apr 2, 2024

Partly it's all about breaking bread with your enemy and diplomacy through cuisine https://firefish.city/notes/9rmiknh9n105j39m

David B. Himself (@DavidBHimself)

What's wrong with Anglos and their "lunch meetings?" For me, it's one of the best signs that they don't understand food and the whole act of eating. I won't bring food at a meeting, why on Earth would you want to bring a meeting to a meal? That's just gross and would spoil the meal. (Okay, maybe not all Anglos, but at least the ones from the US and the UK, I hope the other ones have better eating habits) #eating #meetings

Firefish

mellbratt Apr 2, 2024

Ethan Marcotte Apr 2, 2024

“Though it seemed completely automated, [Amazon’s] Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.” https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

[removes glasses; pinches bridge of nose; sighs until the heat death of the universe]

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

Gizmodo

mellbratt Mar 29, 2024

Aral Balkan Mar 22, 2024

There goes the neighbourhood.

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