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RE: https://mastodon.online/@NOSRSS/116382693890095018
Terwijl we weten dat het Tesla systeem geen fietsers herkent.
love this
“By using GenAI:
I accept the models were trained on stolen data.
I accept that the data was labeled by exploited workers.
I accept the environmental costs of the data centers running these models.
I accept that I am outsourcing some of my skills to a company.
I accept these companies don’t have a viable business model.
I accept that I am granting more power to big tech and their vision for the world.
I accept that I am granting more power to the United States.
I accept that all this effort could have been spent elsewhere.”
https://smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on-the-acceptance-of-genai/
Any use of AI should come with a declaration like this.
If you’re okay with the ethical implications, you should be comfortable saying so out loud.
@EUCommission here's a suggestion before spending a bazillion on "AI".
Make it (much) easier to start small businesses.
Like, €100 instead of €1000s, and a clearly defined list of paperwork, that can be processed at a single govt agency in under 1 hour, in 1 country.
Then, simplify the byzantine pan-EU tax arrangements so this small business can just pay tax once, instead of needing to spend €4000/year on accountant support, and filing in multiple countries.
And when you've achieved that marvel of bureaucratic enlightenment, by all means circle back and examine the detritus of whatever Yucatan-sized crater the US AI industry has imploded into, to see if anything of actual value can be forged from the slag.
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If your old kindle has been killed by Amazon and you can't be arsed to jailbreak it, I'm hoping to adopt a small number of these to learn how to do the jaikbreaking process.
Assuming the process works, your kindle can be returned to you afterwards if you wish.
DM me if you'd like to post me a kindle or would like me to collect it from you in London
Mit dem Zug durch Europa: EU verlost 40.000 Interrail-Tickets an 18-Jährige
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