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Raphael Albert 21h ago

2d ago

In privacy, we talk a lot about how to protect our own data,

But what about our responsibility to protect the data of others?

If you care about privacy rights, you must also care for the data of the people around you.

To make privacy work, we need to develop a culture that normalizes caring for everyone's data, not just our own.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/10/the-privacy-of-others/

#Privacy #Consent #HumanRights

Privacy is Also Protecting the Data of Others

In privacy, we talk a lot about how to protect our own data, but what about our responsibility to protect the data of others? If you care about privacy rights, you must also care for the data of the people around you. Together, we must build a culture where everyone cares for the data of others.

Privacy Guides

Raphael Albert 1d ago

Quincy ⁂1d ago

The marketing stunts of "anthropic" are getting far too much attention; the environmental poly-crisis they contribute to isn't getting nearly enough attention.

Raphael Albert 1d ago

netzpolitik.org 2d ago

Soziale Netzwerke und ihre auf Überwachung und Personalisierung basierenden Geschäftsmodelle schaffen Anreize, die letztlich die Demokratie gefährden. Für die EU ist es höchste Zeit, dem etwas entgegenzusetzen, fordert eine umfassende Studie der Forschungsabteilung der EU-Kommission. https://netzpolitik.org/2026/eu-forschungsabteilung-ein-internet-ohne-schaedliche-anreize-ist-moeglich/

EU-Forschungsabteilung: Ein Internet ohne schädliche Anreize ist möglich

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Raphael Albert 2d ago

While I listened to yet another talk by a textbook startup bro yesterday, I noticed that he kept highlighting his own accomplishments which were, at best, very loosely related to the topic he was supposed to talk about. This triggered me, but I couldn't tell why exactly.

This second, it came to me. I just don't like it when the messenger thinks they are more important than the message they are supposed to convey.

Raphael Albert 2d ago

To all the LLM bros who are invading my precious feed,

I really don't care if your slop machine runs locally. The technology is still built on utter disrespect for humans, their dignity, their environment, and their privacy. Running it on your hardware doesn't make it ethical!

And please stop using the privacy hashtag to brag about it. You're just wrong there!
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#LLMs #StopTheSlop #Slopposition #privacy (but for real)

Raphael Albert 4d ago

Does this sound familiar?

"Someone previously unfamiliar with the trade could use a wide frame to churn out stockings roughly six times as fast as a framework knitter, though the product was of obviously inferior quality."
(from Brian Merchant's "Blood in the Machine - The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech", page 33)
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#LLMs #StopTheSlop #Slopposition

Raphael Albert 5d ago

Max Leibman 6d ago

When AI boosters talk about universal basic income to excuse all of the jobs they claim they can eliminate, ask:

“Then why are you working on AI, and not on universal basic income?”

If you are a journalist in this space and you don’t ask this every time UBI comes up, you are not doing your job.

Raphael Albert Apr 10

Danielle Foré Apr 10

At the end of the day, AI is a technology for people who like the idea of owning other people. That’s what makes it inherently misogynistic, inherently racist, and inherently fascist. It is an accelerated extraction and exploitation device

Raphael Albert Apr 10

I'm still waiting for someone to name a single improvement to society brought by (and requiring) the slop machines. And I mean to society, not just to their lazy individual existence. That they don't have to write their own emails any more doesn't count!
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#LLMs #StopTheSlop #Slopposition

Raphael Albert Apr 9

Catherynne M. Valente Apr 9

The use of “hallucinate” is a stroke of true evil genius in the AI world.

In ANY other context we’d just call them errors & the fail rate would be crystal clear.

Instead, “hallucinate” implies genuine sentience & the *absence* of real error.

Aw, this software isn’t shit! Boo’s just dreaming!

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