Mastodawn

It sucks when people are like "but flying is only 3% of global emissions" or "bitcoin is only 0.5%." It all adds up when you're in a climate emergency.
Out of ALL the nations of the world, 203 (all but 6) emit under 2% of global emissions.
- If global aviation were a nation it would be the #6 top emitter after China, the US, India, Russia, and Japan.
- The richest 1% of humans contribute 50% of all flying emissions! It is an incredibly privileged act.
As for Bitcoin, if it were a country, it emits more CO2 than 179 (86%) of the world's nations.

R F 1h ago

Bodil 4h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/116345730533077431

OpenAI hired the OpenClaw guy, with Sam Altman declaring him a "genius with a lot of amazing ideas," in case you were wondering about the AGI company's ability to evaluate intelligence.

R F 8h ago

Watched [Shrinking [2023] S3E10](https://themoviedb.org/tv/136311-Shrinking/season/3/episode/10/) 📺🍿

Season 3

Jimmy and his rag-tag crew pick up the pieces of last season, forcing them to reckon with grief, second chances, and the messy road toward healing. With old clients still reeling and a few new faces entering the fold

The Movie Database

R F 16h ago

Can you follow Surf's feeds via RSS, the open web way?

R F 16h ago

OpenAI's Simo takes medical leave - maybe for PTSD after overseeing the adult-version of chatGPT and Sora. But seriously, hope she gets well soon.

R F 16h ago

Read between the lines - OpenAI's AGI boss will be replaced by ChatGPT 6. Be positive, people.

R F 17h ago

I have ditched LinkedIn as soon as MSFT acquired it. Look where it is now. THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is wrong! https://browsergate.eu

LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.

BrowserGate

R F 17h ago

THIS is expected. Nothing new. Move along. :) https://theconversation.com/ais-fluency-in-other-languages-hides-a-western-worldview-that-can-mislead-users-a-scholar-of-indonesian-society-explains-276865

AI’s fluency in other languages hides a Western worldview that can mislead users − a scholar of Indonesian society explains

Research shows that a hidden American worldview can shape AI advice in ways that are culturally misleading.

The Conversation

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Tim Bray 1d ago

1. GenAI is probably going to impact us but how? Nobody knows.
2. The worst thing about GenAI isn't the technology, it's the shitty people: https://karlbode.com/the-problem-with-ai-is-shitty-human-beings [<must-read]
3. We can’t have a grown-up conversation on the subject because the trillion-dollar bet’s fear+greed pressure crowds out truth.
4. When the bubble pops, the shitty people will melt away. Then we can maybe figure it out.
5. We so *SO* need that bubble to pop. Next week would be ideal.

#GenAI

The Problem With AI Is Shitty Human Beings

The problem with AI isn't going to be Skynet. It's going to be amoral extraction class assholes applying half-cooked automation at scale onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country too corrupt to have functioning regulators.

The Fine Print*

R F 1d ago

Don’t ask chatbots for personal advice

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/stanford-study-outlines-dangers-of-asking-ai-chatbots-for-personal-advice/

Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice | TechCrunch

While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.

TechCrunch