To all of my friends and colleagues who will be asleep before midnight...

Sweet dreams and I'll see you in 2023!

I think I might dedicate real time to transitioning to the #Fediverse.

Step 1: Figure out what that means. ...

Elon says he'll resign*

* after he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job."

TWO episodes of Serious Trouble in one week? Is it Christmas? Yes. Yes it is. Also people won't stop doing dumb stuff. Tune in for Josh's extremely persuasive rant about waiting for the Godot that is "collateral consequences to Trump," and Ken's stirring paean to the nation that can produce Michael Avenatti AND Sam Bankman-Fried.

https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/major-announcement-omg#details

Twitter suspends @ElonJet after Musk promises not to ban it

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/14/23508898/elonjet-twitter-ban-elon-musk-jet-tracker

I need help. I've been trying to find and follow Black People in the sciences, history, politics, education, and other specialties.

I've failed miserably.

Can Mastodonians point me to (for starters) Black People in epidemiology and virology? Thank you!
💐

#BlackMastodon
#epidemiology
#virology

AI's aren't sentient. They can't "steal."

Programmers and institutions select the data with which to train the model. They take art and writing from artists and authors without credit or payment. The software then remixes and mimics what it is given.

Displacing agency by attributing intent to the AI is exactly how people and institutions erase human action in the creation of technology. It also leads to further perceptions of technology as acultural, unbiased, and, in essence, magical.