Scott LeslieCould the Rise of AI be a Mass Delusion Event? https://archive.ph/vQz1d
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That this is even a "debate" demonstrates how unwell this system is https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-agriculture-seeds-rights-1.7610106 "plant breeders' rights" my ass
Who controls the food supply? Proposed changes to seed reuse reopens debate | CBC News
Proposed changes announced by the federal government regarding the rights of farmers to reuse some types of seeds risk reopening a long dormant debate and have the potential to pit some farmers against large multinational seed companies.
Talk about unintended (but not necessarily un-anticipatable) consequences https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/ai-eroded-doctors-ability-to-spot-cancer-within-months-in-study?leadSource=reddit_wall
We now interrupt your doom scrolling to bring you Disco Snails https://youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?si=aPEQZ4hRufgbxIGY
Vulfmon & Zachary Barker - Disco Snails (Official Video)
Omg I love this so much https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNL6zVeu1hT/?igsh=eTY4eHp6a3M5aW9u
Patrick MassonMaintain #OpenSource projects? How are you managing #GenAI contribs?
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GPT-5 is about to hit. Claiming large reductions in "hallucinations." Yet another counter-argument seemingly dissolving.
To be clear, not celebrating this nor the future it heralds. More lamenting the relative fecklesness of our communal resistance, which needed to far precede the advent of the LLM and center more on the political economy of tech than any feature-level critiques </rant>
Talk about closing the barn door after the horse has already left...like, what, 30 years ago? https://theindependent.ca/commentary/columns/state-of-the-university/what-are-universities-for/
Is there any scrolling left that's not "doomscrolling"? #WhatMeWorry #NotWithABangButAWhimper
Micah LeeCitizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/citizen-lab-director-warns-cyber-industry-about-us-authoritarian-descent/
Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent | TechCrunch
Ron Deibert, the head of the prominent digital human rights groups Citizen Lab, sounds the alarm at the Black Hat security conference about the "dramatic descent into authoritarianism," but one that the cyber community can help to defend against.