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Sometimes I get a really good quote in.
“Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s Eva Galperin told Rolling Stone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/ice-ai-mistakes-1235507183/
The mighty @gerrymcgovern has a new book out. He takes a hard look at green tech and green transitions, dispelling the rhetoric and confronting the reader with well-documented facts. A perfect gift for the techno-optimist in your life... confronting, but refreshing in its relentless calling bullshit where bullshit is due,
The toxic circular economy of e-waste recirculates.
@gerrymcgovern in https://gerrymcgovern.com/smartphones-are-mini-nuclear-reactors-of-waste/
"Gaza genocide death toll revised up – now over 680,000, including almost half a million children"
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/09/12/gaza-death-toll-lancet/
It is beyond disgusting, beyond indeed any word that I can think of.
Supporting the media #blackout on the killing of #journalists in #Gaza
🗞️⚖️ "The Austrian Federal Administrative Court has confirmed that the "Pay or Okay" consent model violates European data protection laws, delivering a significant ruling against leading newspaper DerStandard.at on August 18, 2025."
👀 Read more: https://ppc.land/austrian-court-rules-pay-or-okay-model-illegal-for-derstandard-newspaper/
The Austrian Federal Administrative Court has confirmed that the "Pay or Okay" consent model violates European data protection laws, delivering a significant ruling against leading newspaper DerStandard.at on August 18, 2025.
Bears repeating: #genAI is a model that predicts what a probable next part in a convo would sound like.
It does so if you ask for information. It's not the info, it's a piece of text that would sound like a response to your question. Including made up references.
It does so when you tell it it's wrong. It's not a reflection, it doesn't acknowledge it's wrong. it's just giving you what a likely response would be.
People need to hear this over and over again.
‘Republikein’ betekent tegenwoordig: regeren als een koning. Liegen is het nieuwe zeggen waar het op staat. En genocide, die plegen we louter om genocide te voorkomen. Welkom in de wereld waarin waarheid leugen is en leugen waarheid is geworden.
Big, big respect for @signalapp president @Mer__edith . She can clearly explain complex issues without using a ton of jargon (something tech bros do consistently).
It shows above all this woman has an astound understanding of the field she works in, and actually has something real to say about that. A very welcome change from the hordes of tech bros drowning you in fancy speech that means nothing. *uch* vibe coding *uch*
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