The notion of a broken clock being sometimes right is based on a gross misunderstanding of what information is.

A clock that always shows the same time is never right, even in the moments of the day when the time happens to be what it shows, because you don't gain any information about what time it is by looking at the clock.

This reasoning also applies to chatbots. If you can't tell whether what you have been given is useful information unless you alreay know the information, then you haven't been given useful information.

Since the #39c3 in December, every first Sunday of the month has been a "Digital Independence Day" for trying out alternatives to dominant/big tech platforms.

If you're looking to explore alternatives to Google or Apple Maps, why not give CoMaps – or any of the other open source map-applications that are based on data from #OpenStreetMap – a try!

You can learn more about the #DIDay here: https://edri.org/our-work/didit-edri-members-spark-movement-for-alternatives-to-big-tech/

#DIDit

Today the Germans celebrate #DIday again, as it is the first Sunday of the month.

I love the "recipes for change" being documented here: https://di.day/de/wechselrezepte

Checkout the events today and the next 1st Sundays of the month.

Together towards digital autonomy, or "digital interdependence" at https://di.day

Pollution isn't an accident, it's a business model.

It's time to tax it.

#MakePollutersPay

John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

#SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

Wie kann man auf eine so unglaublich dämliche Idee kommen, wo die USA gerade eindrucksvoll zeigen, wie solche Techniken im Handumdrehen missbraucht werden?

https://www.heise.de/news/Algorithmen-auf-Streife-Bremens-Strassenbahnen-werden-zur-KI-Ueberwachungszone-11185075.html