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joep schuurkesBlogged: On the acceptance of GenAI
https://smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on-the-acceptance-of-genai/
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Glyph@iris_meredith when monarchs are crowned by spam, spammers will rule us all
Aral BalkanââFor OrbĂĄn in Hungary, it took about four years, for VuÄiÄ in Serbia, it took eight years, and for ErdoÄan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one yearâ
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US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.
Worldwide, democracy has receded to its lowest levels since the mid-70s. âThe world has never before seen as many countries autocratising at the same timeâ
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A record 41% (3.4 billion) of the worldâs population currently resides in countries where democracy is deteriorating, the report claims, adding that Washington is leading this global turn away from democracy.â
The very fucking *least* you can do right now is not comply in advance.
Yes, Iâm looking at you, tech folks.
idk if it's static or what but it ends up endlessly buzzing static at max volume until you take it out
protip: don't let your samsung ear buds touch the overhead handles in the Bangalore metro trains
Christine Lemmer-WebberLet me put it another way: AI models are sycophantic because that's what customers want, and capitalism drives producing models that people will want to engage with and somehow give money for.
And that's leading to a sense of subservience that is *not inherent in this technical architecture*, it is *trained into it*.
Tđ¸đ¸: irrelevant biologicalThe best advice I have for new nerds: Refuse to pay rent.
Don't subscribe. Don't lease. Don't use their cloud. Don't slip down the freemium slope. Don't create accounts on their services.
Buy it once. Run it local. Avoid commercial software.
It'll be a huge pain and you'll be an outsider but it'll be endless, interesting, and hard fun that'll pay you back with a curious mind and an understanding of the fabric of our intellectual infrastructure that will make you light-years more capable, useful, and healthy than the "AI" zombies.
