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How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
Any updates from Stockport? Did the swasticars return?
Just tried ringing the showroom, and the call gets diverted to an automated service after one ring 😀🤞
Ooooh! That's really exciting! Someone who passed while we were all there was saying that there's an approved housing development going on the site, so maybe they were right? Hope so. More homes, less swasticars!
NEW: Elon Musk is pushing people to pay for X's nonconsensual intimate image generator Grok, meaning some of the app’s tens of millions of users are being hit with a paywall when they try to create nude images of random women doing sexually explicit things within seconds.
It’s time for governments and politicians to get off the child porn app. Staying is a statement of its own.
On Telegram, a community of thousands are working around the clock to make Grok produce far worse. They share Grok-generated videos of real women taking their clothes off and graphic nonconsensual videos of any kind of sexual act these users can imagine and slip by Grok’s guardrails.
2026 will be the year the government uses "child safety" to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Act and proceed to criminalize critique and dissent of the Trump Administration and/or its policies.
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“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A fresh round of Industrial Action is being balloted for across UK HE.
Strike! Strike! Strike! - We Are the University
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If you’ve not read enough this weekend on an AI bubble, here is our take.
Much of the AI investment isn’t made for AI as it exists now, or even this at its full potential. It’s for a sci fi dream of AI.
When dreams meet reality something breaks.
theconversation.com/what-could-b...
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
The AI bubble is gonna tank the economy. The ironic future of AI is to throw us backwards into a great depression. Let’s gooooo www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...
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What an unsurprising decision by corporations that desperately need to make money with AI. If every other company with a chatbot isn't already doing this, then expect them to be following Meta's lead soon. The chatbot is not your friend; it's a corporate listening device. www.ft.com/content/22f7...
Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Curating your own set of news sources through an RSS reader is the best way to do it. Highly recommend checking out Molly’s guide and making your own. I use Inoreader for mine.
Being suspended by Austere Kier has now become a barge of honour.
Trump's UK state visit was just announced for 17 September.
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Let's make it absolutely massive.
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“When people now pay for Spotify, they are indirectly paying for the manufacturing of A.I. war drones.”
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Denmark’s Ministry for Digitalization is looking to get off Microsoft products by the end of the year, starting with the adoption of LibreOffice. It follows similar moves by Copenhagen and Aarhus.
“Universities are in crisis and this inquiry couldn’t come soon enough.” @drjogrady.bsky.social
After sustained pressure from UCU, The Education Committee has launched an inquiry into university finances.
We’ll be submitting evidence. Full statement here: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1405...
Let's be clear: what is happening in Los Angeles started because ICE launched a series of immigration raids.
Then, when people protested against the raids, Donald Trump sent in the National Guard.
It's not about "lawlessness", it's about state repression.
We also get many emails from people suffering from these delusions at DAIR.
www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...
I moved over to Readwise and am using their Reader for RSS a few months back, so I'm pleased I'd already jumped ship in advance of this news. Readwise is superb, I paid for it almost immediately.
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Yeah, ok. So something is only 'true' if it's simple enough for Joe Rogan to understand...
