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Need a brief and accessible explainer about the actual harms of AI?
Show folks this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TtVJ4JDM7eM
@thejuicemedia hitting it out of the park, yet again.
#ai #corporations #corporatocracy #billionaires #climateCrisis #BigTech #SiliconValley
Honest Government Ad | AI
The Government™ has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative👉 Help us keep Government...YouTube
The Dawn of the AI-Military Complex
source: https://goodinternet.substack.com/p/the-dawn-of-the-ai-military-complex
Two weeks ago, #OpenAI deleted it's ban on using #ChatGPT for "Military and Warfare" and revealed, that it's working with the military on "cybersecurity tools". It's clear to me that the darlings of generative AI want in on the wargames, and i'm very confident they are not the only ones. With ever more international conflicts turning hot, from Israels war on Hamas after the massacre on 7th october to Russias invasion of Ukraine to local conflicts like the Houthis attacking US trade ships with drones and the US retaliating, plus the competetive pressure from China, who surely have their own versions of AI-powered automated weapon systems in place, i absolutely think that automatic war pipelines are in high demand from many many international players with very very deep pockets, and #SiliconValley seems more than eager to exploit.
#wargame #war #terror #military #ai #news #complex #politics #economy #conflict
Hey, maybe the good #Google folks at web.dev can write an article about how the #Firefox slow-down trick on YouTube works so other sites can implement it too.
https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/
#google #web #dev #firefox #antitrust #surveillanceCapitalism #siliconValley #assholes
Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if...
Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 8,282 points and 782 commentsreddit
You wouldn’t have McDonald’s teaching your kids about nutrition or Philip Morris teaching them about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Why are you happy having a surveillance capitalist like Google or Facebook teaching them about technology?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy
#surveillanceCapitalism #technology #web #education #SiliconValley #BigTech
'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia' - BBC Ideas
Watch the "'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia'" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Futurefest: Occupy the future" playlist.www.bbc.co.uk
Folks: That’s an evil plan, we don’t like it.
Google: Please keep the discussion to technical issues only.
#Google #EvilAsAService #PeopleFarming #SiliconValley #BigTech #DigitalImperialism #adtech #DRM #web #standards #WebStandards #w3c
Yes, they did.
Because you’re what’s for dinner.
#fediverse #mastodon #meta #Project92 #BigTech #SiliconValley #SurveillanceCapitalism
My reply?
“Thanks but no thanks.”
Why?
Because I don’t need to see the app. I know the people behind it and what they stand for. The app can only ever be a manifestation of (or an initial misdirection from) that.
Expecting the wolf that took a bite out of you last time to this time act in your interests is how you end up as its dinner.
#BlueSky #JackDorsey #billionaires #SiliconValley #decentralisation #lipService #crypto #bullshit
Dear @EU_Commission, here’s an incomplete list of foreign tech companies/apps gathering data on EU citizens and manipulating their behaviour:
- Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.)
- Alphabet, Inc. (Google, YouTube, etc.)
- Twitter, Inc.
- Microsoft (Windows, etc.)
- Snap, Inc.
Thoughts?
#SiliconValley #BigTech #us #eu
It might be a good time to take a look at WriteFreely (https://writefreely.org/) and their hosted services Write.as (https://write.as/) and WriteFreely Host (https://writefreely.host/) and consider owning your own #blog on the fediverse instead of contributing to the walled gardens of the folks who bequeathed you Twitter.
#SiliconValley #billionaires #vc #ventureCapital #BigTech #colonialism #fediverse #mastodon
“Aral, we’re just another Silicon Valley tech company, I don’t understand why you’re holding us to a such a higher standard.”
When I finally managed to pick my jaw off the floor the only retort I could manage was: “But that’s not what you tell people.”
3/3
#Mozilla #fediverse #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #BigTech
Who do you think funds and benefits from the Twitters and Facebooks of the world?
We can’t stop these folks from setting up their own servers but please don’t feel a need to federate with them or subsidise their existence on servers you pay for and maintain.
And remain vigilant against embrace, extend, and extinguish.
#billionaires #vc #SiliconValley #mastodon #capitalism
#privacy #markZuckerberg #elonMusk #SiliconValley #surveillance #capitalism
On this week’s #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @Rushkoff about why it’s time for us to wake up and challenge the power and self-serving narratives of the tech billionaires — before it’s too late.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/11828681-trusting-tech-billionaires-is-a-recipe-for-disaster-w-douglas-rushkoff
#tech #siliconvalley #podcast #politics
Trusting Tech Billionaires is a Recipe for Disaster w/ Douglas Rushkoff - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Douglas Rushkoff to discuss why internet visions of the 1990s were wrong to ignore corporate power, how the dot-com boom was like a Ponzi scheme, and why we desperately need to stop elevating tech billionaires.Douglas Rushk...Buzzsprout
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maybe we ALL take a serious & sober look at how ABSENCE of LAW over past 18 years (not bad law, shitty or law unfair law... no law)
in:
• #internet
• #mobile #social
• #privacy
• #surveillance
• #AI #ML
• #data #governance
This is a massive #mastodon #fediverse opportunity we can collectively capitalize on before #SiliconValley #BigTech #VC carpet baggers arrive.
#my2cents
@klonick@davew@craignewmark@jeffjarvis@daphnehk@qjurecic@blaine @@profcarroll
The tech industry is at a turning point, but where will it go next and how do we prepare for its next act?
📬 Read my newsletter: https://buttondown.email/techwontsaveus/archive/a-turning-point-for-the-tech-industry
#tech #future #economy #siliconvalley #elonmusk
A turning point for the tech industry?
Less than a week since my last update, and I’m already in your inbox again! I couldn’t help myself from commenting on the downward slide the tech industry is...buttondown.email
https://www.cultofmac.com/698979/facebook-pegasus-nso-spyware-track-iphone-users/
#SurveillanceCapitalism #PeopleFarming #SiliconValley #Facebook
Facebook allegedly tried to buy Pegasus spyware to track iPhone users
NSO Group accuses Facebook of trying to buy access to its Pegasus surveillance software so it could better track iPhone users.Ed Hardy (Cult of Mac)