Submitted 3 weeks ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets.
Damn. The security (theater) obsessed Far-Right Labour government wouldn’t be kicking the barn door open to a foreign government’s mass surveillance company for any kind of insidious reason, you think?
Nah, i fully believe they just don’t have a clue. I mean, what’s the hypothesis here, that they’re deliberately trying to fight the Antichrist alongside Thiel?
A podcast i listen to had, a few months ago, a story where a minister who was waxing lyrical about the benefits of AI and was asked something basic like about hallucinations or something and they literally never heard of them. Had no clue what the questioner was talking about
I think that’s the level that basically all politicians understand technology at
a minister who was waxing lyrical about the benefits of AI and was asked something basic like about hallucinations or something and they literally never heard of them
“I don’t know about this thing that runs counter to my policy. I’ve never heard of it. I’ll have to look into it.”
Pretty standard politician-speech for “Sit down and shut up, I don’t want to talk about this”.
Maybe the minister sincerely hadn’t heard of AI hallucinations. Or maybe they were just being coy. Either way, the new information isn’t going to shape their decision because they’re not governing based on information provided by the general public. They’ve got a coterie of lobbyists and partisan insiders who have already made the choice on their behalf.
God damn, how did he UK populace become the Alabama of the EU? What happened over there?
Thatcher, but it also happened elsewhere under different names, and the New Labour response to it. And then technology outstripping the intellect of politicians.
Basically the introduction of private industry deep into government became commonplace under Thatcher. Blair didn’t roll it back, and transitioned labour into a party that also invited private money. It was a transformation spearheaded by one Peter Mandelson. You may know him from such hits as “My best friend is Epstein” and “I was a US ambassador”.
He seems to be the the introduction conduit for companies like Palantir into government.
I always like to say that the US kept all the really shitty bit of being British.
No fucking shit
ClownStatue@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
People in power making dangerous decisions about things they don’t understand. Recipe for a Good Time. For someone, anyway.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What could go wrong giving one unhinged billionaire access the the collective intelligence of multiple sovereign nations.
ClownStatue@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
And it’s not like they can claim they didn’t know. Guy’s been ranting about the Antichrist all over the planet for long enough for word to get out!