JigglypuffSeenFromAbove

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From OpenAI’s statement:

  We have three main red lines that guide our work with the DoW, which are generally shared by several other frontier labs:

  • No use of OpenAI technology for mass domestic surveillance.

  • No use of OpenAI technology to direct autonomous weapons systems.

  • No use of OpenAI technology for high-stakes automated decisions (e.g. systems such as “social credit”).

  It specifically states their AI can’t/won’t be used for surveillance and autonomous weapons. Of course I’m not saying I trust them, but isn’t this the same thing Anthropic says they’re against? What’s the difference here or what did I miss?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get these kinds of things all the time at work. I’m a writer, and someone once sent me a document to brief me on an article I had to write. One of the topics in the briefing mentioned a concept I’d never heard of (and the article was about a subject I actually know). I Googled the term, checked official sources … nothing, it just didn’t make sense. So I asked the person who wrote the briefing what it meant, and the response was: “I don’t know, I asked ChatGPT to write it for me LOL”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm guilty of not reading the f..ing documentation⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a technical writer, I always get a bit giddy when someone shows appreciation for good docs haha Thanks for sharing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tie a knot AND twist and tuck. Where does that leave me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You make some good points and I see where you’re coming from, but I think that person used the term “survive” figuratively. Even so, when you say the world is not perfect you’re kind of oversimplifying the situation by making it seem like things are the way they are because of some unfortunate event no one can control, when in reality things are designed to be harder for people with less money, and I’ll try to use your own examples to show that.

  Streaming: Remember when we only had Netflix and it had a full extensive catalog, no ads and was much more affordable? Then studios started splitting content just to make more profit, and now every year we pay more to get less content. Even basic plans with ads are going up. You mentioned pirating, but that’s not exactly easy or accessible for everyone, not to mention it’s a legal gray area (which is another discussion on its own).

  Delivery: Sure, no one needs to order takeout, but even cooking at home is getting expensive, especially if you want to eat healthy. If you’re trying to save money you basically have to buy stuff loaded with sugar and fat or use shit ingredients, it’s like they’re trying to slowly kill us.

  Living: let’s not pretend there’s not a housing crisis going on for a while, where people with money are buying up everything just to rent it back out to other people with money. Meanwhile everyone else is getting pushed to unsafe areas with poor living conditions.

  (Also, just saying, that whole “fuck you” attitude of yours doesn’t really help with anything.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It kinda sounds like you’re shaming people simply for spending their money on entertainment, food or better living conditions. That kind of take can come off like saying, “you’re poor, so you don’t deserve to enjoy anything.”

  I get that there are alternatives like pirating, but that doesn’t really solve the bigger issue: we shouldn’t have to resort to that in the first place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China has introduced a drone that flies like a bird. The new invention could turn the drone industry upside down⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  r/BirdsArentReal must be going nuts over this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like you’re missing the point. Showing a green dot still doesn’t solve the problem or make it ok, especially when this technology works in the background and can capture sound even while the device is in your pocket, like the article says.

  I don’t think we should have to be on the lookout for a little dot showing up on the screen constantly. It shouldn’t even ask for microphone access unless it’s absolutely essential for the app’s main purpose. “Features” like this should always be off by default and buried deep in the settings. If people really wanted it (they don’t), they’d go in and turn it on themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet, I feel like I struggle to find relevant content more on Mastodon than on Lemmy. Maybe I just still don’t know how to Mastodon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s perfect, let’s just say we’re having lunch at ‘Mexican Flat Round Bread Sandwich Bell’ now. Clearly, calling it Taco Bell is all part of some Democrats secret agenda to push MEXICAN on America!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So, is the USA screwed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a real tweet?