phutatorius

@phutatorius@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google search boss says AI isn’t killing search clicks⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sole flexibility” to do as he’s told or get sacked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously, fuck Spotify and another using that error-prone, intrusive, insecure bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok appoints ex-IDF solider as its 'hate speech manager'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  when the dems jumped on the “tiktik is spying on you! Evil CCP is turning the youth into communists!”

  TikTok IS spying on you.

  But it’s true that the evil CCP is no longer communist: just totalitarian crony capitalist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  debit = no rent

  Funny, I rented from Hertz about two weeks ago and there was a big sign at the counter explaining their terms of business for renting with a debit card. And it didn’t say “We don’t do it.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s designed to suck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It works as Hertz intended. And that’s the problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  AI is great for sensitivity (noticing potential issues), but terrible for specivity (giving many false positives).

  AI is not uniqely prone to false positives; in this case, it’s being used deliberately to produce them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a great opportunity to challenge any procurement policy that implements that EO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not at all bad for an initial proof of concept.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A better rule is that PII data should never be used as a basis for auth/auth except by government agencies in the process of delivering legally mandated government services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in the UK and, like nearly everyone else in the UK, have never been required to do this. The only time it’s required is when accessing adult-only sites, and there are some obvious workarounds in those cases, yarr.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Don Quixote was a fool but not an asshole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Besides bullying, what is the mechanism for enforcing such an executive order?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Foreign Censorship Threat: How the European Union’s(EU) Digital Services Act(DSA) Compels Global Censorship and Infringes on American Free Speech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are implying there’s some equivalence between the MAGAdiots and the EU, you’re delusional.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Foreign Censorship Threat: How the European Union’s(EU) Digital Services Act(DSA) Compels Global Censorship and Infringes on American Free Speech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  House Judiciary is controlled by Republicans. Therefore, anything it says is lies.

  They seem butthurt that Nazis can be kicked off platforms in the EU. Tough shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Live location doesn’t add anything

  Yeah, seriously, how did society function before GPS?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  by law, I can not be equipped with a panic button for rescue purposes, as it is deemed unlawful surveillance of the worker

  That makes no sense. What country and what law? For one example, GDPR has an exemption for cases like that. And for another, how can it be surveillance when the communication is initiated by the worker as part of their job?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft exec admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The UK government was also getting advice from its own cybersecurity people that the backdoor idea wasn’t viable.

  Vance deserves no credit for this or anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft exec admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They can. they just don’t want to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Greer has always been a narcissistic troll.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with UK justice secretary⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really want to know the name of the contractor who made that proposal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reaction Channels Death: YouTube cracks down on ‘unoriginal’ monetized content with improved detection.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That takes zero ingenuity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Tech-Backed Influencer Wants to Replace Teachers With AI⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Replace them with a chicken. Then at least I could have some fried chicken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Tech-Backed Influencer Wants to Replace Teachers With AI⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First, replace the influencers with AI. Then shut down the AI. Do us all two favors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They try pushing a warable onto me, and I’ll insert it in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pass a law that protects wearable health data under HIPAA and I’d consider it.

  And then the next bunch of fascists come in and seize all that data. Or the TLAs do it covertly.

  We need strong data protection laws, but we also need strong technical measures to prevent intrusion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Software is evolving backwards⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Design that is in the interest of someone other than the user, intended to coerce or trick the user into behaviors that benefit that non-user at the user’s expense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Software is evolving backwards⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  an alien fish dildo

  That sounds intriguing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Software is evolving backwards⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That would make sense if evolution had a direction. But evolution can favor less complexity just as well as more: it depends on the selective pressures it’s under. “Fittest” is not necessarily “best.”

  This applies metaphorically to marketed products as well as literally to biologiccal systems. It’s not inevitable that the marketplace will deliver progress. You might never get that invisible handjob.