AcidiclyBasicGlitch
@AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works
Researcher in the U.S. trying to stay informed and help others stay informed. I write a blog that focuses on public information, public health, and policy: pimento-mori.ghost.io
I only recently began using ghost, and am slowly figuring things out. Apologies for any formatting issues.
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Not to sound like a broken record, but this is again a real world example of why corporations aren’t people. The entire point of forming a corporation is to make a company completely devoid of individual responsibility. It becomes its own entity, but that entity is a machine. Each individual within the company is just following a predetermined set of rules/orders.
They’ll always just do what helps them make money over what is moral, but I don’t even believe that’s a disparaging remark as much as a factual one. It’s just how corporations are meant to work.
Corporations are absolved of moral responsibility just like any machine. Since the ends have already been predetermined, the closest to individual autonomy humans have is the decision to participate or not.
Either they make money, or they don’t survive. Starving corporations by not feeding them your money is literally the only way to force them to change their predetermined survival strategy or parish. It’s also why huge conglomerates that take away any choice in support are such a threat.
- Comment on The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying it 22 hours ago:
I’m more concerned they’ll be turning you over to the gestapo for anything you say online that goes against the administration that they helped elect and are now helping to keep in power.
- Comment on The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying it 22 hours ago:
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- Comment on Peter Thiel Antichrist lecture: We asked guests what the hell it is 2 days ago:
The thing is, he seems to be setting up a future where technology and progress becomes his ultimate scapegoat.
The future he describes is where we’re headed if we continue down the path he’s leading us.
Once he becomes the centralized figure controlling all the nodes of authoritarian easy buttons he created across the globe, he will just claim that he tried to prevent it, but ultimately it’s just the inevitable result of progress. Like it was going to happen one way or another.
I wrote a very long comment about this, but essentially, dystopia is not an inevitable result of progress. That is why regulations exist. Look at the fears of dystopia following mapping of the human genome and the regulations that were created that have kept modern society from becoming Gattaca (although I know Thiel actually believes this too has led to “stagnation”).
Basically, there is the reality of what can and will happen when you cut the brake lines in a speeding car, and the fantasy of people like Thiel who believe that cutting the brakes will allow you to go much faster, and as long as he’s steering, his fantasy where the car suddenly flies instead of crashing might come true.
When it inevitably crashes he can claim it would have happened inevitably, but at least he tried.
- Comment on Peter Thiel Antichrist lecture: We asked guests what the hell it is 2 days ago:
I’m curious, has anybody ever just asked Thiel why it would make a difference if the globe was ruled by one corporation instead of one government?
the Antichrist would use the threat of Armageddon, or some looming crisis, in order to consolidate control and create a “one-world government.”
So to avoid this, we need one corporation to rule them all instead? You literally have a single corporation building global access to everyone’s data. It’s like you’re creating little nodes of authoritarian easy buttons, but ultimately it will be you with consolidated control of all these nodes. So consolidated control of all the authoritarian easy buttons.
Thiel’s Antichrist scenario is one in which a unified government suppresses technology to impose order, or armageddon, wherein AI takes over and ushers in the end of the world.
So as long as you, Peter Thiel, are the only one controlling it, we should believe that this won’t happen?
I wonder if Thiel’s ultimate scapegoat is technology itself? He builds these fears while also making these claims about regulations and stagnation, so that he is allowed to build and control the technology that he knows will result in this scenario.
Once it’s unpacked across the globe, there’s no putting the genie back in the bottle.
When everything goes to shit because he was allowed to knock down so many regulations and speed bumps, he will claim it’s not his fault, it’s just the inevitable progress of technology. As though this is the only way it ever could have been.
Because in his mind, this is the only possible outcome if technology progresses. So even though he’s the one that builds it, it’s not really his fault because it was going to happen one way or another.
This has all been making me think about mapping the human genome, and how people feared all the potential for a society like Gattaca where genetic discrimination determines your entire future.
It definitely wasn’t an unfounded fear, and that was why we created laws and regulations. Most (ethical) scientists would agree that genetics as a field did not stagnate as result of these regulations.
If anything, we thankfully learned a lot about unintentional side effects of cloning, and the impact of epigenetics and telomeres on longevity via Dolly the sheep. But what if we had said, we figured it out, no need for regulations and stagnation let’s make some human copies!
There was also a doctor in China that ignored the rules, jumped ahead and created a set of human twins with CRISPR technology. I think he is in prison now, and I don’t think there has been any updates about the twins due to privacy concerns.
What that guy did wasn’t just unethical bc it ignored the agreement about not wanting to live in a real life Gattaca. It was extremely dangerous bc even with CRISPR there is the possibility of off target effects, which can emerge immediately or even decades later in development.
Once again, digging a new hole to fill an old one. You fixed one problem, but you may have inadvertently caused an exponential number of new problems. That is straight up Nazi human experimentation, and the humans you created had zero consent.
Imagine what the world would look like today if somebody like Thiel had taken control of human genome research. Imagine Peter Thiel being allowed to just go full speed ahead with cloning and CRISPR technology in humans without any kind of knowledge or consideration of off target effects or downstream consequences. Where every educated or knowledgeable individual that tried to slow him down or warn him is completely ignored and dismissed.
Maybe the world would look like his fantasy where only a race with superior genetics exists. Everybody thrives and everybody is immortal, happy, and healthy as can be.
More likely it would be a world full of horrific genetic mutations and diseases with no treatment or cure. A world where everyone with money keeps cloning humans to bring them back to life, unable to understand or explain why they all seem to be falling apart more rapidly with each additional clone.
This guy has no fucking chill. His ego does not allow for the time to stop and think about all the unforeseen consequences that develop with progress. It’s just
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- Comment on Elon Musk tells Tommy Robinson protest ‘violence is coming’ in call for change in UK government 6 days ago:
The same day Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Democrats in the Senate called for an investigation into Epstein’s connections to big banks and leaders in Israel, but Republicans blocked release of the files… Again
But nobody has even really noticed yet bc Republicans have been using every opportunity to call for civil war ever since
- Comment on Senators demand ICE cease use of facial recognition app 1 week ago:
Idk what would you do?
- Comment on Senators demand ICE cease use of facial recognition app 1 week ago:
They’re asking for information about this in this letter, so it’s not just a stop doing it.
- Comment on Senators demand ICE cease use of facial recognition app 1 week ago:
Earlier this summer The Washington Post reported that the New Orleans police were secretly using facial recognition on a private camera network of over 200 live feeds. This went on for two years despite city ordinances requiring the technology only be used to search for specific suspects of violent crimes, and that the use be documented and reported to the city council.
Facial recognition technology remains controversial, though a plurality of Americans support its use in both law enforcement and the workplace, with limitations.
I really wish people would stop blending facial recognition tech with live facial recognition tech. I know it’s unintentional, but this is also a talking point people use to spread disinformation about what the government is actually doing with live facial recognition tech.
Most people just assume that you’re arguing the tech never be used for anything, or thag it not be used to solve crimes in any way, rather than arguing you don’t want a dystopian network of cameras constantly tracking your location in real time and storing your data.
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- Comment on Exclusive: Kratsios details White House AI plans 1 week ago:
I think as usual, they want to just jump in and figure out the details later. They don’t care about the potential consequences as long as they’re the first to do it and put their name on it.
- Comment on Exclusive: Kratsios details White House AI plans 1 week ago:
Fuuuuck the beginnings of cutting red tape to accelerate AI? Wtf have the last 9 months of bulldozing been?
For example, in health care, there could be regulations that hinder the development of particular medical devices, Kratsios said.
Or you know, HIPPA and protected data. But why risk it, just slash that red tape!
Or in finance, there could be regs around algorithmic trading and consumer protection holding AI back.
Given that
crypto mining“AI data center” the size of Manhattan that’s being built, this doesn’t sound sheisty as fuck. - Submitted 1 week ago to technology@lemmy.world | 4 comments
- Comment on Dem Orders Congressional Probe Into Epstein and Peter Thiel’s Relationship 1 week ago:
JP Morgan got rich during the first civil war, I’m sure they would love to do it again.
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- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 1 week ago:
When you realize how low the bar is, you should never have imposter syndrome again.
Literally that is why people keep joining this grift. If you’re willing to pledge loyalty, take advantage of people, and help destroy your own country, you can make bank.
The people that fund the right refuse to let a penny of their money go towards taxes to pay for public services, but they will literally throw absurd amounts of money at anything that promotes their agenda.
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
The Hardy boys don’t even realize they’re being backed by the CIA. Ugh I don’t even want to make a joke bc I can see this being a propaganda movie that gets made in the next year
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
Yeah but obviously that can’t happen here. That’s why we don’t like schools teaching any kind of history other than 'Merican. And even then, there seems to be a lot of fuzzy details.
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
The finale for liberty in the U.S. is going to be like the last episode of Seinfeld. “What’s the deal with due process these days?”
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
But we went a long time without intelligence agencies having access to a giant data platform that provides every piece of data available for every single citizen at the push of a button.
Kinda seems like we don’t really need that for any reason other than to keep humanity on a short leash. Like if you need to look at my medical history, maybe you should have to take the time to go through a subpoena and other channels instead of just clicking a link below all my traffic tickets.
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
But what are the chances the law goes into effect on the 1st on and the 5th they make all of these arrests. And also every single arrest seems to be somebody who is using multiple license plates.
You need 2 crime items to be arrested. So like one guy had multiple license plates and a screw driver in his car. One guy had a medical mask and an extra license plate…?
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
Or if you just kept everyone in a closely monitored prison so that only people above the law could commit crimes without fear of consequences.
Like in China there isn’t really much of an issue with petty theft anymore bc people are afraid of getting caught, but corruption is through the fucking roof. Just not a crime you would be punished for bc it requires a position of power to commit it in the first place
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
Liberty is just the cost I have to pay for muh safety! /s
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
I was going to say have you looked at the shit the U.K. is doing lately, but sometimes I forget they voted their way into authoritarianism
I will say though, I’m very surprised there have been so many local governments within Europe that seem to be allowing this kind of shit.
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
Do you remember any names/locations?
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
I’m reading Ellul right now and loving it.
The focus on efficiency as a means to an end that just keeps on digging new holes to fill old ones.
Becoming so focused on achieving efficiency and then losing a piece of our humanity in the process.
He has a belief about prison camps being inevitable in a society where efficiency is the ultimate goal. But most importantly he makes it a point to emphasize that this isn’t inevitable if enough people are warned in advance and revolt against it.
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
That’s the thing, no crime but nobody feels safe ever again.
- Comment on AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America 1 week ago:
Yeah there really isn’t much out there about this surveillance AI company that just kind of appeared out of nowhere ~2017.
Kinda like this other one that appeared out of nowhere ~2015
