etherphon

@etherphon@piefed.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet the AI vegans: They are choosing to abstain from using artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons. Maybe they have a point⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  When the technology really gets beyond human comprehension and people are just guessing and throwing shit at the wall (or billions and billions of dollars), I think it's a sensible position to be a luddite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big tech has spent $155 billion on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And I haven't touched any of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree, my child only uses dial up internet, I find that they don't have the patience for the page loading times and forget about streaming. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Project Dystopia: How a Little-Known Non-Profit Has New Orleans Considering Mass, Real-Time Facial Recognition Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  AI-enhanced systems to comb through everything from facial recognition feeds and license plate readers to social media posts

  Would be hilarious if it flagged Trump as dangerous because of all his unhinged rants but I'm sure he's on the whitelist, which I suppose is an apt name here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Project Dystopia: How a Little-Known Non-Profit Has New Orleans Considering Mass, Real-Time Facial Recognition Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What the fuck kind of non-profit is that? And why don't they name the officer?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit wants to be a search engine now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Monetizing other people's content, millionaires and billionaires love it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  the system will build a “private and personalized knowledge base” about you.

  Until it's hacked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There is nothing smart about being voluntary walking surveillance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The world is going to be so boring when everyone is walking around with these things, even more oblivious and in their own worlds, with all the answers right there. No need to even speak to anyone anymore except for small talk and who likes that? I'm not going to be a walking surveillance robot which is what I really feel is the end game with this crap, zero privacy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta touts 'superintelligence' for all as it splurges on AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think some could do with just regular intelligence. Anyways, these guys are all huffing their own farts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg writes a manifesto on bringing "personal superintelligence" to everyone to improve humanity, but doesn't even define what superintelligence means.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I get plenty of that at work but I suppose most people don't. I feel like the Nintendo Wii got more people moving than VR though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg writes a manifesto on bringing "personal superintelligence" to everyone to improve humanity, but doesn't even define what superintelligence means.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that's fairly old but maybe there's some new advancements.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg writes a manifesto on bringing "personal superintelligence" to everyone to improve humanity, but doesn't even define what superintelligence means.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean they're convenient but not exactly life changing. 20 years ago you were reading about these batteries that last forever or that dental decay was a thing of the past and it seems like we have made little progress, or progress was made and then rescinded for profit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg writes a manifesto on bringing "personal superintelligence" to everyone to improve humanity, but doesn't even define what superintelligence means.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a hard time coming up with thinking of any technology past the year 2000 that has improved my life in any way. I have my doubts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The real winners from Trump’s ‘AI action plan’? Tech companies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No fucking shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Thiel Just Accidentally Made a Chilling Admission. Five Decades Ago, One Man Saw It Coming.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sweet sweet death, yes. What kind of maniac wants to live forever, I've already had enough and I'm not even 50 yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile they're getting full cash back in Australia from a recall, mine didn't even qualify for the battery rebate so I'm sitting here in uncertainty with a degraded battery. Never again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wyoming to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Jfc you almost gave me a heart attack and I had to go re-read, it's Wyoming, no data center here yet though Microsoft was proposing one in Racine. It's only a matter of time with all the water here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The dangerously blurry line between wellness and medical tech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Have they tried a bribe? Seems to work pretty well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Thiel Just Accidentally Made a Chilling Admission. Five Decades Ago, One Man Saw It Coming.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was so into this shit when I was a teenager, reading Mondo 2000 and early WIRED, visiting the WELL, it seemed so cyberpunk and cool. After the events of the past 30 years it just seems like a fucking nightmare now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doge reportedly using AI tool to create ‘delete list’ of federal regulations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I'm afraid we're gonna miss the boat on this one too just like we did with social media, we learned nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doge reportedly using AI tool to create ‘delete list’ of federal regulations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau used it to write “100% of deregulations”.

  Doesn't sound like very good protection. It should be illegal to use "AI" like this, making critical decisions with a technology well known for making massive errors is so fucking stupid I can't even.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump's AI vision takes shape as Oracle and OpenAI expand massive Stargate infrastructure project⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump doesn't have a vision, he just does whatever the people with the most money in the room tells him. He didn't even know what Nvidia was, so fuck off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I'm with Warren G and Nate Dogg on this one, you need to regulate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The low-cost creative revolution: How technology is making art accessible to everyone⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but now it's accessible to people without any creativity of their own or patience to practice and get better with their hands and tools, isn't that great? /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Youtube is full of vtubers, which are 3d models that a person controls and voices while live streaming, some with fascist views. Welcome to the future :/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck silicon valley for putting the wants of the few ahead of the needs of the many. What a tremendous waste of money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pentagon to start using Grok as part of a $200 million contract with Elon Musk's xAI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why even work anymore? To pay taxes for this shit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Next Level': Ex-KADOKAWA Chairman Says Generative AI and Short Anime Will Drive Japanese Content Forward - Anime Corner⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of it already seems AI generated tbh.