etherphon

@etherphon@piefed.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Talking to Technology Executives Like They Have Anything to Say⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I assumed that's why they all started to get into drugs and burning man and all of that, to try to be interesting and cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course there's always lots of cool stuff going on in the fringes but as far as mainstream society goes with this consolidation of power and wealth and so many mergers eating up any decent competition it does seem pretty bleak. I've pretty much eschewed any new stuff from big tech for a while now, it's was very sad to watch the web turn into a place of such open and creative expression into what it is today full of rigid standards, bloated frameworks, bots, AI, endless advertising, bland design, spam, spam, spam, bacon, eggs and spam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Those of you of a certain age like myself have to feel like you are eating crazy pills at the current state of things, it's almost like they are building some kind of... new.. world.. order. Something they fucking were talking about being some evil government/Democrat plot for decades now. What a ride. Did not see Trump at the head of it though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI Backs AI-Made Animated Feature Film⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The movies at Cannes don't even have to make sense really, it's a celebration of art, film, the spirit of human creativity, of humanity. It's a bit of a slap in the face imo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI Backs AI-Made Animated Feature Film⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would hardly rate the Cannes film audience as the general public, these are people who have made movies their lives, I'm sure they will all welcome AI made movies lovingly. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There's no shortage of other ways to get it for an enterprising person, maybe a few extra clicks once you know where to go. That's likely one of the goals though, whitewashing the internet. It's such a massive business though, but maybe very fractured and independent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If I have to verify myself I simply won't use it, I really don't care, there's nothing so important online that I need to prove my identity to see it. (Banking and shit like that aside of course). Social media? Give me a break I'm already over it before all this ID shit. I hope it all burns to the ground.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is AI Facing a Trough of Disillusionment?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember when companies hung on to old technology for dear life as long as they possibly could. I'm pretty sure they were still making money then. Everyone hopping on these bandwagons and throwing tons of money at it for FOMO are bonkers, this stuff has barely been tested yet as far as productivity, effect on workers, mental health issues, the list goes on.. but I guess that's all fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech companies pledge to ready Americans for an AI-dominated world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm not becoming the fucking borg.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How OnlyFans Piracy Is Ruining the Internet for Everyone | Innocent sites are being delisted from Google because of copyright takedown requests against rampant OnlyFans piracy.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It's fuckin ruined already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC chair Andrew Ferguson warns Google not to filter or suppress emails sent by Republicans over Gmail⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Superb, fucking with the spam filters will make the transition away from gmail so much easier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get to know the robot dog that can clean your house and serve you soda⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah I'm fine with doing this shit myself, this future is really for the laziest fucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah! I want my internet run by a man baby who turns off your access if he doesn't like you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happens when chatbots shape your reality? Concerns are growing online⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  After watching what they did with social media you'd think everyone would give a bit of pause before swallowing another load from big tech but the people are guzzling it down, I have zero interest in being a beta tester for this dumb technology or talking to a machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Always wondered what happened to this guy after he gave up on stealing Pee Wee Herman's bicycle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They're no Spinal Tap, for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  MORE pervasive? Everyone is already buried in their phones ffs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Yorker Asks: Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is something really a boom when it's literally forced upon you unwillingly?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Give us the money or we fucks you up.

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And I haven't touched any of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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.