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*while the new data center is poisoning a major aquifer* sure am glad i sorted all of those recyclables

That AI isn’t actually intelligent doesn’t actually matter: the goal - the sales pitch - is “what if you could profit from labour without having to pay for it,” which implicitly situates labour as valueless. It’s never been about creating a tech utopia; it’s about not having to respect workers.

This reads like the government extorted a floor crossing from her by refusing to work across party lines to help her constituents.

I didn’t have to use ChatGPT to know it tells you that you’re right even when you’re wrong. I’ve talked to people about their LLM usage, read reporting and studies about it, and seen what people have shared online. The idea that you HAVE to use something yourself to critique it is not always true

5th paragraph from the article linked in post I'm replying to. Many faculty members in the hard sciences and social sciences have pointed to the “productivity boost” AI can offer, and the research potential unlocked by its ability to process and analyze vast amounts of data. AI’s most enthusiastic proponents have boasted the technology may help cure cancer and “accelerate” climate action.

I agree that so-called 'AI' is inimical to critical thinking. However, I am also deeply sceptical of the claim that it can boost productivity in hard and social science. The AI black box will give 'insights' into a dataset that may be flawed or erroneous, but how would you know to even check?

That is *all* a chatbot offers: unaccountability.

A drone-strike on a nursery being just as unaccountable as a waymo running a red light, with just as little consideration at all given to it legally or ethically.

Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to run red light

People who previously complained about the size of the public service, and who subsequently complain about the speed of government or delayed services after the current round of cuts, will earn my best shrug.

As I get older I’m coming to increasingly radical views like “eradicating peoples jobs is bad, actually” and “a necessary part of having skills is taking responsibility for the outcomes of those skills”

The supposed explosion of the federal public service looks less explosive if you put it in per capita numbers and draw a line graph back to the mid-80s.

You come into my house and expect me to be wearing pants?! The nerve.

He should choose fewer words when he wants to communicate nothing of substance.

WW #23: Canada, Iran, and the New Crisis in the Middle East YouTube video by Will Greaves, M.P. for Victoria

The Weekly Wrap this week is about the events that have erupted in the Middle East and Canada’s role in a changing world.

#yyj

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Donnie darko therapist meme Your order has shipped Has it really shipped or just shipping label Shipping label

I made this to express my feelings

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

too good

the only moment worth highlighting from Pierre's low-energy speech in Berlin today was his pronunciation of "infrared"

Why spend 30 seconds writing two sentences when you could burn a wheelbarrow full of coal to have it done for you? /s

these fucking weirdos keep telling themselves that the robot came to life and wants to be their girlfriend when in fact it’s just a cubicle farm of miserable underpaid workers overseas pretending to be the girlfriend robot, yet somehow we are the idiots for not getting excited about AI

I just

Reactions mixed as B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time | CBC News Reactions range from applause to concern as March 8 will be the last time most British Columbians have to change their clocks, B.C. Premier David Eby announced Monday.

It's so weird that business groups are freaking out over this. Do they think people in BC can't currently do business with Albertans because we're in a different time zone? Do they think people in Seattle will be unreachable due to time distortions? Are tachyons involved?

i don’t care about flowers but you can lay a slice of pizza on my grave when i die

Disappointing to read that you’ve been “experimenting” with this garbage. Completely disqualifying.

No, the "AI" chatbot "responding" to customer support tickets "in under an hour" is not a good metric. it's a completely useless one, since most of your customers will become irritated at the lack of answers for their queries and decide to just take their $$ elsewhere.

People loved it when Carney called Trump “transformational,” a word with multiple meanings that led the U.S. president to hear only what he wanted to hear.

But is that what Carney did to all of us with his Davos speech, too?

In light of his support of the Iran bombings, I’d argue yes:

Why permanent DST makes sense for B.C. In summer 2019, the Province conducted a public engagement on time observance that saw participation from a record 223,000 people, with 93% supporting adopting year-round DST. Similarly, across all industry groups and nearly all occupational groups, support for year-round DST observance was higher than 90%. Evidence suggests there are many benefits to ending the seasonal time change, including: • more consistency and fewer disruptions to sleep patterns, school schedules, and daily routines • more usable light in the evenings in winter, allowing more leisure time, participation in outdoor activities and consumer activity • reduced administrative burden for small businesses and service providers, who may require less system reprogramming, schedule shifts and operational resets every spring and fall • more consistency for planning across transportation and technology services. How the change will be made The Interpretation Amendment Act, which is the legal framework that enables the Province to adopt permanent DST, became law in 2019. At the time, government chose not to bring it into force in order to coordinate timing with neighbouring U.S. states in the same time zone. Recent actions from the U.S. have shifted how B.C. approaches decisions that merit alignment, including on time zones. Making this change now reflects the current preferences and needs of British Columbians and helps ensure the province is well‐positioned to thrive, even when circumstances across the border evolve. Regulation will bring the amendments into effect after March 8. Government will work closely with organizations, small businesses, and public-sector partners between March and November 2026 to ensure a smooth, well-coordinated transition to permanent DST.

Seven years after passing legislation to make it possible, BC will make the shift to permanent Daylight Saving Time this year

On March 8, clocks will spring ahead for the last time

There will be no time change in November

BC will be on Pacific Time (PT) #bcpoli

A screenshot of an email from an ad agency to Evil Hat Marketing: Hey Evil Hat team, Promised this is the last time you’ll hear from me. We are wrapping up generating content on the house. The AI studio is starting to get fully booked with our paying clients, and I have strict orders to stop promoting this come the weekend. I figured Evil Hat might as well get some work out of us at no cost while you can. Want in before we close it up? Best, [redacted] And then our reply: Hi [redacted], We will never use AI for our games or for our marketing. It's toxic to our customer audience and it's an ethical violation of the hard work put in by the human artists we hire to illustrate our books and the human writers who design our games. In short, it's not "free work" it's theft. Feel free to take me off your mailing list. Hope you turn around your business model because frankly, your current approach sucks shit. -Tom

sometimes you have to be clear about your values

Regret to announce that we’ve reached Wrong Coat season. Every coat you wear from now til mid April will be The Wrong Coat for the weather

The other major item on our agenda is the continuation of our debate on Bill C-4....which is mostly about tax relief, but which has, in part 4, an insidious clause that allows federal political parties to set their own bespoke information privacy rules, with virtually no restrictions. #C4 #BillC4

A couple of shots depicting a scratch built tower

This 'Shieldwall' magazine for pillage is quite good. A bit like a mini-White Dwarf. A bit of advertisement for Victrix minis, a mini campaign, FAQ and more. Great pictures and illustrations. The downside is that it's free to download:
www.victrixlimited.com

"“I want them to tell us how they are going to protect children and Canadians,” Mr. Solomon told reporters in Ottawa."

YOU REPRESENT THE GOVERNMENT, YOU SIMPERING TECHNO-STAN, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TELL THEM!

Man, this guy sucks. Absolutely useless when it comes to rising to the needs of the moment.

"I stole your work to make shitty facsimilies of it that I am gloating will impoverish you and your friends, why don't you like my stuff?"

--Every TechBro ever.