Fun fact: I've always been cynical about the internet for precisely this reason. There is wisdom (and security) in keeping apps/data local if you don't have reason to put them on the internet.
A woman in a mask Headline: Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask? Story from Jerk Wingley and Terramin Defishunsee Photo from Adobe
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
I worked in the smart health tech scene for a decade, including on initiatives to develop medical devices, and my takeaway is that the only two legit applications are habit formation and full remote patient monitoring.
Everything else dramatically overpromises and relies on confirmation bias.
The blood libel accusation highlights an element of Israel’s behaviour contributing to antisemitism that is rarely discussed. In defending the most horrible crimes Israel has spread this AS trope to millions of people who didn’t even know it existed, while simultaneously robbing it of any meaning.
becca rothfeld 4h drives me crazy when people use “moralize” as some kind of insult or slur. yes, it makes sense to “moralize” an issue that you believe to have moral stakes, and indeed to “moralize” about things you believe to be…immoral. that’s….what….morality…is Michael Inzlicht 2d I’m about to submit a paper, “The Moralization of Artificial Intelligence,” where we find that AI opposition is partly driven by moralized gut feelings rationalized posthoc, that AI moralization historically exceeds even that of vaccines or COVID mask-wearing, and that it leads people to forgo AI use at real material cost to themselves. This entire essay could serve as our epigraph. I hope you are ashamed of yourself and your dwindling humanity, and I think it should be legally required for people to say when/if they’ve used AI in the process of writing something so that I can avoid it at all costs. becca rothfeld
They don't believe in morality or ethics or principles or any of that shit because they don't believe in empathy - your emotionally centered reaction about something entirely based in/judged by emotion is illogical, because emotions don't exist
I guess we are going to have to find a way to copyright ourselves so that we have the right to demand automatic takedowns of bots that steal our identities…
You'd have to be either devoid of brainpower or conscience to have a take that shitty long enough to actually verbalize it.
The part of the movie where the characters judged the hero for killing the people working for the space Nazis.
This part of the movie really showed the world what kind of dipshit Kevin Smith is.
Too bad nobody listened.
When I joined as the head engineer of the Torment Nexus project, it was to work on fascinating technical problems and make the world a better place along the way. I am appalled to discover that the Torment Nexus would be used this way and, now that my options have vested, will be leaving the project
Here’s a step by step guide on how to block third-party trackers automatically: Open Firefox. Done.
The other day, Google's Ai attributed a false claim to me and linked to my blog posts on the topic, which did not support the false claim.
It sure felt like slander.
Because stupidity is a requirement for entrance into Canadian politics?
Americans being loathsome bigots, a day ending in Y.
Yr shithole country has the leadership you deserve.
On Black PhD students:
The US?
A WOMEN'S PLACE IS IN THE REVOLUTION
Surprising no one.
Fucking awesome.
The HARDAC Batman, which is an AI powered android of Batman, with his face half peeled off (he did it himself) realizing he ain’t shit but a moderately sophisticated program
Watching people do the AI consciousness conversion as if it’s something worth having and once again realizing you can arm your child with all of the defenses they need against Most Of Today’s Discourses by showing them the entirety of Batman TAS
For my fellow Star Wars fans.
Box 1 — Implications of intractability
I had a realisation
Context: In our Reclaiming AI paper we argued that AI systems cannot scale up to human-level cognition without consuming astronomical amounts of resources
My realisation: The AI industry is determined to burn through the earth’s resources just to prove us right *empirically*
I've been saying this for years.
I also want a third horn that plays "Move Bitch, get out the way!"
Your regular reminder that white women love violence and genocide just as much as white men do.
This is the best metaphor.
