Rua M. Williams

I love learning better and more precise wording. This afternoon's discovery is from Anna Mills and Nate Angell, and their paper I missed from February.

"Using mirage instead of hallucination enables us to stop anthropomorphizing AI and see the incongruities it generates for what they really are."

Volume 3 in this series is called "What Does "AI" Actually Mean? Definition and Synonyms" and is now available at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI!

Zaddy's first Zine feature 🤩

The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar

This is so bleak

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Disabling Intelligences This book discusses the influences of eugenics on the AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people.

Cannot wait to read @fractalecho.bsky.social's book!!! Drawing on both critical STS and disability studies, the book provides "a toolkit for evaluating and resisting metaeugenics in technology."

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Electrical Engineering 101 cancelled because it discusses resistance

Them: “Why are you trans?”

Me:

Lolsob

Yesssss

Purdue: Despite years of saying the contrary, we want our faculty to publish books!

Me: *publishes a book on AI and Eugenics with palgrave*

Purdue: No not like that.

Hint: books critical of AI will not be approved.

Three weeks ago I was told my book would be featured in the university's newsletter and today I was told it would be "revisited" in a few months because they now require supervisor approval for any books related to AI. LMAO

I'm really glad to have this confirmation because when I bring this up to people with decision making power they don't just tell me I'm wrong they literally scream at me that my opinion must be based on one unfortunate incident at one institution and that I'm over generalizing.

3. Force disabled people to interact with shitty technologies sold as accommodations but are actually shit tier versions of prior accommodations (that were often withheld because they required human supports) so
4. People think it's good.

Most of the chatter on this is on the ground in Disability resource offices and similar campus areas. And yes. Many offices are purchasing bullshit tech being sold to them as solutions for this that 1. Increase dataveillance and surveillance 2. Erode existing accommodation processes and

The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle Doesn't Consider Himself 'Especially Insightful.' His New Book Begs to Differ (Exclusive) 'This Year: 365 Songs Annotated' is an annotated collection of some of The Mountain Goats singer-songwriter John Darnielle's most legendary lyrics, but it's so much more than that too. Darnielle spoke...

I have to say, when I started recording songs into a boombox in my employee-housing apartment at MSH, I did not anticipate one day talking about those songs with PEOPLE magazine

people.com/the-mountain...

Yay!

This was like... Written specifically to insult me personally. There's no other explanation. Someone was possessed by a demon hell bent on causing me psychic damage.

Them: "you're mean over email just FYI."

Me: "yes. I'm aware. Stating facts, making clear and concise requests, and respecting people's time is very rude and scary. I know this and I refuse to adapt."

It's more for making game like things.

Basically lol. I'm just looking for the nerds to tell me what they're currently in love with so I can simultaneously expand and narrow my options.

Has a respectable battery life with a battery which could be replaced by someone with average tools and skills.
Is less than $2500. (such that I may purchase it with the money from a contract I have lol)

What should I buy?

Can dual boot Windows and Linux (and/or has a beginner friendly Linux OS for a UI dependent human brain).
(I wish to be able to ignore Windows as much as possible as their AI obsession is reprehensible.)
Doesn't weigh 8 fucking pounds.

Okay hive mind.

I need a laptop which

(in order of priority)

Supports above average graphics.
Has above average ram.
Has at least three USB C ports or still retains respectable ethernet and hdmi ports etc.
Has at least 1tb local storage (fuck the cloud).

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Has a respectable battery life with a battery which could be replaced by someone with average tools and skills.
Is less than $2500. (such that I may purchase it with the money from a contract I have lol)

What should I buy?

Can dual boot Windows and Linux (and/or has a beginner friendly Linux OS for a UI dependent human brain).
(I wish to be able to ignore Windows as much as possible as their AI obsession is reprehensible.)
Doesn't weigh 8 fucking pounds.

Okay hive mind.

I need a laptop which

(in order of priority)

Supports above average graphics.
Has above average ram.
Has at least three USB C ports or still retains respectable ethernet and hdmi ports etc.
Has at least 1tb local storage (fuck the cloud).

(continued)

I chose this picture because you can see the hotel employee in the background and we need to remember that these cute little innovations result in staff cuts, hour cuts, and pay cuts. Currently, automation is motivated by profit, not social good.