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Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much With public sentiment on AI resoundly negative, the tech CEOs pushing the new tech only seem to be doubling down.

just spitballing but some of it might have something to do with 15 years of sociopathic behavior culminating in the enthusiastic embrace of violent fascism

The launch of every piece of AI-driven surveillance/security/criminal justice software basically goes like this:

AI COMPANY: this is an error free, bias free, state of the art, highly intelligent software system

Two Weeks Later: …aaaand it’s racist

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

This is a very very very obvious point to make but shops and movie rental places and record stores are all more fun than buying things online

I repeat keep fucking bullying them. This isn't good enough. They need to walk back the entirety of their dumbass "Teen first" policy and age verification not just delay it and hope people forget down the line.

Online Safety Bills Are Fueling a New Wave of Internet Censorship State and federal bills seek to limit minors’ access to social media, but civil liberties advocates warn that the resulting online censorship threatens constitutional rights without delivering real safety.

Attempts throughout history to limit kids' access to jazz music, comic books, and movies deemed "harmful" have violated the First Amendment and failed to actually protect children.

Now, Congress and state legislatures are running the same playbook to restrict social media access.

“The Guardian spoke to 8 data-annotation & content-moderation companies in India.
Only 2 said they provided psychological support to workers; the rest argued that the work was not demanding enough to require mental healthcare.”🧪🛟

Might actually have to bring this out as some point ngl

by age 26 you should have:

• an unhealthy attachment to a fictional character
• weird relationship with the media you loved as a teenager
• a friend from a completely different part of the world that you never met IRL but you’d trust with your life

NOW is the time to make calls to your reps about KOSA, SCREEN act, section 230 and more

Call your legislators. Speak to office aides. Leave messages. Do so every day. Be loud and annoying. Get family and friends to join in.

www.congress.gov/members/find...

I was going to post about how things went today, but I realized that I prefer to keep the details in my diary.

Social media is too...social. Public. Even for something as incredibly innocuous as this.

It's literally the "we are still doing it but now we would like you to be less mad about it." post. After 3 backdowns that didn't even back down they pull out another BIG puppy eyed SUPER sorry backdown that ALSO doesn't back down.

No. You've fuckied your last wucky, UwU.

bsky.app/profile/teal...

I know this is like, “eww squick” it wouldn’t hurt me, but this basically bans the first episode of Game of Thrones, a significant amount of Greek mythology, and every open fanfiction website on the planet. And I wouldn’t trust an authoritarian govt with “nuance” about what is art and what is porn.

A screenshot from the show Twin Peaks, showing a man driving a car while speaking into the recorder. He says "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks."

Happy Twin Peaks day 🌲

support ticket email response that reads: "Hi there, I'm Nova with Patreon Creator Support! Thank you so much for sharing your concerns about our identity verification process. I want to reassure you that this step isn't about collecting more data—we already take your privacy seriously and only use verified information for compliance and security purposes. Partnering with Persona allows us to securely verify identities while keeping your data protected, which helps prevent fraud and keeps the Patreon community safe. While I’m unable to guarantee changes to this requirement, I'll be sure to share your feedback with our team. If you encounter further issues or have questions about the verification process, please let me know and I'll do some more digging. I appreciate your patience and continued support. Kind regards, Nova"

Don't worry guys Patreon has assured me that it's actually awesome that they use Persona

this is an absolutely astonishing feat of independent journalism, top to bottom, and proves that the only way to truly fight billionaires is not being funded by them. just…read the whole thing.

Gavin Newsom’s Struggle For Everyman Cred “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery” tries to recast a life of privilege in often baffling ways.

I read Gavin Newsom‘s memoir so that you don’t have to. Suffice it to say the book does not achieve what it sets out to do and I’m looking forward to everyone on bluesky being extremely normal on this subject.

new Evangelion content means new Evangelion memes

Yes, @brianbeutler.bsky.social is correct on billionaires.
www.offmessage.net/p/the-case-f...

these people treat being called racist like it is a slur, and treat slurs like they're mere differences of opinion

Literally impeach every single impeachable person in the entire chain of command, including Trump.

Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music

“Famous I don’t know about,” said Glod. “It’s hard to be famous and alive. I just want to play music every day and hear someone say, ‘Thanks, that was great, here is some money, same time tomorrow, okay?'”

James Webb Telescope Takes a First Peek Inside Uranus The planet's upper atmosphere has been mapped for the first time, revealing one of the solar system's most enigmatic members.

HI, I'm twelve.

"I don't care about what you or anyone else prefers, this is my character and my story and it has to appeal to me" is the type of energy I wish everyone to develop moving forward this year and carry for life

this stuff is so funny, truly. tech has created a genie that will grant unlimited wishes but randomly fulfills them in disastrous ways.

if steam is asking developers to put in an AI-generated content disclosure, i should be able to filter those "games" out of searches because trudging through next fest demos is miserable now

One of my least favorite things around AI in video games is when these LLM idiots try to say that "AI has been in video games for decades," as if the routines that tell ghosts to chase Pac-Man are exactly the same as the chat bot claiming there are nine Rs in strawberry.