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Investment in AI-resistant ‘Halo’ companies helps push UK and EU markets to record highs Investors are shifting toward physical assets that are partially insulated from disruption, says Goldman Sachs

Fuck AI. I'm glad they are smart about this.

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It’s not lost on me that this is happening during Ramadan and during fasting hrs.

In summary: AI rots critical thinking, hallucinates, is shaped by the hyper-wealthy pedos that own it, its data centres guzzle water we can't spare, it will help lay off millions, we can't trust photos anymore & it keeps recommending nuclear war. But yeah, nice memes, dipshits!!

(Tech)Billlionäre sind das größte Sicherheitsrisiko für die Menschheit und unsere Zukunft

"WIR MÜSSEN UNS NICHT DAFÜR ENTSCHULDIGEN, KLIMASCHUTZ ZU MACHEN, SONDERN DIE IN DIE VERANTWORTUNG NEHMEN, DIE ES NICHT TUN. ES GEHT NICHT UM DAS KLIMA, WENN WIR DAS KLIMA SCHÜTZEN, ES GEHT UM DIE FREIHEIT, SICHERHEIT UND DAS LEBEN DER MENSCHEN."

Alles was Robert Habeck sagt! 👏Mit freundlichen Grüßen an die Klimasaboteure von Union und SPD. #Heizungsgesetz 🌻💚

Es werden übrigens gerade Umweltschutzstandards bei Bauprojekten gesenkt und Klagerechte für Umweltverbände, während die Wirtschaftsministerin offensiv für die Gasförderung in Deutschland wirbt & Gasheizungenseinbau in Deutschland manifestiert
Nur damit niemand behauptet, es hätte ja niemand gewarnt

Having been entirely offline in Famoum for three days has been really, really good.

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

Show me someone who replaced their tech writers with AI, and I'll show you someone who doesn't care whether their documentation is useful.

Fuck AI and fuck men who use it to oppress people!

I was thinking of you when I read the news earlier. I'm so very sorry for your loss! ❤️💔

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investemtns are translating into US GDP growth.

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically-zero-to-us-economic-growth-last-year-goldman-sachs-says-2000725380

(S+) Wegen Unterstützung der AfD: Molkerei-Milliardär Theo Müller verliert Klage Der Unternehmer Theo Müller hat dagegen geklagt, dass die Kampagnenorganisation Campact verbreitet, er sei ein Unterstützer der AfD. Jetzt hat ein Gericht entschieden: Man darf das.

Um es nochmal laut zu sagen: Theo Müller (Müllermilch,Weihenstephan, Landliebe, Sachsenmilch, Milsani, Milbona, Käserei Loose, Homann, Nadler, Hamker, Lisner uvam.) untertützt die AfD!
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Our governments are actively selling us out to companies that do not have our best interests in mind, based on promises of increased productivity and a flood of investment that are based far more on hype than reality. There are already signals that companies in other parts of the economy are pulling back from AI investment after not seeing the returns, and that even workers in tech who think they’re becoming more productive thanks to these tools are deluding themselves. While chasing the hype, governments are leaving their citizens open to abuse and harms that few other industries would so easily get away with. As Altman and his colleagues make it clearer than ever that they care very little for most of the humans on our planet and in our societies, their word should stop being taken as gospel and the impacts of their companies should be assessed on what they’re doing in the here and now, not what they might do sometime in the far future.

Governments need to realize the AI productivity boost is not coming, and the investment they’re eager to win will dry up once the bubble bursts. They need to protect their citizens, not sell them out to tech companies that care so little for the social good.

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For current bonesmashers, Dr. Rosenberg offers this advice: “Go read a book. Go for a walk. Go do literally anything that doesn’t involve sourcing your medical decision-making from social media. Almost anything you do outside of that ecosystem is probably going to be a net positive for your life.”

This could easily apply to well... anything.

Everyone is an artist, you may just not know your medium

massive font: You should live so long. 3M diskettes will live for 200 years apparently. I do not know what a diskette is.

Threatening magazine advertisement for 3M diskettes, 1984.

Acting ethically in an imperfect world Life is complicated. Regardless of what your beliefs or politics or ethics are, the way that we set up our society and economy will often force you to act against them: You might not want to fly somew...

The enshittification guy not just embracing enshittification tech, but defending it through strawman arguments that seek to misdirect his readers is quite the move.

Yes, I’m talking about Cory Doctorow (very poorly) defending his use of LLMs, as @tante.cc expertly breaks down here:

„Sollte das Kind später einmal zu den Mächtigen gehören, dann ist es für uns alle ein Glück, wenn seine Grundhaltung durch Liebe geprägt worden ist und nicht durch Gewalt. Wir müssen von Grund auf beginnen – bei den Kindern. Vielleicht wäre es gut, wenn wir uns alle mahnten: Niemals Gewalt!“ Astrid Lindgren, „Niemals Gewalt!“ (Rede, 1978, Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels)

This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

Jahrelang haben wir in der Schule & in Filmen gelernt, wie die Nazis an die Macht kamen & wie man das verhindern hätte können.

Und jetzt sind die Nazis wieder da, Millionen protestieren, aber jetzt sei es falsch, ein Verbotsverfahren zu fordern oder radikal, sie nicht in Talkshows sehen zu wollen.

Just your reminder that if you do not train an AI model, you just don't train an AI model, and if you do not feed a human, that's murder and you're evil.

Picture of a single wrapped soft cookie filled with date paste.

We were driving home from the Grand Egyptian Museum during Iftar. People were handing out date cookies to those driving so they could break their fast on their way home. Ramadan Kareem, indeed. Such a simple, kind and thoughtful act.

Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.

“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

@nathithehumbleguy on threads: Ladies if you're always walking around with earphones or headphones on whether jogging or at the mall don't be surprised if no one approaches you. Most guys won't ask you to take them off just to start a conversation. Sometimes you might be blocking more than just the noise

he’s so close to getting it

Good and useful tech doesn't have to force itself onto you. Good and useful tech doesn't have to beg to be used.

Das Bild zeigt Mitglieder der Weiße Rose, einer studentischen Widerstandsgruppe gegen das NS-Regime im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Es erinnert besonders an: • Sophie Scholl – hingerichtet am 22. Februar 1943 (21 Jahre) • Hans Scholl – hingerichtet am 22. Februar 1943 (24 Jahre) • Christoph Probst – hingerichtet am 22. Februar 1943 (24 Jahre) • Alexander Schmorell – hingerichtet am 12. Oktober 1943 (26 Jahre) • Willi Graf – hingerichtet am 12. Oktober 1943 (25 Jahre) Die Gruppe verteilte Flugblätter gegen die nationalsozialistische Diktatur und rief zu Freiheit und Widerstand auf. Der Satz „Es lebe die Freiheit!“ wird oft als letzter Ausruf von Hans Scholl vor seiner Hinrichtung überliefert.

#NiemalsVergessen
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Anglo-Saxon just hits different.

It's sad but I HAVE BEEN YELLING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS!!!!

Text im Bild: Die totale Ablehnung der Grünen, die weit in das „bürgerliche“ Lager reicht und inzwischen völlig irrationale Züge annimmt, ist einfach zu erklären: Die Grünen machen den Transformationsdruck, der real auf uns lastet, politisch sichtbar. Sie sind schlicht der Überbringer der schlechten Nachricht. Das absurde daran ist, dass sie all das, was man in sie hinein projiziert, um die Realität verweigern zu können, gar nicht tun: Sie verbieten nichts, sie erziehen niemanden um, sie sind nicht radikal, sie bemühen sich um Verständnis auch bei denen, die ihnen Hass entgegenbringen. Es hilft nur nichts. Rby @nrby.bsky.social

#wemezeclassics