zecgM · 1 hour ago"It’s a case study in the chilling effect of consolidation in the corporate world, cult-of-personality fascism in the political world, and how they work together to censor..."plus-squarewww.currentaffairs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link"It’s a case study in the chilling effect of consolidation in the corporate world, cult-of-personality fascism in the political world, and how they work together to censor..."plus-squarewww.currentaffairs.orgzecgM · 1 hour agomessage-square1linkfedilink
zecgM · 2 days ago“Seven strangers came… to have coffee, drinks and soft drinks and talk and ‘look at me’”, Jansson wrote in her diary. “Kiss my arse… Threw stones. Angry.”plus-squarewww.newstatesman.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link“Seven strangers came… to have coffee, drinks and soft drinks and talk and ‘look at me’”, Jansson wrote in her diary. “Kiss my arse… Threw stones. Angry.”plus-squarewww.newstatesman.comzecgM · 2 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 15 days ago"This is not an educational system problem, this is a societal problem. What am I supposed to do? Keep standards high and fail them all?"plus-squarehilariusbookbinder.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-link"This is not an educational system problem, this is a societal problem. What am I supposed to do? Keep standards high and fail them all?"plus-squarehilariusbookbinder.substack.comzecgM · 15 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
zecgM · 18 days ago"...there are a lot of text-constructions that are perfectly logically consistent but have zero relation to reality"x.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"...there are a lot of text-constructions that are perfectly logically consistent but have zero relation to reality"x.comzecgM · 18 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 19 days ago"The people pushing AI are the same sorts who spent the 2010s promoting web 2.0 as a new vision of freedom and global connectivity, all while destroying traditional media and ripping private data"plus-squareunherd.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down15
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-link"The people pushing AI are the same sorts who spent the 2010s promoting web 2.0 as a new vision of freedom and global connectivity, all while destroying traditional media and ripping private data"plus-squareunherd.comzecgM · 19 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
zecgM · edit-220 days ago"You thought you were a rational individual forming your own conclusions about the world; in fact you’re a leaf flapping about in the psychic winds."plus-squaresamkriss.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link"You thought you were a rational individual forming your own conclusions about the world; in fact you’re a leaf flapping about in the psychic winds."plus-squaresamkriss.substack.comzecgM · edit-220 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 23 days ago"dictatorships create a lawless zone that runs alongside the normative state"plus-squarewww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link"dictatorships create a lawless zone that runs alongside the normative state"plus-squarewww.theatlantic.comzecgM · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 1 month ago"That moment, when you start to understand the power of clear thinking, is crucial. The trouble with generative AI is that it short-circuits that process entirely."plus-squarethewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link"That moment, when you start to understand the power of clear thinking, is crucial. The trouble with generative AI is that it short-circuits that process entirely."plus-squarethewalrus.cazecgM · 1 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 1 month agoGödel's theorem debunks the most important AI myth. AI will not be conscious | (an interview with) Roger Penrosewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkGödel's theorem debunks the most important AI myth. AI will not be conscious | (an interview with) Roger Penrosewww.youtube.comzecgM · 1 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 2 months ago"Putting aside the hype, bluster and ungodly amounts of money, I can find no evidence that any of these apps are making anyone any real money." (Ed Zitron)plus-squarewww.wheresyoured.atexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-link"Putting aside the hype, bluster and ungodly amounts of money, I can find no evidence that any of these apps are making anyone any real money." (Ed Zitron)plus-squarewww.wheresyoured.atzecgM · 2 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
zecgM · 2 months agoLocal AI Voice Generators Are Here!www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down15
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1external-linkLocal AI Voice Generators Are Here!www.youtube.comzecgM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 2 months ago"Reasoning models are just LLMs, and who said LLMs were a dead end was just wrong."plus-squareantirez.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down16
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1external-link"Reasoning models are just LLMs, and who said LLMs were a dead end was just wrong."plus-squareantirez.comzecgM · 2 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
zecgM · 2 months agoDeep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT - Andrej Karpathywww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down13
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkDeep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT - Andrej Karpathywww.youtube.comzecgM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 3 months agoNew Zealand Protest (Māori Hikoi) - Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghanwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand Protest (Māori Hikoi) - Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghanwww.youtube.comzecgM · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 3 months ago"You can't have genuine equality for women while also letting them duck through the trap door of but I didn't mean it, like children, when their choices have unhappy outcomes."plus-squarekatrosenfield.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down11
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-link"You can't have genuine equality for women while also letting them duck through the trap door of but I didn't mean it, like children, when their choices have unhappy outcomes."plus-squarekatrosenfield.substack.comzecgM · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 3 months ago"Meta hasn't "made a right-wing turn." It’s been an active arm of the right wing media for nearly a decade..."plus-squarewww.wheresyoured.atexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-link"Meta hasn't "made a right-wing turn." It’s been an active arm of the right wing media for nearly a decade..."plus-squarewww.wheresyoured.atzecgM · 3 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
zecgM · 3 months agoAndrew's Radicalization Theory (Channel 5 clip)www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkAndrew's Radicalization Theory (Channel 5 clip)www.youtube.comzecgM · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 3 months ago"those who have held on [...] will face the problem of what is to be done with a city transformed to maximise investor confidence"plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-link"those who have held on [...] will face the problem of what is to be done with a city transformed to maximise investor confidence"plus-squarewww.theguardian.comzecgM · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 3 months ago“Communication within the YouTube Apparatus has no meaning.” The rapid feedback loop between creators and audiences means that the system more and more responds to itself."plus-squarekevinmunger.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link“Communication within the YouTube Apparatus has no meaning.” The rapid feedback loop between creators and audiences means that the system more and more responds to itself."plus-squarekevinmunger.substack.comzecgM · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
zecgM · 3 months ago"Like all nostalgic escapism, the myth about a world wide web before the age of sarcasm (and the dominance of big companies) where everything was more sincere and simpler is a melancholic trap."plus-squareenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down13
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-link"Like all nostalgic escapism, the myth about a world wide web before the age of sarcasm (and the dominance of big companies) where everything was more sincere and simpler is a melancholic trap."plus-squareenglish.elpais.comzecgM · 3 months agomessage-square7linkfedilink
