Peter Swimm
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Someone in the coworker asked me what I do and I said “governance and systemic planning framework" and they asked "what stack" and I replied "computers mostly".
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and that’s even before uncle phil and akira show up
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ok so what’s the remedy then? Just letting old white men own tiktok and turn up the racism dial forever fells like it suppress more aggregate speech than it allows.
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well unless a billionaire gets access to the algorithm that is.
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The current paradigm of "AI"— all of its, e.g., embedded values, design, cultural deployment, & structural affordances— has been repeatedly demonstrated to harm both critical skills development & the structure & maintenance of the relational social fabric.

That sounds pretty anti-pedagogical, to me
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“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”
Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students
A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.
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Regulating the mass production of consensus isn’t a free-speech threat—it’s public-commons maintenance.

When five companies can algorithmically manufacture belief, the danger isn’t censorship. It’s capture.

Oversight protects speech from monopoly, not the other way around.
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Well at least since the fcc killed the fairness doctrine.
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How should the state of California disabuse five oligarchs from altering their platforms to disseminate right-wing propaganda for the president then?
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also if you appear relaxed, confident, aware of your rights
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it’s just weird to me that someone there has all the tron pull but there is zero stuff in the parks and it’s barely above the last star fighter in the nations collective memory
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oh yea i forgot about that too how is he not box office poison
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phil collins looking good
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i’ve never even heard of legacy
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yea i’ve heard the wendy carlos one but have almost no interest in seeing the movies
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i’ve kinda just came to the conclusion this week that if the fedeverse doesn’t start working like email but reputational and soon i’m just going to give up on it.
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ok so only people 5 years or younger than me have seen it
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I have never once met a person who said they were a fan of Tron. I feel like its more of a tax scheme than a franchise.
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C’mon, we all know where and who his lips are focused on.
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the fact they don’t makes them no better than drug dealers imo
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But of course, not a new issue but another shot in the war with the "information wants to be free, but it better be the truth" people xlr8r.com/features/chi...
Chiptunes: Been Caught Stealing
Back in the mid-’80s and early ’90s, DIY programming nerds were a fiercely progressive bunch. […]
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This absolutely merits the definition of fair use because ANTON MAIDEN is the project, the chiptune theft is THE PROCESS. You can absolutely make the argument the music is bad and his artist notion to turn it into karaoke is art, and I would love to talk to Anton about this, but sadly he is dead.