if you're a tech journalist in the present climate, it's incumbent upon you to ask why big tech is pursuing dead ends like AI when they could just start using the number 2. ones and zeroes have taken us as far as they can. either chuck a few 2s in there or cede the future of tech to those who will
December 6, 2024 at 5:43 PM
if you're a tech journalist in the present climate, it's incumbent upon you to ask why big tech is pursuing dead ends like AI when they could just start using the number 2. ones and zeroes have taken us as far as they can. either chuck a few 2s in there or cede the future of tech to those who will
There is a genre of tweet on this site that is just re-writing the sentence “Remember, the people you don’t like are bad people and you’re a good person for hating them” and it always gets over 10,000 likes but then this person gets 10 likes on their amazing nudibranch and I do worry about us…
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
There is a genre of tweet on this site that is just re-writing the sentence “Remember, the people you don’t like are bad people and you’re a good person for hating them” and it always gets over 10,000 likes but then this person gets 10 likes on their amazing nudibranch and I do worry about us…
I think this view of what is happening in our world and in our Internet is extremely important. It's not about the people being stupid or evil, it's about the systems we exist in and how they change us.
One additional thought to add to Hank Green's excellent video: the current phase after "the Internet" is ML recommendations and targeted ads allowing popularists to be popular with everyone. youtu.be/d8PndpFPL8g@hankgreen.bsky.social
I think this view of what is happening in our world and in our Internet is extremely important. It's not about the people being stupid or evil, it's about the systems we exist in and how they change us.
Spending a month on Bluesky has created a whole new model of a fight we need to be having right now. Not liberal vs. conservative or whatever, but respect vs manipulation.
I am tired of being manipulated everywhere I go. That’s why I like it here, I feel like I’m in charge for once.
November 27, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Spending a month on Bluesky has created a whole new model of a fight we need to be having right now. Not liberal vs. conservative or whatever, but respect vs manipulation.
I am tired of being manipulated everywhere I go. That’s why I like it here, I feel like I’m in charge for once.
i could be wrong about this — i’ve been wrong before — but i believe that all speakers have very tiny, exceptionally talented musicians with extraordinary artistic range living inside of them. again, i might be wrong and if i am then that’s on me
November 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
i could be wrong about this — i’ve been wrong before — but i believe that all speakers have very tiny, exceptionally talented musicians with extraordinary artistic range living inside of them. again, i might be wrong and if i am then that’s on me