Billionaires Are the Real Existential Risk
We have seen calls to consider whether it is moral to allow billionaires to exist. But the real question is whether our species can survive the billionaire.
Project 2025: Neo Fascism
OpenAI’s Got 9.9 Problems, and Twitch Ain’t One
The AI darling faces a long list of serious challenges in 2024
The Substack Verschlimmbesserung - by Justin Ling
Deplatformings will continue until the Nazi situation impraves
Project 2025
Musk Is Holding Tesla To Ransom
What is his real motivation?
OpenAI sets rules to combat election misinformation. It’s been tried before | CNN Business
As concerns swirl about the disruption artificial intelligence could cause for the 2024 elections, OpenAI on Monday declared that politicians and their campaigns are not allowed to use the company’s AI tools.
From Capitalism to Technofeudalism
This post largely aligns with my views on the near future (and likely explains my fascination with cyberpunk culture to boot) - and name drops Naomi Klein's latest book Doppelganger.
I'm almost finished her book and you'll be hearing more about soon as it brilliantly connects the dots to the parallel (distraction) world of conspiracy culture while in reality capitalism continues its unchecked conversion of the living to the dead.
Musk, Tech Bros & AI Fascism#futurism#political literacy#anarcho/socialism#climate & sustainability#klein/chomsky/graeber etc#references: misinfo 3#conspirituality & diagonalism
Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads
“What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day conversations? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode—it's Voice Data, and CMG has the capabilities to use it to your business advantage.”
NY Times copyright suit wants OpenAI to delete all GPT instances | Hacker News
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement | Hacker News
Silicon Landlords: On the Narrowing of AI’s Horizon
Culture / The one thing science fiction couldn’t imagine is the world we have now: the near-complete control of Artificial Intelligence by a few corporations whose only goal is profit. Dwayne Monroe As HAL 9000, the true star of Stanley Kubrick´s landmark film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, died a silicon death by memory module removal, the machine, reduced to its infant state (the moment it became operational) recited: “Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am...
The end of Elon Musk
“Beyond the cursing, Elon Musk’s interview is erratic enough to end his career.”