If I reduced my existence to a series of ChatGPT prompts, the act of my living is only shorter – not better

For one, there’s just nothing interesting about Studio Ghibli remakes or copping an illustrators style, because mechanized reproduction of human creativity is inevitably hollow. But we can exploit AI in different ways, train it differently, get inside of the pipeline rather than typing at a single window.

JD Vance's AI saber-rattling, DOGE's gutting of the government, and Silicon Valley's thirst for growth show how AI has become a tool for consolidating power.

Any statement regarding the potential benefits and/or hazards of AI tends to be automatically very divisive and controversial as the world tries to figure out what the technology means to them, and…

Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuring of AI, Dan McQuillan sets out an anti-fascist approach that replaces exclusions with caring and outlines new mechanisms that support collective freedom.

Content moderation systems are being abandoned and defunded, leaving many countries looking for alternatives.

Sam Altman is promoting his new image generator by appropriating the work of one of the greatest living animators—who is "disgusted" by AI.

Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei have used a compliant media and braindead investors to frame unprofitable, unsustainable, environmentally-damaging and mediocre cloud

Ben Williamson Turnitin can now analyse students’ individual writing styles to tackle ‘contract cheating’. Image by Xavi The acquisition of plagiarism detection company Turnitin f…

The development and training of AI systems depend on hundreds of millions of data workers. Many of them are situated or displaced from the global majority.

Why it does not make sense to move faster when heading the wrong way.

We can now create compelling experiences of talking with our dead. Is this ghoulish, therapeutic or something else again?

2/2 ... for content creation, media, & news. They all think they're buying tax evasion & government subsidies. They all believe AI will be an effective wage suppression scheme and it'll thwart unions & rising wage demands. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/saudis-plan-100-billion-ai-powerhouse-to-rival-uae-s-tech-hub https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/14/middle-east-ai-tech-companies-saudi-arabia-uae/ https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-investors-latest-funding-round-2024-10 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/us/politics/kushner-private-equity-saudi-arabia.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/google-thiel-stand-out-in-saudi-prince-s-silicon-valley-tour https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2024/09/28/tax-breaks-the-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-the-game-edition/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-28/hk-unveils-ai-policy-for-finance-floats-tax-breaks-for-crypto https://www.yalejreg.com/bulletin/belaboring-the-algorithm-artificial-intelligence-and-labor-unions/ https://www.thestar.com/business/drivers-worry-uber-s-new-pricing-algorithm-will-hike-fares-for-riders-while-reducing-their/article_43001daa-8592-11ef-b757-3fab1576058b.html

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We may have found the killer app for AI. Well, actually, British telecom provider O2 has. As The Guardian reports, they have an AI chatbot that acts like a 78-year-old grandmother and receives phon…

There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas

Attached: 1 image #LLMs are a fucking scourge. Perceiving their training infrastructure as anything but a horrific all-consuming parasite destroying the internet (and wasting real-life resources at a grand scale) is delusional. #ChatGPT isn't a fun toy or a useful tool, it's a _someone else's_ utility built with complete disregard for human creativity and craft, mixed with malicious intent masquerading as "progress", and should be treated as such. https://pod.geraspora.de/posts/17342163

A new peer-reviewed paper from experts at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, highlights the need for a clear framework when it comes to AI research, given the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by children and adolescents using digital devices to access the internet and social media.  Its recommendations are based on a critical appraisal of current shortcomings in the research on how digital technologies' impact young people's mental health, and an in-depth analysis of the challenges underlying those shortcomings.  The paper, 'From Social Media to Artificial Intelligence: Improving Research on Digital Harms in Youth,' published 21 January in

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The near future could see AI assistants that forecast and influence our decision-making at an early stage, and sell these developing “intentions” in real-time to companies that can meet the need –

"In exchange for mere crumbs of their fortune, this Big Tech fraternity receives three extraordinary gifts: massive public contracts; the removal of regulatory safeguards against the dangers of their methods and products – autonomous vehicles, AI-controlled "bots" and drones, massive increases in electricity consumption; and finally, huge bargaining power, legitimized by the state, in their dealings with workers, suppliers, competitors, and the rest of us." https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/01/04/yanis-varoufakis-former-greek-finance-minister-big-tech-giants-have-moved-into-trump-s-oval-office_6736701_23.html #USA #Trump #BigTech #Oligopolies

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“An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to ‘quit their jobs’ and follow it.”

As fascinating and alarming as generative AI may be, it doesn't have much practical use yet.

Daniël de Zeeuw: A combination of genuine concerns and moral panics over AI (often fueled by the tech moguls themselves) has reached a new high in recent years, particularly with the introduction of

AI-driven deepfakes & disinformation threaten the 2024 US election, raising fears of voter manipulation, surveillance, & election integrity

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