BlueMonday1984

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Starting things off with a fresh post from Brian Merchant: Tech under Trump, part 1

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You just know Netflix's inbox is getting flooded with the absolute worst shit League of Legends players can come up with right now

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 5 points 7 months ago

I don't run any websites, what are you coming at me for

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 7 months ago

If H5N1 does turn into a full-blown outbreak, part of me expects it'll rack up a heavier deathtoll than COVID.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If we came across very mentally disabled people or extremely early babies (perhaps in a world where we could extract fetuses from the womb after just a few weeks) that could feel pain but only had cognition as complex as shrimp, it would be bad if they were burned with a hot iron, so that they cried out. It’s not just because they’d be smart later, as their hurting would still be bad if the babies were terminally ill so that they wouldn’t be smart later, or, in the case of the cognitively enfeebled who’d be permanently mentally stunted.

wat

This entire fucking shrimp paragraph is what failing philosophy does to a mf

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 20 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Character.AI Is Hosting Pedophile Chatbots That Groom Users Who Say They're Underage

Three billion dollars and its going into Character AI AutoGroomer 4000s. Fuck this timeline.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wired tried to put out a defence of tech and the result is incoherent drivel. See for yourself.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is pure gut instinct, but I suspect Twitter's probably gonna die sometime during Trump's term - the banks which funded Musk's takeover consider it their worst deal since the Great Recession, and the rapid exodus of users is gonna further cripple Twitter's ability to attract advertising revenue.

Part of me suspects we're gonna see Twitter getting banned somewhere during Trump's term as well, a la Musk's tangle with Brazil.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Dorsey jumping ship's about as good a reason as any to jump to Bluesky, especially considering Twitter's currently haemorrhaging users from the one-two-three punch of the AI training, the crippled blocking and THE ELECTION^tm^.

By my guess, the AI training is probably doing the most damage - that one's prompting artists to bolt for the exits, and if Tumblr's NSFW ban taught me anything, its that if the artists start leaving, they're gonna start taking their fans with them.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Got recommended a video from a friend, and its a damn good sneer at the state of YouTube sponsorships:

Why YouTube Sponsors Are (Almost) Always Terrible

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 13 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Its gonna be the largest embezzlement scheme in US history, that much I'm certain. How much damage the pair will do to the federal gov I'm not sure, but I expect there won't be much left of it once they're done.

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