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Kinda funny AI commercials don't have a person asking the AI to do the kind of task they'd actually ask of a person with a brain. At various points I've tested AI products by asking them to do things I'd ask of an intern, secretary, or paralegal. 100% failure rate.

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Sorry to hear Brian Wilson has died. The Beach Boys were the soundtrack of my summers, from "Surfin' Safari" on.

submitted 8 days ago • 268 comments

Today's reading distraction: "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" (2025) by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna. amzn.to/3FPz1VV

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Think of data like an ink drop, and disclosure like a swimming pool. Once the ink is in the pool, you can’t… just… get it back. #DOGE

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At the same time, in court: “We own none of this. Not our fault. And even if it was our fault, no one suffered any damages. That credit card fraud? Couldn’t be us. Identity theft? Probably the individual’s fault.”

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The Onion does not use AI in any way. Our newspaper is proudly made by actual living people. AI makes bad, boring shit, and people make art. Subscribe to us instead: membership.theonion.com

submitted 15 days ago • 82 comments

Just saw a TikTok of a kiosk in a Chinese airport that when you look at it, it shows you your flight info and which way to walk to your gate. Like, your flight info. Fast and reliable facial recognition is here and we need to think hard about how to regulate it, not hide from it.

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

“Move fast and break things.” #AI

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The complaint alleges that the U.S. Government used Native Nations’ own funds to finance a program of prison-like boarding schools, spread throughout the United States, designed to separate Native children from their families, and destroy their language, customs, and cultural identities.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

“…growing recognition that women’s pain should be treated.” Wild headline. Wait until you hear about what they do during a colposcopy.

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Unfortunately, I get a lot of phone calls from individuals who have had their devices overtaken by malware, their accounts hacked, and lives totally disrupted. A government-provided resource to help folks clean up the damage and learn about cybercrime is necessary.

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tough luck for all of us who don’t want to be doxxed www.wired.com/story/cfpb-q...

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

I have been saying—until I’m blue in the face, it seems—that data breaches do, in fact, hurt people even if the consequences aren’t immediately known. When a data aggregator creates a profile on you without consent, that is an invasion of privacy. #DataBreach #Privacy #Standing #ArticleIII

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

When you see the words “scalable alternative” it means that tech companies don’t want to pay for human feedback or license the work that trains AI.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty simple, the District Court performs rewiew, the Circuit Court revieiews it, and then Supreme Court, upon a writ a covetes 1s bue bf, will revriew it.

submitted 40 days ago • 19 comments

Chatbots developed to flatter and affirm biases aren’t the model for friendships. Instead of pouring money into this, investment into “third spaces,” where real friendships can actually develop, should be prioritized. Kids try to find these third places online and it ain’t working.

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One of the things that DOGE could’ve done to be actually useful…and a big missed opportunity…is use their efforts to modernize government websites to optimize them for mobile use. Have y’all ever tried to get a replacement passport card? State Department website is…yikes.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Hi! Let’s please stop moving unnecessarily fast and breaking (gestures around) everything. #AI #hallucinations

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight. 1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms" 2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral 3) How tools are productized is not neutral [rant]

submitted 51 days ago • 49 comments

The absolute decimation of third spaces is really harming our youth. Any Millennials remember being dropped off at a shopping mall without a cell phone, with a pre-determined pick-up spot and time? Literally training wheels for becoming an adult. Kids don’t have this now.

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submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Tech companies are evolving AI faster than we can keep up. One of the (un)intended results? More fraud and attempted fraud. Especially as data brokers continue to buy and sell information about you without your consent. Amazing what scammers can do with info that makes it seem like they know you.

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“[T]he average American sees an average of 14 scam messages and deepfakes on social media, via text and email, daily” but tell me again why no one is “injured” when a data breach happens…. We shouldn’t have to live like this. #Privacy #DataBreach #infosec

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

I hope that manufacturers know that there is a market for “dumb” appliances and products. I would gladly pay more money for a TV not to assess my emotions, please. Or a toothbrush that isn’t IOT and sending info to my insurance co. Can consumers please have a choice? #SmartTV #LG #Privacy

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Stunning song called 2020 written for those who didn’t make it. Wish I had kept this going 40 seconds longer but…

submitted 85 days ago • 3 comments

Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant

submitted 85 days ago • 165 comments

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

submitted 93 days ago • 1679 comments

I really can’t overstress how insane this is from a security perspective. Apparently adversary espionage services get to play on easy mode for a few years.

submitted 93 days ago • 120 comments