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fictionalauthorityii

dryiffsrevitalizingtailholetonic

but yeah I've gone full tinfoil hat as far as the datacenters are concerned: they're building out capacity for an unimaginable amount of storage and processing power, far beyond what grok or gemini or whatever would need to misread wikipedia and reddit to you.

No no, they want a surveillance system that isn't dependent on buildings full of analysts, who even with advanced tools have a limit to the number of targets they can keep tabs on.

They want something which can make connections between all the disparate datasets they've been building for decades, against the population at large--foreign and domestic. and do it in a way that is accessible to an imbecile (read: upper management).

At least, that's what it seems like to me. Admittedly, I am not an engineer or even a programmer. Maybe all this shit really is just so Grok can tell you if a tweet is real or not.

fictionalauthorityii

Surveillance and data sorting is 100% what these centers are for. The framework for such a system has been in the works for years, being tested all around the globe. Remember when we pointed out that AI like Palantir and Lavender are being used in Palestine and Gaza in order to track the movement of people and target them? It was just the tip of the iceberg.

People see this stuff happening in other countries and think that it will never happen in their country, but this shit always comes home.

There’s already a vast network of flock cameras, tracking your every move, there’s already going to be built-in surveillance systems in cars, and they can already figure out who your friends and family are just by studying whose phones your phone is near every day. They can map out your whole routine, they have absolute shit loads of data on everyone - the problem has always been that there is just so much data to get through that it is virtually useless.

Not with AI. AI does not get tired, doesn’t take breaks, doesn’t need vacations, doesn’t need to be paid. It will relentlessly parse every little bit of data the surveillance state takes in and spit it back out in neat rows, everything about you filed away.

fictionalauthorityii

Oh, and in case anybody still, for some reason, doubts that this might be the case - Trump is having the government invest tons of money into buying large stakes in AI companies

They are already integrating companies like flock and Palantir into the government, now they are gonna start buying up even more controlling interest in AI companies

All of it will be militarized, against you.

And the conservatives who endlessly scream about communism in other countries won’t say a goddamn thing about the government buying controlling interest in private companies and expanding the surveillance state, because it is coming to fruition under a republican majority and Maga is a cult

#this and if the AI bubble pops everything is turbo fucked

sztupy

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou

ayeforscotland

Let’s fucking go

made-in-manetheren

This is HUGE.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.

vomitdodger

knackeredforever

char is the funniest motherfucker alive

hes doing this for the bit

pastel-prouvaire-deactivated201

PSA: tumblr user littlefuckinmonster is stealing human bones from cemeteries in Louisiana. Please don’t let them get away with this and spread the word/signal boost!

wdapteo

this post is officially a decade old now

mutantrenegade

For anyone who wasnt around when this happened, this was real. Littlefuckinmonster was actually stealing bones from cemeteries. She is the bone stealing witch. She was specifically stealing bones from poor people. She was arrested for it.

proustianrevelry

Not only did the user in question get arrested, but 4 months later, the state legislature passed the Louisiana Human Remains Protection and Control Act, created specifically because people heard about this case and realized there weren’t any clear laws about who has what right to own human remains and who enforces those rights.

arch-user

I actually thought this was a joke until i scrolled down. holy shit i really shouldn’t have laughed.

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catechismic-failure

One of the reasons people give for not wanting to burn every religion down to the ground is that it's a "coping mechanism" for some people.

Except it doesn't help you cope with anything.

Instead of helping you cope with the fact that you're a finite being with a finite existence, religion tells you that you can actually live forever.

Instead of helping you deal with moral ambiguity and the difficulty of figuring out the right thing to do in a given situation, religions tells you there's a One Size Fits All solution.

Instead of helping you understand other people, religion says that you are better than everyone else just because you're part of the religion and that anyone outside the religion is evil.

darnitjack

I think that's a very poor understanding of Christianity, let alone other religions

geminiagentgreen

It is.

catechismic-failure

Anyone: *describes Christianity*

Christians: "Um, actually, you don't understand Christianity, because if you were good and smart like me, you'd think the same way I do. This is because I was raised to believe anyone outside the religion is evil."

geminiagentgreen

Way to strawman, dude.

catechismic-failure

Am I wrong, though?

geminiagentgreen

Absolutely? Dude, this is arrogance you're trying to assert as fact.

Christianity is not about being either good enough or smart enough, its about Christ, its about who He is and what He's done. Honest Christianity does recognize evil in every man, because man is a sinner in need of saving - whether he believes he is or not. The goal of the christian life isn't to be better than anyone else but ourselves, and to do good in the world (and I mean "good" by God's standard); modeling Jesus to others, for others, and sharing the good news of His death, burial, and resurrection so that they too may be saved by faith in Christ.

glass-expanse

Christianity says the finite days on earth have a greater purpose towards the infinite.

Christianity acknowledges the moral ambiguity of the world and offers a framework for moral decisions.

Christianity admits we are all just as bad as any other person on earth in the eyes of God... but crucially, provides the hope of peace, grace, and mercy despite all our failures that we can share with others.

It does all the things a worldview should, and more. Not only does it answer the standard worldview questions:

what is good? What happens when we die? What is the meaning of life? How did we come into existence? How can we know anything?

But it also answers a bigger question: how can what is evil be redeemed? With an answer different from any other religion: not by works we have done, that none may boast, but by the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.

Jesus doesn't force you to believe him. He says, "whoever has ears to hear, let him hear." Sure his followers get that wrong sometimes. That's why we need him in the first place. (And no one here is denying the crusades etc) But Jesus also says that the good seed in good soil will produce one hundred fold. Which means that his genuine followers will proclaim him.

Op, you are right that this makes a poor coping mechanism, but what you have missed (inadvertently or intentionally, I don't pretend to know) in the bitter taste you have in your mouth over this is that it is not so one dimensional as you claim.

Additionally, there is a difference between someone truly forcing another person to believe what they do at risk of being considered stupid otherwise, and someone who believes in something correcting a description of that belief that is incomplete at best and wholly inaccurate at worst.

Anyway, I have nothing further to add and will be largely unreachable hereafter.

#info

beardedmrbean

This is wonderful to read, someone get this woman a cheeseburger please.

mornington-the-crescent

#Gotta love the japanese #they are very straightforward

#how it feels engaging with things today

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tzikeh

Maryland will become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail stores, after passing Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Jesus fucking christ that this exists in the first place

boyslit

I WAS FUCKING WONDERING WHAT THOSE DIGITAL PRICE TAGS WERE ABOUT SUDDENLY i had hoped they were so the workers didn't have to finagle those little papers into the slider part anymore 😭

eclipticasolaris

Hi, yes, that is the OFFICIAL excuse made to me by the guy replacing the paper tags with digital ones at my local Walmart, but the end goal is to remove the numbers off the shelf entirely, replacing them with QR codes that you have to scan with the app…. Which requires your login information….. and also stores your card information so even if you didn’t use your Walmart account at the physical checkout, if you used a card they recognize, they assign that purchase to your Walmart account purchase history.

I explained very clearly to the manager my issue with the meat section not having the price tags listed, and they claimed it was only going to be for the meat, since meat is by weight, and the price of each item is printed on the packs of each item.

Sure. That’s how they get their foot in the door. Fast forward not even two weeks, and here we are:

Bar codes. No prices, no item descriptions. No price stickers on the individual items. Heck, not even the name of the item that is SUPPOSED to be there.

No. The only way to see the price is to scan it on your phone app, which is also recording what you looked at recently, as a way of gauging what you might be looking for in the future.

So here’s what we’re gonna do gang:

Every time you go into a store that has implemented these price-less tags:

Take 1-3 items up to the cash register. Ask the cashier for the price, or hit the price check item on the self checkout, which will likely call over the attendant.

Express that you didn’t actually want it, you just couldn’t see on the shelf how much it was.

POLITELY, AND WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE PRICE CONFIRMATION, Give the items to the cashier or attendant to put back.

When they inevitably try to push the app, politely decline. If pressed for why not, say you don’t want to have to carry your phone in-hand the whole time you are shopping in order to see how much things cost. (Not having cell service or data to use the app is NOT a valid excuse, as stores already often have complimentary WiFi AND more stores will provide WiFi rather than give up on this push for surveillance pricing)

If it’s a shelf-stable item, the cashier will have to set it aside, taking up room in their limited operating space, and eventually pass it off to someone to put in a holding area to put back later. If it’s a fridge/freezer item, it might have to get tossed due to food product sale regulations.

In either case, you are making it a pain in the ass for them to have these digital bar codes. Tie up the checkouts. Give the employees more busywork that the company has to pay them to do. Hurt their bottom line having to toss the pint of ice cream you carried around in your cart for 20 minutes before giving it back to the cashier.

Yes, call your reps. Yes, push for more legislation like this in more places. But also take an extra minute out of your shopping trip to MAKE IT HURT for companies to pull this shit.

antisocialxconstruct

I've seen some people in the notes express (very fair) concern that this is only going to inconvenience already under-paid laborers, and not have any impact on corporate. While I can't speak for every company or every store, I do work in a grocery store and I can tell you this is precisely the kind of thing that would have an impact, especially if people are doing it en masse. Stores absolutely track their shrink numbers, and they do draw distinctions between what gets stolen, damaged, or wasted for other reasons. If people are making it clear that the reason they're bringing things to the cashier is that the prices are not adequately represented on the displays, and rather than improving business it's wasting product, slowing down transactions, and causing confusion and mistrust in customers, that is a language that shareholders speak.