Modern Times

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, moar balance!

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[zmpl]

it’s funny how we’re getting to the point in the AI lifespan where you can feel the desperation from tech companies to have you use their AI features. instagram has moved their AI effects to the top of the menu when you’re creating a post for your story, exactly where the draw/edit button used to be. gmail is creating one-click AI-generated replies right before you open up the text box. spotify put a beta AI playlist generator on the front page that looks just like a search bar so all of their users accidentally click on it when they go to search for a song.

tech companies are shaking in their boots trying to prove to shareholders that their investment in AI is worth it, to the point where they’re tricking their users into using the AI features even for a split second in order to fudge the numbers. like awww is your little environment-destroying toy not wielding the results you hoped for? so sad!

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[nuggsmum]

So cool!

[cosmonautroger]

Chaka Khan, 1976

[depsidase]

[depsidase]

[depsidase]

[mudwerks]

(via Daring Fireball: The Underworld Market to Remove the Recording Indicator Light on Meta Glasses)

Joanna Stern, on YouTube:

People across the country are offering a service on Facebook Marketplace to disable the recording light on Ray-Ban Meta glasses. They call it “Stealth Mode.” Joanna paid $100 for the modification and went inside the growing business of turning smart glasses into covert cameras. She investigates who is doing it, whether it’s legal and what some are doing to try and stop it.

Of course there’s a market for this. But the true chef’s kiss is that the market to find people who offer the service is on … Facebook Marketplace. Using a Meta platform to find people to hack a Meta device so you can surreptitiously record strangers. So perfectly Meta.

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

Corruption, grift, cronyism, nepotism, incompetence, disregard for ethics and morality,…

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

[bowlby4]

[liberalsarecool]

Ownership meant a physical copy. Now you own nothing and can't find what you want across multiple streaming platforms.

Bring back headphones that plug in. Bring back expandable memory. Bring back owning media.

[anths-girl]

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[deathtokillian]

Hot take: I don't care if someone "contributes to society" or not. They are a person and still deserve human rights, food, and shelter.

[pawwsfromheaven]

and when people say “contributes to society” they really mean “contributes to capitalism/the economy” because there are plenty of ways people can contribute without working or generating revenue for corporations and billionaires

[bowlby4]

[bowlby4]

[bowlby4]

[epicallyepicnerdery]

Well if we're playing the percentage game, 69% of Americans believe angels are real. Go figure.

Bottom line, putting your own name on buildings already named after far better individuals than yourself is just the epitome of tiny dick energy.