wonderingwanderer

Maybe that’s why rich people are so obsessed with it. Perhaps these LLMs are programmed to give shitty responses to the poors, so that nobody takes them seriously. Meanwhile, only the C-suite and above have access to “the good stuff”…

Truth be told though, mossad was able to make realistic deepfakes even before AI became mainstream.

“Our technology is perfectly safe and harmless for all ages!”

“So you would let your own children use it?”

“Nooo. No no no no no no. God no.”

Like that British woman who got murdered by her father in Texas?

A judge holding a defendant in contempt of court for violating a serious order to not bring recording equipment into the courtroom, is neither “anarchy” nor “vigilantism.”

In an “organized rules-based justice system,” a defendant who violated a court order by bringing recording equipment into the courtroom would be held in contempt, and depending on the severity, may face jail time (such as perhaps if that recording equipment has facial recognition technology).

This isn’t about whether or not we “dislike” him. But just because he’s widely disliked doesn’t make him immune to prosecution.

What the fuck are you smoking?

“Have your crafts”

You mean, “Buy materials from the big chain craft store, where ten beads will run you $5.”

“Boss, check out this gizmo that someone just printed in Sacramento!”

"That’s a great idea! Patent it, then sue their ass!

There are a few layers to it.

On the surface, the excuse they give is that printed guns don’t have serial numbers and thus can’t be tracked. They call them “ghost guns” to instill an element of horror in the messaging.

If you dig a bit deeper, you’ll see that it’s the same old tactic of manufacturing outrage and spreading fear in order to manipulate the masses. Even when people supposedly see through it, on the collective level it still works. So it seems to be an effective tool, which encourages them to keep using it.

On a deeper level than that, it’s a trojan horse. Just one more way to restrict consumers rather than holding corporations accountable. One more way to maintain their hold on people’s wallets. 3D printers give people too much autonomy, enabling them to be self-reliant. The people benefiting from the current system can’t have that, they won’t tolerate it. “No, you’ll spend $50 on that action figure, and if you need ten of them you can either cough up the dough or go to hell.” Basically.

If you think things are already as bad as they can get, then you lack perspective.

There’s still a chance of electoral victory. Progressives across the country are having punishing victories. Don’t throw away that momentum by being too trigger-happy. People are waking up, don’t put them back to sleep.

If the republicans rig or steal the election (which they certainly intend to, but it’s not yet certain how successful they’ll be), then all gloves are off and the third and fifth sentences of the Declaration of Independence kicks in.

Until that point, the fourth sentence still applies.

If I remember correctly, Ouranos fathered Chronos. Chronos killed Ouranos to take his place as king of the gods. Afraid his kids would do the same to him, Chronos ate them (these included Poseidon and Hades). Then Zeus fed him the rock and made him vomit out all his siblings.

So all together, that accounts for Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto.

Wasn’t Chronos (Saturn) the one who ate Hades (Pluto)?

Ugh. It’s always everyone except the ones who are actually guilty.

I feel like Epstein and Associates were probably peddling all these conspiracy theories to make them sound ludicrous, so that if/when their own dealings became discovered people would be less likely to be credulous.

That’s what’s really insidious about all this constant projection and “accusations in a mirror.” Not only does it destroy innocent reputations, it also burns people out so that the real villains get lost in the noise.

What is the WayFair theory? I haven’t heard that one

Yeah, everyone knows Pluto is a planet!

“Also, I’m ready for my lunch now, so please send a maid. I did not receive my coffee this morning as expected, which I was told would be a part of my male privilege. Do you even view me as a man?”

“Hello, I’m here for the patriarchy. I was told I would have privileges. When can I expect my salary?”

That should be the norm everywhere

How does one seek initiation into the Order of Torvalds? Asking for a friend…

Is that real? Holy shit. Linux is based on a grimoire!

This is why this battle has to go on multiple fronts. One is creating coops where and when possible. The other is unionizing existing corpos to gain labour power that can be leveraged to curb the oligarch’s power. The third is fighting at the political level for state funding for coops and labour rights.

I can get down with that

If only there were a way to seize the means of production and redistribute the wealth…