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Obviously, the models are going to continue to exist. Probably. So will the data sets, the libraries, and the generalized knowledge of how to build them and what that gets you, in a technical sense.
And if you think that's what AI is?
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For the record, AI is a technocratic political project for the purpose of industrializing knowledge work.
That industrialization of knowledge work has 2 parts. First, is mechanization. Making knowledge work dependent on some particular machine. This is already the case, with computers generally. Knowledge work is thoroughly computerized. But, those computers are small, cheap, universally available commodities. That doesn't serve the second part, so they're forcing in new layers of mechanization, and removing access to the old machines.
Second, they ensure those machines can only be obtained through large investments of capital. Thus, all knowledge work can be done only at the pleasure of the capitalists who own the machines. Personal computers don't help them, there. But a black box hosted service that consumes the entire web to build and a whole country's worth of electricity to operate sure as hell does.
"AI" is merely the banner under which they are organizing and justifying this project. The implementation details are just the implementation details.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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I'm pushing what ive learned about #Anarchist principles in the PUSD school closure analysis. Rather than waiting for rulers to tell us what they want... I'm arguing for the parents, students, and community to put together a school management plan that investigates the demographic reality and addresses community concerns, and present that to the board. Communities should organize their schools not rulers, elected or otherwise!
#LoveMakeShare 11: Monday again! Do you get to apply your creativity in your day job?
Yes, in the best case: when I have a sensible manager who plays by reasonable rules, and subject matter experts who care to share their time with me, I turn other people's knowledge into works of art. That's why I call myself the Wizard of Docs.
Unfortunately, in my last contract the entire chain of command had AI fever, so I got fired for trying to do my job better than they could handle.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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#MathsMonday #Maths #Math
Over time I've saved many screenshots of #AI #slop #aiSlop stuffing up #Mathematics big time, and on occasion I've had cause to reshare them, and at times I have cursed that I can only attach 4 pics per post. Then I realised, what am I worried about - just post them all in a thread and then I can just link to the thread (or individual screenshots), and can add to it as more come up 🙂 P.S. feel free to reply with more
I hereby present to you, AI's greatest 5hits...
Stefano Marinelli
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Another Universal Local Privilege Escalation lets any user on most GNU/Linux distros gain root access in seconds! This time its called Dirty Frag.
More info here: https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag
and I made a video explaining the concept here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve6qE-i2hhc
considering gaslighting my dad by sending him a selfie of me wearing a thrifted flannel and telling him it's one of his old ones
the 90s were a simpler time, but their legacy is confusing
considering gaslighting my dad by sending him a selfie of me wearing a thrifted flannel and telling him it's one of his old ones
Hasan Yıldız
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Stefano Marinelli
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New blog post. Still on my journey to declutter my tech collection. No More Macs and MacOS for me.
https://basic.bearblog.dev/reducing-tech-clutter-in-my-life/
Investors riding a scorching run of market momentum are likely to face a reality check when trading resumes in Asia after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected the latest peace offering. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/11/markets/traders-clues-iran-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #iran #wallstreet #oil #trade
The delegates and/or the journalist seem unaware of the existence of USAASA, a highly funded but under-performing universal-access agency. That aside, the proposal is worthy; just as previous spectrum licenses mandate that MVNOs must be fostered, so future ones could mandate #CommunityNetworks https://us.list-manage.com/1CtYkEiqlFG?e=4d51355afa&c2id=a41d5f4bd5943a264fd18ca7f1f738cb
Stefano Marinelli
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Bought “The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, 2:E” last year, but the third edition is coming later this year…
Should’ve waited more.
@bagder Would it be a good idea to take an older version, where you already know you (as humans) found (and fixed) a certain number of vulnerabilities and see if AI can spot those correctly?
The Idee beeing to really have a quality test? ("For Science" 😉 ).
Or are the all trained on your latest version already and that would invalidate that test?
@johnnythan I agree that would be an interesting challenge for someone with time and tokens to burn
Stefano Marinelli
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The Dark Blue Project has officially arrived on LinkedIn and the Dark Blue Weekly episodes are now also published there.
You can find us here:
https://linkedin.com/company/darkblueproject
Monday starts with a Lhasa de Sela binge thanks to @anna 😄
Now listening to 'Good Morning Heartache from her post-mortem album 'First Recordings'
https://lhasadesela.bandcamp.com/track/good-morning-heartache
So sad that she passed away at such a young age.
If you like angelic and strong female vocal singing accompanied by acoustic (spanish) guitar recorded as-is & sounding like they're playing live in the room you should really check this out!
#Folk #Fado #Jazz #Blues #Spanish #Music #Musica #Musik #Muziek #theStudio
Good Morning Heartache, by Lhasa de Sela et Yves Desrosiers
Lhasa de Sela
Lambert Heller
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“Hi, my name’s David, I’m one of the repair techs here, I’v been looking after your broken soldering iron today.”
“How’s he doing.”
“Take a seat.”
“Oh no.”
“Unfortunately, and there is no easy way to say this, we looked at your Iron, and, well, we found something.”
“Please, just give it to me straight.”
“Ok, well we found, and I’m so sorry, we found, firmware.”
“It has firmware?”
“Yes.”
“But it’s a soldering iron?”
“Yes.”
“So there is nothing you can do for it?”
“Unfortunately, when a tool has firmware, it’s always fatal. There is nothing we can do. I am very sorry.”
“But, it’s so young. I only got it like a month or so ago?”
“Sadly, we often see firmware on younger tools.”
“But it was fine yesterday, like totally fine?!”
“With any kind of firmware, it can just, you know, stop working.”
“What am I gonna tell the kids?!”
“Obviously you know your kids better than me, but as a general rule, I always tell people that kids appreciate honesty, and are more resilient than you might think. Be honest.”
“But how?”
“Just tell them, you were drawn in by the features, rather than just a functional thing, so that’s why you got it.”
“Ah man this is going to be rough.”
“Would you like to see him?”
“Not like this.”
