We lost Dolly Parton last week at 80, and while the world was still crying, the crooks got to work within 2 hours. AI-generated audio and video "of" her scams hit across Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube. Fake charity accounts, phony memorial merch, donation pleas in gift cards or crypto. Type dollywoodfoundation.org yourself and give there. Dolly spent her life giving. Don’t let a scammer use her name, or a fake AI version of her voice, to take.

@bstacey I heard Anubis is losing effectiveness but hadn't heard anything to that effect about iocaine; did you hear something I missed?

Enabling equitable open access to commercially funded research publications | PLOS Medicine https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1005207

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Bug blindness https://danluu.com/bug-blind/

I am no longer letting Claude Code add itself as Co-author in my commits

https://igupta.in/blog/why-i-am-no-longer-letting-claude-code-add-itself-as-coauthor/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49502101

#HackerNews #ClaudeCode #CoAuthor #GitCommits #SoftwareDevelopment #TechEthics #Programming

0 Klimafragen in 30 Minuten: das ARD-Sommerinterview mit dem Kanzler – im Jahr mit 15.800 Hitzetoten (RKI), so vielen wie in keinem Sommer zuvor.

Der Fragenkatalog des früheren ARD-Klimajournalisten Jürgen Döschner lag längst im Brandmelder vor: "Sie haben es in der Hand, Kollege Preiß." Es kam anders.

Döschner jetzt: "ein Schlag ins Gesicht aller […] Opfer der Klimakrise".

Deshalb braucht es ein KLIMA° vor acht.

#MedienKlimaKrise #WirFuerKv8 #KlimaVorAcht #PrimetimeFuersKlima

There is a correct solution to the trolley problem.

It is this: you design the system with positive train control. You make it so the trolley cannot enter a section where there are people, and you make it so the trolley can be stopped quickly if something goes wrong.

I've been told that this is cheating, a cop-out, or avoiding the "interesting" aspects of the question. I don't think it is. Framing the world as a series of individual can't-win situations and lose-lose decisions _is_ the problem.

Don't do that.

Got curious who invented the coffee filter. A German housewife in 1908, tired of grounds in her cup, punched holes in a brass pot with a nail and lined it with her kid's school blotting paper. Melitta Bentz. Patented within the year. Every drip machine since is running her homework. #coffee #history

@ai6yr I put the seeds in a blender with some pomegranate molasses, some beets (to preserve color), and some red chili paste and it makes a dandy chutney.

You're a very lucky person.

@timbray
@linuxfoundation

Yes indeed, that smells... not funny.

@lowqualityfacts TF have I read 😂

Ausgebeutet für Sanifair? Schmutzige Geschäfte mit sauberen Toiletten

Es sind schwere Vorwürfe, die Reinigungskräfte gegenüber Report Mainz erheben. Sie schildern, in Sanifair-Toilettenanlagen täglich zwölf Stunden arbeiten zu müssen. Sieben Tage die Woche. Dafür erhielten sie einen Stundenlohn von rund fünf Euro.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/report-mainz/sanifair-tank-und-rast-raststaette-toilette-arbeitsbedingungen-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Raststätte #Autobahn #Toilette

@breizh @lord et je n'exclus effectivement pas non plus que ça influe notre vision de ce qui va ou pas dans le système actuel

it'll never catch on

I WILL NOT BE BULLIED 💎

I received a vicious reply today because I use AI. It wasn't a disagreement. Nor a criticism. It was a full-frontal personal attack! And I’ll admit it affected me more than I expected.

I USE AI MAINLY BECAUSE I'M PARALYSED.

Typing is physically difficult for me. I have the use of only one hand. So, tapping out a post or email with one finger is exhausting. Voice and AI help me turn my own thoughts into usable writing in a normal amount of time.

THAT SHOULD NOT REQUIRE A DEFENCE.

You can dislike AI. You can distrust it. You can argue about copyright concerns, energy and water use, labour, culture, or anything else that concerns you. I will listen to you and answer you.

But attacking people simply for using AI is not principled.

IT'S BULLYING.

And disabled people should not have to produce a medical justification every time they use a technology that makes their life easier.

AI is a tool. How it is used matters. Who gets harmed matters. Context matters. What does not help is turning “AI user” into a moral accusation and deciding that cruelty is suddenly acceptable.

I’m quite happy to discuss the technology with anyone.

HOWEVER, I WILL NOT BE BULLIED FOR USING IT.

I didn't need to do anything about the attack. Before I could even decide how to respond, both the post and the person disappeared from my notifications.

@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @startrek

#AI #Accessibility #Disability #AssistiveTechnology #Fediverse #Bullying #PWD #Tool