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Why we must stop talking about artificial general intelligence — and instead build ‘pro-worker’ AI
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02566-6
Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.
@kim_harding by even then, why? We haven't even agreed yet on what people (scholars) are doing wrong, so, how do we even decide what to replace?
And again, the world shows that our accessibility needs don't matter, but when loser nerds need them, The Web Is Being Made Accessible for AI, Not People https://www.techpolicy.press/the-web-is-being-made-accessible-for-ai-not-people/ #Accessibility #A11y #AI #LLM
Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgvyy4x2mvo
US representative saying that America would 'take action' on unfair counter-tariffs.
Guys. I don't know how to say this, so I'm just going to out with it. You fukkin started this. Have you ever known a Canadian to back down? You're our neighbour, but have you, like, met Canadians? We'll take this to the damn ditch. We'll survive on tea and toast just to make sure you suffer.
You unfairly targeted Canada. Your bombastic idiot made this all happen. You want alcohol on the shelves? You want to compete with dairy? You want all the phosphate, uranium, critical minerals and the power, the water, and the oil?
It's pretty simple. Stop fucking us over with tariffs, and play nice.
Then when we have a fair deal you can start apologizing for all the bs you threw our way.
RE: https://mastodon.world/@slimhazard/117134964609081873
I mean, it's totally cool for otherwise reasonable consenting adults to engage in dom/sub roleplay. Everyone's got their kink.
When it's *not* OK is seeing this play out in public between a self-styled bimbo aide and the President of the United States of America.
Deeply disturbing stuff, if not downright psycho.
@jaredwhite kink-shaming is wrong and just simply unnecessary. Who cares what consenting adults do in private.
But if your kink is not only that you are degraded by a cruel and preposterous dictator, but also that everyone else is as well, I make an exception.
@tj I’m happy to ship you whatever bag ya like, haha
Climate Breakdown is here: Why won’t governments act?
https://www.opendemocracy.net/climate-breakdown-is-here-why-wont-governments-act/
Adapting to an over-heated planet means very little unless it is accompanied by addressing the root causes of climate breakdown.
@kim_harding electorally impossible
I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027:
Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record
Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war
End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024
AI bubble bursting
Continued rise of fascism
@decryption what about the new and moderately cheap gateway drug Apple is flogging?
@davedave the MacBook Neo? It’s 206mm deep, just a little too big :(
Heatwave in France: 2026 sets record for rockfalls in the Alps.
The summer of 2026 saw an unprecedented wave of landslides in the French Alps, especially around Mont Blanc, driven by extreme heat and thawing permafrost. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/20/heatwave-in-france-2026-sets-record-for-rockfalls-in-the-alps
no fucking way the evil NIST document makes sure to thank the NSA https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-90Ar1.pdf
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) gratefully acknowledges and appreciates contributions by Mike Boyle and Mary Baish from NSA for assistance in the development of this Recommendation.
not after diffie and hellman called out DES from NIST and IBM like 30 years prior and then that was found to be NSA too
Algorithm: A clearly specified mathematical process for computation; a set of rules that, if followed, will give a prescribed result.
idk if i buy this
Je viens de recevoir un email :
Apparemment je m'appelle Marylou et je viens de faire une télé-consultation avec le docteur KOCHKARIAN.
2026 ça va trop vite pour moi.
@sebsauvage Sur téléphone, je me suis appelé Martine pendant 10 ans et je faisais des devis pour je sais pas quoi. Maintenant je suis Madalena et je suis à la Caisse d'Épargne et j'ai eu rdv au MIIT de Lyon avec l'infirmière Peyrieux.
A South African vineyard has been using flightless, long-necked, Indian Runner ducks for pest control for 40 years.
#glasshole. So far we have been lucky at work. Everyone knows when they are in my meetings there are only two options.
1. Leave the glasses outside the room
2. Leave yourself & your glasses outside the room
Avez vous déjà vu...
Des billes de roulement d'éoliennes !!!
@Caelumtangi estic pensant seriosament llogar un apartament en un lloc fred per l’estiu de l’any vinent perquè serà pitjor que aquest
@spla penso que canviarà tan el clima, que els llocs que considerem "freds" també augmentaran de temperatura...
Ma perché nei film la gente che va in bici sembra che abbia appena imparato a stare in sella? 😂
Hey #Fediverse can I ask you a favor?
Please don’t post URLs that have been shortened. Link-shortening services can not only potentially *track* your interactions and add telemetry to track your behaviors, they can also *break* and make your links unusable.
You can use services like https://urlexpander.net or install an app (I like Link Unshortener (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/link-unshortener/id1506953658)) to find the ultimate destination of a shortened link, and then post that instead.
Remember, all URLs in #Mastodon count as 23 characters, no matter how long the actual URL is, so there really is no benefit to shortening your URLs.
@MxAlba @pinkflawd
Hang on, I have an image saved for this exact scenario
“It is completely unsurprising that people are building apps to fight back against Meta glasses and other surreptitious public recording,” EFF’s @cooperq told @arstechnica. Many people “have a deep revulsion to being recorded without their consent, which is understandable.” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/meta-ai-glasses-may-get-creepier-and-apps-that-detect-them-arent-perfect/
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