This is my personal profile, I talk for myself; but I find a relevant hypocrisy on some "codes of conduct".
During WordCamp where I was a speaker, I couldn't say the popular synonym of "testicle" in Venetian dialect because it could be considered obscene. No matter if in that specific context it was not referred to human body but to a Venetian bridge's architectural structure which is invisible to eyes, people even don't know it exists, but it's fundamental for the bridge's stability. It's the anchor-stone. I wanted to refer to that, talking about RSS feeds and the role they have.
Well, I couldn't say that word so I changed the topic in "human brain is invisible to eyes but it's fundamental". However the meaning is not the same, because everyone knows about brain's existence. But not anchor-stones existence, and not RSS. That popular non-technical word would have impressed people more, I think. Even for a smile.
But that's a taboo.
On the other side, we have Mullenweg who defined "a CANCER" one of his competitors. No matter if there are several people with cancer, around the world. First Italian WordPress translator died of cancer in 2022. But a leader can freely talk that way without direct consequences?
We have politicians all over the world who build entire campaigns, and their popularity, on hate speech. Dozens of newspapers earning on rage bait articles. So? The problem is a vulgar word placed in a non-vulgar context? #language #speaking #NoHateSpeech #bigots #WordPress

This is my personal profile, I talk for myself; but I find a relevant hypocrisy on some "codes of conduct".
During WordCamp where I was a speaker, I couldn't say the popular synonym of "testicle" in Venetian dialect because it could be considered obscene. No matter if in that specific context it was not referred to human body but to a Venetian bridge's architectural structure which is invisible to eyes, people even don't know it exists, but it's fundamental for the bridge's stability. It's the anchor-stone. I wanted to refer to that, talking about RSS feeds and the role they have.
Well, I couldn't say that word so I changed the topic in "human brain is invisible to eyes but it's fundamental". However the meaning is not the same, because everyone knows about brain's existence. But not anchor-stones existence, and not RSS. That popular non-technical word would have impressed people more, I think. Even for a smile.
But that's a taboo.
On the other side, we have Mullenweg who defined "a CANCER" one of his competitors. No matter if there are several people with cancer, around the world. First Italian WordPress translator died of cancer in 2022. But a leader can freely talk that way without direct consequences?
We have politicians all over the world who build entire campaigns, and their popularity, on hate speech. Dozens of newspapers earning on rage bait articles. So? The problem is a vulgar word placed in a non-vulgar context? #language #speaking #NoHateSpeech #bigots #WordPress

#bigots #propaganda #AI #racism

"Travel Influencer Caught Using AI to Make It Seem Like Minorities Are Terrorizing London

'Just surrounded by hostiles. Goodness, gracious me.'

As travel vloggers go, South African Kurt Caz has never exactly trafficked in highbrow content.

His career as an influencer began about six years ago, through YouTube videos with simple but effective titles like 'What is Bologna, Italy Like?'

But as Caz got more travel time under his belt, his videos quickly devolved into the exploitative fare typical of most poverty vloggers: 'Don’t Visit This Egyptian Ghetto!' and 'Avoiding Guerillas on Peru’s Deadliest Road' became the new blueprint, while his views ballooned into the millions.

Now after building a following of some four million subscribers, Caz is flipping the script from thinly veiled travel exploitation to overt racism — with a little help from generative AI.

In a 36-minute YouTube video titled Avoid This Place in London,' Caz braves the London borough of Croydon, where 36.2 percent of residents are immigrants. Of course, he only does so with his trusted goon Leo in tow, who’s notably much smaller than Caz himself.

As shock vlogs go, it’s pretty unremarkable. The influencer spouts off some obnoxious missives about crime and immigration, referring to non-white people running errands as 'interesting characters.' What is remarkable is the video’s thumbnail, which shows Caz walking down a street flanked by storefronts with signage in Arabic script. A man passing by on a bike is also shown clad in a black balaclava, mean mugging Caz as he films.

Yet as the social media account Right Wing Cope observed, the same frame in the video bears little resemblance to the one in the preview. As it turns out, both the store signs are in English, and the menacing biker was actually a smiling Black guy — a sure sign of an image doctored with generative AI.

(. . .)

Back in September, *Futurism* reported on the rise of pro-white, anti-immigrant AI slop in the UK. As generative AI has become more accessible, these images have gained prominence as a tool for right-wing propagandists to stir up anti-immigrant vitriol throughout the country.

Caz’ thumbnail is a prime example of this — a piece of media altered with AI to spread the gospel of reactionary bigotry, slipping into millions of social media feeds without a second thought."

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/immigrant-influencer-ai-racism

#bigots #propaganda #AI #racism

"Travel Influencer Caught Using AI to Make It Seem Like Minorities Are Terrorizing London

'Just surrounded by hostiles. Goodness, gracious me.'

As travel vloggers go, South African Kurt Caz has never exactly trafficked in highbrow content.

His career as an influencer began about six years ago, through YouTube videos with simple but effective titles like 'What is Bologna, Italy Like?'

But as Caz got more travel time under his belt, his videos quickly devolved into the exploitative fare typical of most poverty vloggers: 'Don’t Visit This Egyptian Ghetto!' and 'Avoiding Guerillas on Peru’s Deadliest Road' became the new blueprint, while his views ballooned into the millions.

Now after building a following of some four million subscribers, Caz is flipping the script from thinly veiled travel exploitation to overt racism — with a little help from generative AI.

In a 36-minute YouTube video titled Avoid This Place in London,' Caz braves the London borough of Croydon, where 36.2 percent of residents are immigrants. Of course, he only does so with his trusted goon Leo in tow, who’s notably much smaller than Caz himself.

As shock vlogs go, it’s pretty unremarkable. The influencer spouts off some obnoxious missives about crime and immigration, referring to non-white people running errands as 'interesting characters.' What is remarkable is the video’s thumbnail, which shows Caz walking down a street flanked by storefronts with signage in Arabic script. A man passing by on a bike is also shown clad in a black balaclava, mean mugging Caz as he films.

Yet as the social media account Right Wing Cope observed, the same frame in the video bears little resemblance to the one in the preview. As it turns out, both the store signs are in English, and the menacing biker was actually a smiling Black guy — a sure sign of an image doctored with generative AI.

(. . .)

Back in September, *Futurism* reported on the rise of pro-white, anti-immigrant AI slop in the UK. As generative AI has become more accessible, these images have gained prominence as a tool for right-wing propagandists to stir up anti-immigrant vitriol throughout the country.

Caz’ thumbnail is a prime example of this — a piece of media altered with AI to spread the gospel of reactionary bigotry, slipping into millions of social media feeds without a second thought."

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/immigrant-influencer-ai-racism

"The purpose of propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human."

-- Aldous Huxley

#politics#Propaganda#FascistAmeriKKKa#Nazis#Tyranny#OrangeTyrant#Racism #misogyny #bigots

"The purpose of propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human."

-- Aldous Huxley

#politics#Propaganda#FascistAmeriKKKa#Nazis#Tyranny#OrangeTyrant#Racism #misogyny #bigots