It is often said that a “wave” or “tsunami” of technological change is heading our way. These metaphors are powerful because they shape our sense of what is reasonable, and what is unreasonable. What does AI as a "wave" imply is a reasonable course of action? (1/...)
Incredible @jack-thrower.bsky.social chart here for @thepointau.bsky.social - the # of utes FAR exceeds the number of tradies and farmers in Aus
These are land-based luxury private jets, fossil-fuelled,heavily subsidised by the gov't and justified on flimsy pretence
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
The world is getting happier. Western teenagers are not. Social media isn’t the root cause. Light use is fine. Heavy use hurts, but only as an amplifier. The real issue is a loss of real-world belonging. Feeling part of a school or community matters far more than screen time. buff.ly/TNpG5wA
Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱
So when someone offers a breezy “glass half full” take on a prolonged Hormuz closure, what they’re really saying is:
the people who can’t afford to bid for fuel can just go without.
That’s not optimism.
That’s moral detachment. The unlucky 7 Billion have names and families.
please stop booing I have a lot of speech to go
My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos.
- Seemingly magical properties
- Developed and experimented with to make endless products
- Poisoned countless communities in it's creation
- Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now
Sarah O'Connor
Ketan Joshi
Another Lego life raft has surfaced, nearly 30 years after it fell into the sea. This one was found last week by Belgian fisherman Diego Vandierendonck, who hauled it up in his nets while fishing south of the Isles of Scilly. Picture credit: Diego Vandierendonck.
THIS IS FINE 🔥🪑🐶☕
One video shows a hacker asking Meta’s AI support bot to link the target account with a new email. The AI sends an 8-digit code to the attacker’s email address, which the attacker uses to get a password reset email – and access to the account
Simon Kuestenmacher
I thought this pro-AI speech was bound to be a hit.
www.theatlantic.com
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
