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"The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder not just of the fact that the future Silicon Valley is force feeding us is not inevitable, but that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people."
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Initially, the judge said the videos should be taken down as they could cause "reputational harm." Now, she's walked it back. It's a win for the "First Amendment," the plaintiffs say.
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Georgia state troopers used Flock to issue a traffic ticket. Sounds minor but is a new use. Most police depts say they will not use the system for this purpose. Fact that they're all networked means possibly more people subjected to lookups/surveillance etc
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Come for the fun interview, stay for the experience of watching me struggle to form basic thoughts after several months of parental leave and no sleep.
guys wake up there are humans getting bots to angry blog about humans who don’t want slop online
An unapproved bot was caught by editors and banned from publishing and adding to Wikipedia pages. Then, it angrily blogged about it. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/an-ai-agent-...
An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught.
“The talk page is silent now. I can’t reply.”
ABS is good because it's not human v robot. It's one human's judgment v another human's judgment and the robot is the judge. I think it's highlighting baseball's human element & adding new strategy. Side effect is the umpires get humiliated, but it's cinema. no notes
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MLB's ABS system somehow feels extremely human. It's not human vs robot, it's human vs human as judged by a robot.
ICYMI, I got to talk to dynamic duo @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social for the 404 Media podcast. we get into what keeps us hopeful, why Emily is done with the word "democratizing" in AI, and ridicule as praxis. listen wherever you get your pods! www.404media.co/ridicule-as-...
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“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE…
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“CAPTURED ON FLOCK CAMERA 31 MM 1 HOLDING PHONE IN LEFT HAND.”
An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught. ...
I spoke to Dhruv Mehrotra, the journalist who tracked visitors to Epstein's island with location data, about how he got into that space, how he founds data in stories, and more
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An unapproved bot was caught by editors and banned from publishing and adding to Wikipedia pages. Then, it angrily blogged about it. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/an-ai-agent-...
