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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 04:22:16 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

   “The current generation of AI technology is fundamentally about reproducing old patterns, yet it is marketed as a source of truth, wisdom, and impartiality,” EFF’s Kit Walsh told Phil Mandelbaum for @CrooksandLiars. “This is deeply harmful.”
   https://crooksandliars.com/2024/10/ai-destroying-democracy

   • George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 04:31:59 JST George Dinwiddie

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     @eff @CrooksandLiars
     I believe this article to be overly optimistic on the benefits.

   • Brian Dear (brianstorms@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 04:35:25 JST Brian Dear

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     @eff @CrooksandLiars

     RULE: Wherever and whenever the media say “AI” replace with “AI companies”

   • J Λ M Ξ S (jmsdnns@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 04:58:11 JST J Λ M Ξ S

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     @eff @CrooksandLiars another interesting way to frame it is as a nostalgia generation machine. then all the social theories about nostalgia apply too

   • Leta_Darnell (moral_gutpunch@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 06:20:44 JST Leta_Darnell

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     @eff @CrooksandLiars Ai is USED to destroy democracy.

   • івась тарасик (tivasyk@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 07:01:20 JST івась тарасик

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     #quote | «What makes the emergence of artificial intelligence especially dangerous is the fact that its technologies, funding, algorithms and infrastructure are controlled by a tiny group of people and organizations».

     worth reading.

     https://crooksandliars.com/2024/10/ai-destroying-democracy