Notices by Molly White (molly0xfff@hachyderm.io), page 2

The "effective altruism" and "effective accelerationism" ideologies that have been cropping up in AI debates are just a thin veneer over the typical blend of Silicon Valley techno-utopianism, inflated egos, and greed. Let's try something else.

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/effective-obfuscation

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIEthics #EffectiveAltruism #EffectiveAccelerationism #newsletter #CitationNeeded

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[hacker voice]: i'm in

i appreciate whoever writes the @signalapp release notes

New report out from the Bank of International Settlements: "cryptoassets have so far not reduced but rather amplified the financial risks in less developed economies."

https://bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap138.htm

#crypto #cryptocurrency

i don't know why it's taken me this long to make a web3 bingo card

welcome to the #crypto industry, where the bar is on the floor

*chefkiss*

i love how "just make it a DAO" has become the solution to any complicated governance question, despite DAOs broadly not being good for even fairly simple governance

Feedly is really out here pretending they didn't just advertise "track[ing] strikes that pose a risk to company assets"

#Feedly

see ya, feedly. shameful stuff.

#rss #feedly

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Reminiscing on when I pissed off venture capitalists with an offhand remark on Crypto Critics' Corner that VCs are not good for society with a new essay about the meltdown around Silicon Valley Bank: https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-venture-capitalists-dilemma

"it's not like we can put the genie back in the bottle! 🤷" – VC who stands to profit massively from the release of the genie, and who has worked tirelessly to release said genie

happy gender pay gap bot day to all who celebrate

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023

once again begging these people to talk to even just one woman before creating their system where people are supposed to record their daily whereabouts and movements to a blockchain

i haven't gotten around to sewing this on my jacket yet but maybe i'll pin it to my pajamas tonight just in casies