@bpedro
> it’s always been like that
Yup, we never should have started using them under the premises they dictated.
@bpedro
What I am highlighting though is everyone's option to not use their services. If private conversations aren't stored there, they will have nothing to turn over. I'd argue that a service like Signal, for example, is a much preferred option.
If there was ever a reason for humankind to finally ditch Meta’s products (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) – as well as Google’s range of products – it may be this:
Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers
https://www.businessinsider.com/police-getting-help-social-media-to-prosecute-people-seeking-abortions-2023-2
⚠️ re: question abot swedish
@Stoori Oh fantastic. The one context that won't actually give any clues! 😁
⚠️ re: question abot swedish
@Stoori
If the door would indeed slide upwards, the wording would more likely be "dörren glider uppåt". The word "glider" contributes to confusion here I think, but it could just as likely be the door opening in a normal way (outwards from the wall), just more slowly and covertly. I had never thought about this much so it was an interesting question 😊.
Swedish is very weird sometimes. I can't immediately think of a similar use of "glider" in another context. Sometimes people "glider in i rummet" and it kind of signifies that they enter the room almost unnoticeably, or they do it in a smooth way. Can't really say out of context.
@danhon And it turns out a significant part of humanity can not. 😬
This is long read but truly worth it. Also, more people just need to listen to @emilymbender and take to heart what she is trying to help everyone understand.
”You Are Not a Parrot And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.”
This was honestly my favorite part though:
« Bender remains particularly fond of an alternative name for AI proposed by a former member of the Italian Parliament: “Systematic Approaches to Learning Algorithms and Machine Inferences.” Then people would be out here asking, “Is this SALAMI intelligent? Can this SALAMI write a novel? Does this SALAMI deserve human rights?” »
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbots-emily-m-bender.html
@atomicpoet @fediversenews
Good one. It blows my mind how often I click one of these articles these days and my infographic is the chosen illustration. I’m obviously glad, but also truly surprised by how broadly it appears to have spread.
Thanks for thinking of that Matt. I did move to Akkoma because I feel it is superior to Mastodon, at least for my purposes. The interface, search, threading… it just does what I want and expect. Perhaps I especially like that it doesn’t remind me of Twitter 😅
That said, it does require a bit of technical know-how to self-host and the available public instances for non-Mastodon software in general are not plentiful. Also, I still call it my ”Mastodon” username for people to understand how to follow me. The language does constrain expectations and doesn’t encourage exploration.
I think this will be different in a year or two when there will be more hosts offering a selection of Fediverse services. That’s perhaps where I would like to see the most movement.
I agree completely with mcc’s observation about apps. But I’m also a person who rarely installs apps when web interfaces just work well and do the job.
So many different types of software already do exist and more people should be trying them out. Don’t know if you’ve seen my infographic with links to the variety of services: The many branches of the Fediverse.
@technursejon
I feel like it’s getting worse by the day. The same people who said it was cringeworthy that a Google employee thought a language model was sentient are talking about a new language model as if it is sentient. I’m having a really hard time reconciling with this media reluctance to understand, and explain, what is truly going on.
It’s a glorified auto-complete. Do stop talking about it as if it is ”reasoning” or ”explaining”. Or even ”apologizing”.
In case you missed it, Sheryl Cababa's Rosenfeld Media book on systems thinking, Closing the Loop, just came out! It's a really great read for understanding how to apply a more holistic approach to your everyday design work. In my case I really appreciate how these methods assist in mitigating many potentially harmful outcomes.
You can listen to Sheryl talk about some of the concepts in her book on UX Podcast:
Avsnitt 4 av Omtanke ligger ute. Jag har läst in mina spaningar gällande AI-genererad litteratur.
"Finns där poddar finns", brukar det heta. Direktlänkar till olika platser att lyssna på finns på den länkade sidan. Säg till om du saknar din favorit:
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Fjärde avsnittet av Omtanke ligger ute. Jag har läst in mina spaningar gällande AI-genererad litteratur.
"Finns där poddar finns", brukar det heta. Direktlänkar till olika platser att lyssna på finns på den länkade sidan. Säg till om du saknar din favorit: https://omtanke.axbom.se/subscribe
@qualitychaos Nice, you managed to disrupt the filter. Thanks for sharing.
Observation: I've experienced more viral blog posts since I left Twitter last May than I had being on Twitter for 15 years prior to that.
Anyway, my server's CPU usage literally went "off the chart" or "through the roof" today (see picture) and I don't think that's happened before 😂
This happened in connection with Eugen boosting my post about TikTok filters. The affected service is my Ghost blog.
This Akkoma instance that I'm using for my Fediverse presence I've put on a separate server, which I'm learning now was a good call.
@LukasBrausch
Wow that song is too good...! 😬
@selea Ja den fick sig lite skrämselhicka tydligen. Det var en ganska spetsig linje i statistiken! 😅
@karllouis Have you been able to reach it now? I do think my site was overloaded with traffic at one point.
@pippa Have you been able to reach it now? I think my site was overloaded with traffic at one point.