Happy Petrov day to those who celebrate. 41 years ago today (September 26) Stanislav Petrov helped avoid nuclear disaster because he didn’t trust a computer. I wrote two years ago about some concrete takeaways from his story.
https://axbom.com/lessons-from-stanislav-petrov/
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Höll nästan på att glömma att det är Petrov-dagen idag.
Stanislav Petrov avvärjde en kärnvapenkatastrof idag för 41 år sedan. Tack vare att han inte litade på en dator. Jag skrev om några lärdomar av detta förra året.
https://axbom.se/stanislav-petrov/
CTO Mina Murati is leaving OpenAI.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254431/openai-cto-mira-murati-leaving
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Just realised I wrote a quick guide to Kill the Newsletter in 2019, with an infographic. 😊
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@fasterandworse I don't like this at all. In the same page they're saying they've "estimated" that they are not significantly increasing their footprint while at the same time saying they have no way of knowing. It's absurd.
@simonrjones Good stuff. Gave me a lot more insight into what's really going on, thank you!
@joho Your guess is as good as mine. At the moment I'm just blown away by his behavior. He didn't go the litigation route (likely because there is nothing there), he went with the shakedown strategy.
Good morning. Today will be about understanding more about the Wordpress vs. WP Engine drama and threats.
«Automattic’s CEO Matthew Mullenweg threatened that if WP Engine did not agree to pay Automattic – his for-profit entity – a very large sum of money before his September 20th keynote address at the WordCamp US Convention, he was going to embark on a self-described “scorched earth nuclear approach”»
WP Engine's law firm's letter to Automattic, including printouts of Matt Mullenweg's threats (PDF): https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cease-and-Desist-Letter-to-Automattic-and-Request-to-Preserve-Documents-Sent.pdf (via Hacker News)
#Wordpress
Mullenweg is doubling down and Automattic has now sent its own cease-and-desist to WP Engine. It’s a slow tennis match this, so will likely carry on for a while.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/legal-ping-pong-in-the-wordpress-world-continues-automattic-now-sends-wp-engine-a-cease-and-desist-letter-alleging-trademark-infringement/
#Wordpress #WPEngine
If you're still following along, it does appear as if Matt Mullenweg has gone full Elon Musk, and the paper trail of documentation just keeps on growing.
"TL;DR: Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of Automattic, co-founder of WordPress, and single point of failure for WordPress.org is trying to bully me with legal threats over my commentary regarding his recent behavior."
https://medium.com/@kelliepeterson/nice-guy-matt-mullenweg-ceo-of-wordpress-com-cries-foul-and-threatens-me-with-legal-action-f116ac57d862
Det går snabbt utför med våra rättigheter. Jag tror inte de flesta förstått hur mycket lagar den här regeringen ändrat.
Janne Flyghed, professor emeritus i kriminologi på Stockholms universitet, är inte imponerad:
"Som det ser ut nu är det så in i helvete skrämmande hur långt det har gått. Jag har under 40 år följt den här utvecklingen, och sagt de senaste tio åren att vi har en rättsstat på ett sluttande plan. Nu har vi en rättsstat i fritt fall. Vi har grova integritetskränkande tvångsmedel även mot icke misstänkta personer, och det är absurt att man ska behöva bevittna det i något som kallas för en demokrati."
https://www.flamman.se/enklare-for-polisen-att-avlyssna-en-rattsstat-i-fritt-fall/
@patrickcentral Definitely. And I'd expect you to. Even if you weren't a UX professional.
But in my mind it's then not okay to ALSO be fine with using "AI" tools that exist because they scraped people's content without consent and without any option to opt out.
It's specifically the combination of conflicting standpoints I am commenting on. Many of the people I see "take issue" with LinkedIn's practices don't appear to mind using tools that stole other people's content without telling anyone.
I’m sorry but you can’t both be outraged at LinkedIn using your content for machine learning and also continue to happily use a plethora of “AI” tools trained using other people’s content without consent.
@edbro Wow, I'd forgotten about this talk, thanks for reminding me. Love it so much!
I changed my company postal address on my VPS provider’s website. This sent a confirmation email to me. Which sent my auto-reply about being on sick leave back to them. Which created a support ticket. Which created confusion in their system about why I created a support ticket.I got a reply to that ticket that would appear to be AI-generated. The automated reply-tool couldn’t figure out what my question was. 😅
So many bots are going to be just arguing with each other in perpetuity.
So many myths to dispel…
“Marketers use control myths to propose the benefits of this technology, while designers use metaphors to make alien technologies seem more intuitive. [This gives] a flawed understanding of how they work and when and how to use them.”
https://www.techpolicy.press/challenging-the-myths-of-generative-ai/
@simons Haha, det håller jag med om. 😁 Jag ville framför allt snabbt dela med mig av att jag hittat lösningen, och kredda källan.
I honestly think I'd be ready to pay to never be nagged to rate an app again. 😳
Update: Wait! It's possible to disable those annoying popups! How did I not know this:
https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-disable-app-ratings-pop-ups-on-iphone
Den hänsynslösa lotteri-försäljningen som gynnar Socialdemokraterna är för jävlig och det är avskyvärt att utnyttja äldre personer på det sättet som tidningarna beskriver.
Eftersom det hela tiden nämns i rapporteringen att det finns anmälningar till Konsumentverket tycker jag det hör till transparent rapportering att nämna följande: i Konsumentverkets diarium finns 24 anmälningar mot Kombispel och 102 anmälningar mot Dagens nyheter. 173 anmälningar mot Dagens industri.
Hur bedömer man relevansen av ärenden hos Konsumentverket? Kombispel är långt ifrån de enda som har säljare som utnyttjar och bedrar människor som har svårt att säga nej, som har svårt att förstå vad de går med på. Det är en epidemi av bondfångeri. Jag skulle vilja se en reportage-serie.
Men tidningarna granskar aldrig varandra i denna fråga. Fortfarande mer än fyra år efter att jag skrev mitt första avslöjande om Dagens industri får jag, om än inte varje vecka längre, mejl från förtvivlade människor som sitter fast i årslånga bindningstider de aldrig förstått att de gått med på.
Det är en vida utbredd människofientlig säljkultur som måste kväsas.
Men försäljningen gynnar ju tidningarnas ekonomi, så vem fasen ska kritisera det så att det märks.
https://axbom.se/dagens-industri-konsumentverket/
P.S. Jag fattar att det är särskilt allvarligt att ett demokratiskt parti beter sig på det här sättet. Men det är nog bra att inte heller glömma medias roll i en demokrati. Och hur de agerar när vi har möjlighet att synliggöra ett skadligt samhällsproblem.
@stephenpa Happy birthday Stephen! Your Mental Notes cards are how I first came to know you 😊
Small changes in perspective can have a huge impact on thinking. Listened to Chris Germer on an event by the Global Compassion Coalition yesterday, and he talked about seeing meditation practice not as something you are doing, or something you must work to set aside time for, but rather as a gift you are receiving. That really made it click for me.