[nonostantement #295] - technodictators / be my ai / fbi agents & face recognition
Now with MORE neurons!
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Ciao, questa parte oggi la scrivo in italiano che tanto non la legge nessuno. Mi chiamano Joele (il link rimanda al mio profilo linkedin, social che sembrava piacermi, fino a quando non è diventato praticamente insopportabile).
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[Video] - Aldous Huxley on Technodictators
"If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the ruled"Inside the Intercontinental in Kabul, the luxury hotel run by the Taliban
The Intercontinental in Kabul was Afghanistan's first luxury hotel. Once the site of legendary parties, the hotel is now in the hands of the Taliban, and their fighters are supposed to work with outsiders.Emoji
"What the hell are these things, and why are they in your phone? Short answer? Japanese high school girls. Long answer? Read on."‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year
Gender inequality and discrimination impede timely diagnoses and quality care for women around the world, says report24 hours in an invisible epidemic
Watch 24 hours of an American day, and the invisible crisis hiding in plain sight[Video] - It's time to replace urban delivery vans
E-bikes are cleaner, and safer. So why aren’t we using them?
#TECH
This Is How A.I. Ruins the Internet
Why the development of artificial intelligence might result in greater pollution of our digital public spaces.Amazon Has Become a One-Click Nightmare
If shopping on the site feels different now, that’s because it is.Announcing ‘Be My AI,’ Soon Available for Hundreds of Thousands of Be My Eyes Users
Be My Eyes’ AI assistant, powered by GPT-4, is rolling out to hundreds of thousands of iOS users over the next several weeks.How two photographers captured the same millisecond in time
After being accused of stealing one another's photo, Ron Risman and Eric Gendron, both from New England, learned that they had captured the exact same millisecond in time, from the same location, using different cameras, to create virtually identical images.Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI
Stephen King, Zadie Smith, and Michael Pollan are among thousands of writers whose copyrighted works are being used to train large language models.
#SOCIALMEDIA
Delay distracting apps and websites
one sec forces you to take a deep breath whenever you open social media apps. It’s as simple as effective: Friction removes instant gratification and makes distracting apps less appealing.How LinkedIn Got Weird
Divorce, trouble peeing, and stealing hotel food: Why did a job network become everyone's favorite place for oversharing?
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Inside Hindu nationalists’ vast digital campaign to inflame India
India’s BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and affiliated Hindu nationalist groups have perfected using social media to spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation beyond India’s borders.AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo
More than 20 Spanish girls in the small town of Almendralejo have so far come forward as victims.The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died
Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.FBI Agents Are Using Face Recognition Without Proper Training
The FBI makes heavy use of face recognition services like that of controversial startup Clearview AI, but 95 percent of the agents using them haven’t completed training on the technology.Counterfeit Louis Vuitton bag makers are selling their knockoffs with full TikTok live runway shows
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