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Billy Smith

BillySmith@social.coop

<p>I&#39;m an engineer/musician/artist/designer/bricoleur/womble. :D</p><p>Now blogging at <a href="https://write.as/billysmith/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">write.as/billysmith/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Currently working on <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OSHW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OSHW</span></a> for the primary industry sectors; <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Agriculture</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Aquaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aquaculture</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Energy</span></a>, <a href="https

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    Ed Zitron being his usually-blunt self on The Tech Report today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B07mYv-IeU8 One point that Ed made stands out for me. &quot;We are not talking about the technology. We are talking about the financial engineering.&quot; I saw the same thing in 1999/2000/2001, where start-up&#39;s that seemed vaguely sensible started playing the stock market, instead of running the core business, as playing the stock market had become their core business... 🤦 #AI #AIBubbl...

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    Listening to more podcasts about the cognitive effects of LLM-use on their users, reminds me of what happens when someone is promoted into a supervisory role, so their direct skills start to atrophy. The real problem with AI is that it&amp;#39;s turning us all into middle managers! 🤣 #ai #aiproblems #aieffects

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    Just signed: https://goodlawproject.org/petition/stand-in-solidarity-with-jason-arday/ #solidarity

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    @brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net And the technology already exists in fully FLOSS form: https://coopcloud.tech/

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    Local elections in the UK today. :D Remember to vote. :D #uk #ukpolitics

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    @rootwyrm@weird.autos @davidgerard@circumstances.run @atax1a@infosec.exchange This is why the insurance companies are refusing to provide cover for anything made with AI.

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    I just emailed my MP asking them to attend Monday&amp;#39;s briefing on Palantir and the NHS contracts. If you are in the UK, please ask your MP to attend. More details heree: https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ask-your-mp-to-attend-the-past-present-and-future-of-our-nhss-330m-contract-with-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir/ #Palantir #NHS #TheyWorkForUs

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    @NohatCoder @cstross All the way through. Up to and including all of the people receiving stock bonuses, and, stockholders receiving dividends. being charged with receiving the proceeds of crime, and being bankrupted. If the evidence was deleted, then it gets treated in court as harshly as it currently does. The corporate veil should not exist if crime has been commited. And, Yes, I am looking at you, Fujitsu. #fujitsu #RoyalMail #PostOffice

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    @cstross@wandering.shop I beleive you described this situation in one of your planning docs for the Torment Nexus. :D

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    @cstross@wandering.shop @TimWardCam@c.im Those are for the criminal charges. These are also required by the bank&#39;s insurance company that covers the bank against losses from fraud.

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    @cstross@wandering.shop @davecb@hachyderm.io @thehomespundays@triangletoot.party I was looking at them before I found out about the Nazi crap. :|

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    @cstross@wandering.shop @philipcball.bsky.social @Lazarou@mastodon.social It&#39;s compilers all the way down... :D