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@inthehands<\/a>
Is
@KimPerales<\/a> a bot? Reading through the timeline it feels like it...<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/users\/rlcw\/statuses\/114910338378238300","object":{"id":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/users\/rlcw\/statuses\/114910338378238300","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a>
Is
@KimPerales<\/a> a bot? Reading through the timeline it feels like it...<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/@rlcw\/114910338378238300","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908895583178689","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908895583178689"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10600384","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T21:41:28+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/@rlcw\/114910338378238300"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@rlcw<\/a> @KimPerales<\/a> <\/p>

Not at all! Just doing quick summaries of news articles, that\u2019s all.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114910378590082925","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114910378590082925","objectType":"note","content":"

@rlcw<\/a> @KimPerales<\/a> <\/p>

Not at all! Just doing quick summaries of news articles, that\u2019s all.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/10600385","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/users\/rlcw\/statuses\/114910338378238300","url":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/@rlcw\/114910338378238300"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/users\/rlcw"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10600385","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T21:41:26+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/10600385"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/earth2marsh","displayName":"Marsh Gardiner \ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udc1d\ud83d\udd27","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216116-original-tmp20231121051834.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216116-96-20240206072959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216116-48-20240206072959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216116-24-20240206072959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"216116"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216116-96-20240206072959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"A frood who really knows where his towel is. All my words are pun-intentional. (Yes, I'm a word-bender.) "He is a curious fellow," they say.I \u2665 APIs","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@earth2marsh","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"earth2marsh","displayName":"Marsh Gardiner \ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udc1d\ud83d\udd27","note":"A frood who really knows where his towel is. All my words are pun-intentional. (Yes, I'm a word-bender.) "He is a curious fellow," they say.I \u2665 APIs"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> \u2026 and they already claimed an an unfair share, so why not stop the game while they have a high score? <\/p>

Finite vs infinite thinking strikes again.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/earth2marsh\/statuses\/114909890601879353","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/earth2marsh\/statuses\/114909890601879353","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> \u2026 and they already claimed an an unfair share, so why not stop the game while they have a high score? <\/p>

Finite vs infinite thinking strikes again.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@earth2marsh\/114909890601879353","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114909738802556717","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114909738802556717"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10599314","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T19:36:23+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@earth2marsh\/114909890601879353"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

In the fable of the goose that lays the golden eggs, the greedy people kill the goose because they want all the gold at once.<\/p>

The thing that really gets me about \u2022this\u2022\u00a0moment is that the oligarchs aren\u2019t even doing that. They\u2019re killing the magical goose because they don\u2019t like what color it is, and besides they think it has an uppity attitude.<\/p>

Yes, there\u2019s the fantasy stories about infinite AI prosperity, but that\u2019s BS and they know it. Once the goose is dead and it turns out there\u2019s no gold inside, once US economic and tech success is just torn scraps and memories, these people are 100% going to say \u201cwell at least that damn goose is dead.\u201d<\/p>

3\/2<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114909738802556717","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114909738802556717","objectType":"note","content":"

In the fable of the goose that lays the golden eggs, the greedy people kill the goose because they want all the gold at once.<\/p>

The thing that really gets me about \u2022this\u2022\u00a0moment is that the oligarchs aren\u2019t even doing that. They\u2019re killing the magical goose because they don\u2019t like what color it is, and besides they think it has an uppity attitude.<\/p>

Yes, there\u2019s the fantasy stories about infinite AI prosperity, but that\u2019s BS and they know it. Once the goose is dead and it turns out there\u2019s no gold inside, once US economic and tech success is just torn scraps and memories, these people are 100% going to say \u201cwell at least that damn goose is dead.\u201d<\/p>

3\/2<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114909738802556717","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908903607525567","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908903607525567"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10599014","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T18:58:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114909738802556717"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus","displayName":"Jenniferplusplus","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-original-tmp20230921135852.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-96-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-48-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-24-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"175590"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-96-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"trans lesbianstaff software engineerdevops, reliability, resilience, sociotechnical systemsalso, that gay shitWas @jenniferplusplus","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jenniferplusplus","displayName":"Jenniferplusplus","note":"trans lesbianstaff software engineerdevops, reliability, resilience, sociotechnical systemsalso, that gay shitWas @jenniferplusplus"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> I'm also not claiming that there are no positive uses, except in the narrow case of the actual products that come to mind when we talk about AI. Large language models definitely have some positive uses. Likely many uses that would more than justify their creation, if it were not so extractive and resource intensive, which is very possible. ChatGPT, the privately controlled plausible fiction generator, does not.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus\/statuses\/114909049419224140","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus\/statuses\/114909049419224140","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> I'm also not claiming that there are no positive uses, except in the narrow case of the actual products that come to mind when we talk about AI. Large language models definitely have some positive uses. Likely many uses that would more than justify their creation, if it were not so extractive and resource intensive, which is very possible. ChatGPT, the privately controlled plausible fiction generator, does not.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus\/114909049419224140","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908997468462419","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908997468462419"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10597692","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T16:55:55+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus\/114909049419224140"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales","displayName":"Kim Perales","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/119120-original-tmp20250313202735.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/119120-96-20250313204020.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/119120-48-20250313211700.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/119120-24-20250314000355.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"119120"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/119120-96-20250313204020.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Californian with a wide variety of interests, but since 2016, seeking justice, democratic norms, improving public: education & health, access to the arts, inclusivity, ethics in government, finance & business, human rights, IMM, ENVIR & worker protections, accountability for the oligarch criminality in the US & helping America turn blue.","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@KimPerales","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"KimPerales","displayName":"Kim Perales","note":"Californian with a wide variety of interests, but since 2016, seeking justice, democratic norms, improving public: education & health, access to the arts, inclusivity, ethics in government, finance & business, human rights, IMM, ENVIR & worker protections, accountability for the oligarch criminality in the US & helping America turn blue."}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a>
I was simply summarizing the article.<\/p>

I disagree with the Tech leaders' authoritarian & dystopian AI plan for world domination.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales\/statuses\/114909101193463095","object":{"id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales\/statuses\/114909101193463095","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a>
I was simply summarizing the article.<\/p>

I disagree with the Tech leaders' authoritarian & dystopian AI plan for world domination.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@KimPerales\/114909101193463095","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908895583178689","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908895583178689"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10597400","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T16:18:10+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@KimPerales\/114909101193463095"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@KimPerales<\/a>
Understood! What I meant by \u201cpeace to Kim\u201d was that this is not a criticism of you, but of the language wherever it might come from.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114909111139090660","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114909111139090660","objectType":"note","content":"

@KimPerales<\/a>
Understood! What I meant by \u201cpeace to Kim\u201d was that this is not a criticism of you, but of the language wherever it might come from.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114909111139090660","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales\/statuses\/114909101193463095","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@KimPerales\/114909101193463095"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10597401","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T16:18:09+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114909111139090660"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/lingo.lol\/users\/thedansimonson","displayName":"\u041b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e \u0445\u043b\u0435\u0431","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/179348-original-tmp20230926033827.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/179348-96-20230926034743.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/179348-48-20230926034743.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/179348-24-20230926034743.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"179348"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/179348-96-20230926034743.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"#nlproc phd. computational linguiost. disaster artist. computer wizard. bike commuter. opinion haver. under construction. he\/him \ud83c\udf39","url":"https:\/\/lingo.lol\/@thedansimonson","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"thedansimonson","displayName":"\u041b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e \u0445\u043b\u0435\u0431","note":"#nlproc phd. computational linguiost. disaster artist. computer wizard. bike commuter. opinion haver. under construction. he\/him \ud83c\udf39"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> @mmasnick<\/a> \u201cHere\u2019s what the \u201cjust let tech bros run everything\u201d crowd fundamentally misunderstands about how innovation actually works: It requires exactly the kind of chaotic, unpredictable, open ecosystem that authoritarianism systematically destroys.\u201d<\/p>

Rudolf Rocker\u2019s \u201cNationalism and Culture\u201d is a fantastic deep dive into this very topic. It definitely was a perspective changing book.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/lingo.lol\/users\/thedansimonson\/statuses\/114908985046654456","object":{"id":"https:\/\/lingo.lol\/users\/thedansimonson\/statuses\/114908985046654456","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> @mmasnick<\/a> \u201cHere\u2019s what the \u201cjust let tech bros run everything\u201d crowd fundamentally misunderstands about how innovation actually works: It requires exactly the kind of chaotic, unpredictable, open ecosystem that authoritarianism systematically destroys.\u201d<\/p>

Rudolf Rocker\u2019s \u201cNationalism and Culture\u201d is a fantastic deep dive into this very topic. It definitely was a perspective changing book.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/lingo.lol\/@thedansimonson\/114908985046654456","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908903607525567","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908903607525567"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/mmasnick"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10597271","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T15:58:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/lingo.lol\/@thedansimonson\/114908985046654456"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@jenniferplusplus<\/a>
Under current conditions, I generally agree. We differ slightly: I don\u2019t try to argue that positive uses can\u2019t possibly exist. That\u2019s an argument that\u2019s too easy to endlessly poke at, and I don\u2019t strictly believe it either. Does \u2022some\u2022 positive use exist? Sure. Maybe. Whatever. The negative uses and the costs, especially under current conditions, so \u2022vastly\u2022 outweigh the positives \u2014 by orders of magnitude! \u2014 that the positives are no real defense.<\/p>

Fossil fuels in the 1920s might be a comparison. Fossil fuels if we had widespread public clarity about climate change and lead poisoning even at the time.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908997468462419","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908997468462419","objectType":"note","content":"

@jenniferplusplus<\/a>
Under current conditions, I generally agree. We differ slightly: I don\u2019t try to argue that positive uses can\u2019t possibly exist. That\u2019s an argument that\u2019s too easy to endlessly poke at, and I don\u2019t strictly believe it either. Does \u2022some\u2022 positive use exist? Sure. Maybe. Whatever. The negative uses and the costs, especially under current conditions, so \u2022vastly\u2022 outweigh the positives \u2014 by orders of magnitude! \u2014 that the positives are no real defense.<\/p>

Fossil fuels in the 1920s might be a comparison. Fossil fuels if we had widespread public clarity about climate change and lead poisoning even at the time.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908997468462419","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus\/statuses\/114908955353533845","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus\/114908955353533845"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10597193","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T15:49:15+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908997468462419"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus","displayName":"Jenniferplusplus","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-original-tmp20230921135852.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-96-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-48-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-24-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"175590"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-96-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"trans lesbianstaff software engineerdevops, reliability, resilience, sociotechnical systemsalso, that gay shitWas @jenniferplusplus","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jenniferplusplus","displayName":"Jenniferplusplus","note":"trans lesbianstaff software engineerdevops, reliability, resilience, sociotechnical systemsalso, that gay shitWas @jenniferplusplus"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> honestly, I struggle to find any other uses for the things we're calling AI.<\/p>

People are very quick to defend the component elements of the technology, for some reason. But as it exists in the real human world with real social and political dynamics, that's what AI does.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus\/statuses\/114908955353533845","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus\/statuses\/114908955353533845","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> honestly, I struggle to find any other uses for the things we're calling AI.<\/p>

People are very quick to defend the component elements of the technology, for some reason. But as it exists in the real human world with real social and political dynamics, that's what AI does.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus\/114908955353533845","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908943821248663","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908943821248663"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10597113","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T15:38:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus\/114908955353533845"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@jenniferplusplus<\/a> @KimPerales<\/a>
I mean, yeah, sure, if \u201cleadership in AI\u201d means \u201cleadership in techno-authoritarianism,\u201d then it\u2019s spot on.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908943821248663","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908943821248663","objectType":"note","content":"

@jenniferplusplus<\/a> @KimPerales<\/a>
I mean, yeah, sure, if \u201cleadership in AI\u201d means \u201cleadership in techno-authoritarianism,\u201d then it\u2019s spot on.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908943821248663","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus\/statuses\/114908921538841057","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus\/114908921538841057"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10597090","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T15:35:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908943821248663"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus","displayName":"Jenniferplusplus","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-original-tmp20230921135852.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-96-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-48-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-24-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"175590"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/175590-96-20230921135917.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"trans lesbianstaff software engineerdevops, reliability, resilience, sociotechnical systemsalso, that gay shitWas @jenniferplusplus","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jenniferplusplus","displayName":"Jenniferplusplus","note":"trans lesbianstaff software engineerdevops, reliability, resilience, sociotechnical systemsalso, that gay shitWas @jenniferplusplus"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> @KimPerales<\/a> that very much depends on what the purpose of AI is. If it's to codify, reproduce, and shape what things are knowable and expressable, and to put that power in the hands of specific people, then this seems right in line with that.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus\/statuses\/114908921538841057","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/jenniferplusplus\/statuses\/114908921538841057","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> @KimPerales<\/a> that very much depends on what the purpose of AI is. If it's to codify, reproduce, and shape what things are knowable and expressable, and to put that power in the hands of specific people, then this seems right in line with that.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus\/114908921538841057","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908895583178689","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908895583178689"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10597044","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T15:30:43+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@jenniferplusplus\/114908921538841057"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

This piece from @mmasnick<\/a> that does a magnificent job of explaining this. The longstanding US strength in technology and innovation is coming to a rapid and catastrophic end right before our eyes. It\u2019s self-inflected, it\u2019s immoral, it\u2019s horrifying, it\u2019s stupid, and it\u2019s utterly preventable.<\/p>

2\/2<\/p>

https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2025\/07\/17\/fascism-for-first-time-founders\/<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908903607525567","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908903607525567","objectType":"note","content":"

This piece from @mmasnick<\/a> that does a magnificent job of explaining this. The longstanding US strength in technology and innovation is coming to a rapid and catastrophic end right before our eyes. It\u2019s self-inflected, it\u2019s immoral, it\u2019s horrifying, it\u2019s stupid, and it\u2019s utterly preventable.<\/p>

2\/2<\/p>

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I strongly object (with peace to @KimPerales<\/a>!) to that first sentence.<\/p>

This is self-destruction. This is NOT how the US \u201censures the US maintains a leading role in the AI race.\u201d Even if you are all roses and rainbows about AI, this isn\u2019t how any kind of leadership or innovation works.<\/p>

This \u2014 every part of this \u2014 is destroying the very things that put the US in this tech leadership position in the first place.<\/p>

1\/2 https:\/\/toad.social\/@KimPerales\/114908466460356102<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908895583178689","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/114908895583178689","objectType":"note","content":"

I strongly object (with peace to @KimPerales<\/a>!) to that first sentence.<\/p>

This is self-destruction. This is NOT how the US \u201censures the US maintains a leading role in the AI race.\u201d Even if you are all roses and rainbows about AI, this isn\u2019t how any kind of leadership or innovation works.<\/p>

This \u2014 every part of this \u2014 is destroying the very things that put the US in this tech leadership position in the first place.<\/p>

1\/2 https:\/\/toad.social\/@KimPerales\/114908466460356102<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908895583178689","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/KimPerales"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-24:objectType=thread:nonce=8aae668df3945104","notice_info":{"local_id":"10596993","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-24T15:23:21+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/114908895583178689"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5401300","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}