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   Phil Landmeier (shuttersparks@qoto.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 17:17:01 JST Phil Landmeier

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   • Nicole Parsons

   @Npars01 Yes. So-called AI (fancy search engines that can pretend to talk) are double-edged swords, or multi-purpose devices like a hammer that can be used to drive a nail or smash a brick.

   AI is also useful for tracking and analyzing the oligarchy

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     ... identify "loyalists" using AI generated data models.

     Selling AI to oligarchies is a bonus. Cambridge Analytica & Palantir's influence in software development.
     https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/project-2025-oracle-19654875.php

     https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1pzrhyvU

     AI is unpopular & a security risk, so the Big Five have resorted to including it in products using a "coercive capitalism" business model ie no way to shut it off or disable it.
     https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/how-to-disable-copilot-recall-spyware/51522/

     https://www.techspot.com/news/105943-microsoft-recall-capturing-screenshots-full-sensitive-information-despite.html

     https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/11/microsoft_copilot_keyboard_shortcut/

     https://www.tomshardware.com/software/google-chrome/bye-bye-ai-how-to-block-googles-annoying-ai-overviews-and-just-get-search-results

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     • Deborah Pickett

     @futzle

     Corporations are being funded for AI features for reasons other than revenue.
     https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/

     Saudi Arabia, China, & Russia fund AI venture capital for its surveillance capabilities.
     https://fortune.com/2024/09/17/oracle-larry-ellison-surveillance-state-police-ai/

     Despotic regimes in the Middle East are especially keen on thwarting a second Arab Spring or an overthrow.
     https://www.vox.com/2018/4/6/17206358/saudi-crown-prince-visit-tech-silicon-valley

     https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230817-putting-saudis-vision-2030-over-human-rights-may-be-a-very-sinister-part-of-the-plan/

     https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/14/arab-leaders-assad-fall-syria/

     https://advox.globalvoices.org/2016/09/20/the-uae-has-avoided-an-arab-spring-by-systematically-repressing-critical-speech/

     https://www.oracle.com/middleeast/news/announcement/oracle-will-train-saudi-nationals-in-artificial-intelligence-and-other-latest-digital-technologies-2023-12-14/

     Republican oil interests want to ...

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