Notices by Dr. Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith (grvsmth@lingo.lol)

@gregdavis Okay, I mis-spoke. I shouldn't have said "I'm asking," because I don't actually want @avdi to do or say anything in particular. I was just defending myself from his accusation of disingenuous behavior.

In my original reply I was expressing frustration at a pattern I've seen before, and hoping that my comment would add helpful clarity.

But really, Greg: "sea lion" accusations are generally not constructive. Please find another way to say you think someone's being too demanding.

"I think banning surveillance advertising would be a very good first step. We would be really cutting at the root of the pathologies that we are dealing with from the tech industry, which is this mass surveillance in the name of influence, influence to sell something, influence to convince someone to vote for something, influence to misinform someone. Ultimately, that’s the game."

- @Mer__edith

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/24/signals-meredith-whittaker-on-the-telegram-security-clash-and-the-edge-lords-at-openai/

@blogdiva @pluralistic You know what that means! It's all downhill for "enshittifcation" from here. Now "enshittification" is going to have to start paying back the investors...

@Lylamehta This is a good summary, but I don't agree with this part: “Every human is born into a valid and legitimate knowledge system”, from Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. I've never seen a completely valid and legitimate knowledge system. They're all imperfect, they're all contested, and they're all used by somebody to oppress somebody else. We can decolonize without idealizing pre-colonial systems.