Notices by tante (tante@tldr.nettime.org), page 4

In a conversation on "AI" I had a radical idea I thought I should share:

(Original title: A radical idea)

https://tante.cc/2024/09/23/a-radical-idea/

The way our governments try to fund "disruptive innovation" is pure magic thinking. It's just "some all-powerful solution is gonna emerge if we just throw money at a bunch of companies". It's applying the Silicon Valley Startup mentality to innovation and it fails there even worse than in the tech sector.
It's a wasteful, dumb way to spend public money.

Your efforts in saving energy matter!

"An AI-generated bot account was able to comment “PUSSY IN BIO” on 2.1 million Instagram posts, all thanks to you switching from AC to a big box fan that just kind of pushes the stale, hot air in your apartment around. We’re building a better world—together."

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-department-of-energy-wants-you-to-know-your-conservation-efforts-are-making-a-difference

On the “Europe needs regulatory certainty on AI” Open Letter by Meta

Meta's Open Letter titled "Europe needs regulatory certainty on AI" is bullshit.

https://tante.cc/2024/09/20/on-the-europe-needs-regulatory-certainty-on-ai-open-letter-by-meta/

LinkedIn is "TikTok" for middle aged people.

You know how older people are always scared of TikTok messing up young people's minds with disinformation and bullshit, of influencers getting kids to do dumb shit for their profit? That's exactly what LinkedIn does for middle aged people: A constant stream of weird influencers selling absolute garbage to people who are unsure about what their job means and what they care about.

Ich wurde (mit vielen anderen) für einen Dokumentarfilm über "KI" und Filmemachen interviewed. Dabei geht es natürlich auch um die Auswirkungen auf die Kreativbranche im Allgemeinen. Ist schön geworden, finde ich.

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/116733-000-A/ki-maschinentraeume-im-film/

@luis_in_brief did it once a few years ago. Was a whole lot of barely structured stuff back then. I am in Europe so the data you could use to identify others was also somewhat redacted if I remember right.

Also: Really not great how many people that joined Mozilla through the Anonym acquisition (Anonym is the ad tech firm Mozilla bought in the beginning of the year) now have leadership roles.

"We must fight for it when its stewards fail us" is shaping up to be the rallying cry for everyone who sees tech as something with liberating potential. It's not just Mozilla/Firefox. It's also Automattic/WordPress. It's Microsoft/Github. It's fucking everywhere.

https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/113158695977942464

I have no idea who @anildash is talking about of course.

But while we are chatting. Did you ever look into the steering committee of the Mozilla Corporation? Those people do have very impressive resumes ... https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership/

https://me.dm/@anildash/113158680727649828

@schmittlauch sure. But that still should be planned, compensated and therefore be as okay as those things can be.

@Badgardener that is true, my son is 4 ;)

@aramba maybe if we added a blockchain...

@blainsmith that does look neat. Good luck with it!

I don’t need AI just a working autocorrect would be enough

@festal @aramba hey, that's for your own good. You wouldn't want to come up with a "wrong" idea, would you?

@Badgardener absolutely. I just see the push towards "becoming a unicorn" way stronger in tech.

@gedankenstuecke explains a lot

@elduvelle nothing ready for prime time available afaik. Some forks but I don't see them as being sustainable.

@343max you got me!