Suggestion: •If you hate writing, don't do it for a job. •If you hate moviemaking, don't do it for a job. I mean... I do what I do because I enjoy the challenge and the outcome? If it was just about money and speed, I'm not sure I'd enjoy life.

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When people say AGI is inevitabile, that AI will only get better and better with each versione, it reminds me of self driving cars. People talked that way about that, and yet there's been no progress in years. People paid who knows how much for a "Full Self Driving" feature that never came.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

I need to talk to people who didn't drink the AI kool-aid, for my sanity. I do not understand the world or people anymore. Nobody seems to see the nonsense anymore, nobody cares for authenticity, accuracy, reliability or truth anymore. As long as it's plausible, it's good!

Could anyone tell how this is different than the Germans hiding Jews from the SS almost a hundred years ago? ICE is the American SS

Amazing video about the lies the Tech CEOs tell us daily about AI, in particular in relation to climate change and energy needs by @climateadam.bsky.social Really love this one! youtu.be/py0XpKxAnNU?...

Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo. Might as well give your password to everyone: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/

One way anyone one of us, can hit back at Trump is at the wallet. Try to use less US goods and services! Here's a database with European alternatives #EUtogether www.goeuropean.org

Academics’ enthusiastic (and often uncritical) embrace of LLMs and generative artificial intelligence will be a factor in the junkification of research. You can’t outsource thinking nor the cognitive task of gradually absorbing knowledge. Nor discernment and creativity.

I wonder if you're so disinterested in politics that you don't care about the US plans to militarily invade Europe

Have I missed the mass protests to stop the war and stop the colonialist revival?

I think it's time for us to watch Surrogates again, and make it live a resurgence in popularity. It's the most spot on prediction of our AI craze of 2025 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surroga...

This is exactly how I feel. "Wait, there's a chatbot that can give me the answers I like? Great! Who cares about integrity!"

just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism. Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

Never have I wanted to change careers as much as right now with the advent of Artificial Dumbness. It's destroying the job I love (programming) and replacing it with an abomination that destroys livelihoods and young people's future. Honestly if I had anything else in mind, I may be switching.

I realized yesterday that the Democrats accepting defeat on the government shutdown was a big political play in view of the Epstein files story. If that was still ongoing, Trump would have a very good tool to shift the attention from him not releasing the files to him ending the shutdown.

Während die Flugbranche mit jährlich über 1 Milliarde subventioniert wird, wird nun eine Nachtzug-Subvention für 9 Mio. zum Politikum aufgebauscht. #Populismus

Let's celebrate those who won't compromise on their values!

I can't watch the exclusive @nebula.tv video from @legaleagle.tv "The Case Against Tish James". It appears that specifically this video is not working, I can watch others... Any clue what's going on?

Let's say that you were a model citizen in the last 10 years, and so were the other people in your town. Through various optimizations, efforts and investments you managed to cut your electricity need by HALF! Impressive! Then comes the AI datacenter and wipes it all out. Why do we allow this?

I'll be honest, AI is killing my fondness of software development. This new way of producing software is not interesting at all. It is good old measuring of productivity by lines of code written. And that's all managers ever cared about.

The Federal Council wants to cut costs in the ERI sector despite widespread objections. Cuts of over 10 percent per year are planned for the SNSF over the next few years. Above all, this plan jeopardises the innovation potential and competitiveness of the Swiss economy. ⤵️ www.snf.ch/en/9a7Fhnojt...

Reposting this, just not to forget. Now I know how Italians and Germans felt at the beginning of the 20th century: screaming in the void, nobody is listening.

Trump administration using its power to chill speech it doesn’t like

“You used to be able to say anything” comedians never been more quiet in their lives

The only way for AI to be "intelligent", is for people to become dumber. We're living in an era where people see this and say "oohhhh cool". Can I go back to the sane timeline please?

This exchange says it all.

Europe needs to distance itself from this very, very quickly.

The muder of Charlie Kirk, regardless of who did it and why, is exactly what Trump needed to enact repressive measures against his political critics. I expect things to get worse quite fast. The only valid political opinions in America are going to be stay quiet or wear a MAGA hat.

Somehow - as for crypto stuff - some people maintain that AI isn't as energy intensive as some people make it out to be. And yet, the (few) data points we have tell a completely different story. And Big Co. are going back on net zero promise because "you wouldn't want to miss out on AI, would you?"

Great short video by TransLink explaining “the empty bus lane myth”

realistic Star Trek

chatgpt applies for a job

There is a suspicious lack of detailed information around energy consumption of AI. But we do know that companies are adding new power plants to power new data centers, so it's easy to deduce there is a sizeable increase in energy demand.

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Yet another helpful explainer to counter the ignorant disinformation spouted by the unqualified extremist who is currently destroying the HHS

Reminder that those who are "pro choice" in vaccines, are actually the ones wanting to remove options. They want to remove your option to get a vaccine because their belief is more important than your health (or your choice)

Switzerland should really stop thinking it's an island. We live in the heart of Europe. We share all European values with our neighbors and we have great relationships with all of them. Bilateral agreements are a natural course and the only smart thing to do

The "What about China???" delay tactic should really be updated to "What about the US???"

Air travel is exempted from many taxes that apply to other modes (for example, fuel taxes), which explains why flights are so cost-competitive vs. say rail. The German government just announced it wants to cut taxes on air travel.

Ah the irony of @mitsuhiko.at 's project being involuntarily the "inspiration" for a fake AI slop article on the Linux Journal... youtu.be/UTHIZTMoyIc?...

Bitcoin mining has been nothing more than a huge energy waste in past years. Now AI is about to surpass Bitcoin’s power demand. Emerging tech is rapidly driving up the power demand of worldwide digital infrastructure with the inevitable consequence being strained power grids and more fossil fuel use

A comparison to show something important: - Post blackout, headlines blamed renewables (directly, suggested or framed as debate) - Post Spanish gov't report showing 9 coal/gas/nuclear plants failed to provide voltage control: framing is about management, planning rather than the generation type

The ETH spin-off Swiss Vascular has developed anatomically exact silicone models of cerebral vessels. This reduces animal testing and improves medical training for complex medical interventions. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

The US is a fascist country.

Watched the latest @legaleagle.tv video and I wonder.... At which point do we start calling them the Fascist States of America? Where is the line? Political repression is happening in front of our own eyes, and as it was in the 1920s, we're too blind to see it