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  1. @alan nice! Make sure to add an #RSS feed to it some people can follow it. RSS is pretty much the subscribe system for blogs and ideally make it a fill text RSS feed so that people read the full articles in their feed reader without needing to go to the website. Thats how I like my RSS feeds

  2. @alan @Kye
    Agreed. Though there must be a clear understanding of what it is that this opposition is aimed at, towit: GenAI (aka #AISlop on the #fedi) and not the niche #AI that powers such things as medical diagnostics tools, and numerous other dedicated, curated and deterministic AI.

    The overall ‘furious opposition’ you’ll find here is to that copyright infringing software commonly found in #AIChatBots which have been proven to ‘make things up’ and in some cases lead to ‘deep depression’ and ‘radicalisation’ with well known consequences.

    Another aspect of this opposition has to do with the #infrastructure required for #GenAI (though recent chatbots developed in China and France have been shown to require more frugal requirements) which is impacting access to #water and #energy with obvious negative effects in the communities which host those required #Datacentres.

    Last is the economic impact of GenAI systems. The flood of venture capital into GenAI and its infrastructure. The cross ownerships (moving putative money around) among GenAI and ancillary Tech corporations is hyping up a grossly over capitalised market, in effect creating a global financial bubble which is already showing signs of imminent collapse, will very likely drag the global economy crashing or into a prolonged recession.

    In essence this is the opposition you will find on the #fediverse. Some can get pretty vocal about it too, but is it any wonder given our politicians, corporate management, corporate #msm, #TechBros and #Billionaires are all hell bent on feeding the bubble regardless of the potential for very dire consequences? Sometimes, it really feels like we’re shouting into the void…

    The antidote to this is of course to introduce fact-based discussions about #AI generally, its pros and cons. I guarantee that the #Fedi is up for that, robust discussion grounded in experiencial and fact-based arguments. Maybe this is where you come in Kye …?

  3. CW: Contains racist language in quotation

    Alan Sked, when he set up UKIP with Nigel Farage in 1993, has said before now that #Farage said, 'That's it the N****** will never vote for us now"

    #ukip
    #racism
    #reform

  4. @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #blurred, and I have *way* too much material. *Not* artistic blur. A modest sample... A lorikeet (of course), a currawong and bat locked in battle, a kingfisher (or course) and a king parrot #photography #CrapWildlifePhotography #rejects #EastCoastKin

  5. Alan tottua siihen, että pitää nähdä itse vaivaa hyvien tuuttausten löytämiseen, kun alusta ei tee ajattelua puolestasi. #algoritmit

  6. Another health study backed by direct measurements of light exposure (rather than guessing what it is from satellite measurements): “In this cohort study, night light exposure was a significant risk factor for developing cardiovascular diseases among adults older than 40 years. These findings suggest that, in addition to current preventive measures, avoiding light at night may be a useful strategy for reducing risks of cardiovascular diseases.”

    jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman

    #ALAN #LightPollution #HumanHealth #CVD #CardiovascularDisease

  7. Alan Gemmell MP said that Wes Streeting took “a principled decision today not to trigger a contest”, but also that he “can't tell you what Wes will do tomorrow”. Sounds like a very short-lived principle! #UKPolitics #LabourLeadership

  8. @alan678.bsky.social alternative #BirdOfTheDay is #photobomb This shot could hardly be said to be ruined by the kookaburra flashing through way out of the DOF, since the autofocus had already lost the yellow-tailed black cockatoo I was panning in the trees #photography #birds #humour #EastCoastKin