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“Empire of AI”: Author Karen Hao on Sam Altman, OpenAI & Hidden Costs of Artificial Intelligence
#DemocracyNow!
#Illiberal #antiDemocratic #Monopolistic #Authoritarian #BrOligarcy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa6JuimHoEA&t=1529s

“Empire of AI”: Author Karen Hao on Sam Altman, OpenAI & Hidden Costs of Artificial Intelligence
#DemocracyNow!
#Illiberal #antiDemocratic #Monopolistic #Authoritarian #BrOligarcy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa6JuimHoEA&t=1529s

🇨🇵 Ce n'est pas une, mais ce sont deux nouvelles possibilités de prendre connaissance de ce que représente l' "enshitification" / merdification de l'internet, qui sont rendus disponibles ces jours-ci.
- Émission Les Décrypteurs, sur Radio-Canada : Pourquoi l’internet est brisé, et comment le réparer? Avec Cory Doctorow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6SnSFsP-Nk

- Conférence par Cory Doctorow au 39c3 : A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet. - https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

Fait notable : on ressort de l'écoute avec un peu d'espoir quand même.

NB : les deux médias sont en anglais, mais bénéficient de sous-titre ou traduction simultanée en français.
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🇬🇧 Not one, but two new opportunities to learn about the “enshitification” of the internet are available these days.
- Les Décrypteurs program on Radio-Canada: Why is the internet broken, and how can we fix it? With Cory Doctorow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6SnSFsP-Nk

- Lecture by Cory Doctorow at the 39c3 Congress : A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet. - https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

Noteworthy: you come away from listening to it feeling a little hopeful after all.

@pluralistic #enshitication #merdification #monopolistic #internet #hope

🇨🇵 Ce n'est pas une, mais ce sont deux nouvelles possibilités de prendre connaissance de ce que représente l' "enshitification" / merdification de l'internet, qui sont rendus disponibles ces jours-ci.
- Émission Les Décrypteurs, sur Radio-Canada : Pourquoi l’internet est brisé, et comment le réparer? Avec Cory Doctorow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6SnSFsP-Nk

- Conférence par Cory Doctorow au 39c3 : A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet. - https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

Fait notable : on ressort de l'écoute avec un peu d'espoir quand même.

NB : les deux médias sont en anglais, mais bénéficient de sous-titre ou traduction simultanée en français.
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🇬🇧 Not one, but two new opportunities to learn about the “enshitification” of the internet are available these days.
- Les Décrypteurs program on Radio-Canada: Why is the internet broken, and how can we fix it? With Cory Doctorow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6SnSFsP-Nk

- Lecture by Cory Doctorow at the 39c3 Congress : A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet. - https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

Noteworthy: you come away from listening to it feeling a little hopeful after all.

@pluralistic #enshitication #merdification #monopolistic #internet #hope

We literally have the best government money can buy, and our nation, our very survival depends on unflinchingly addressing this pugnacious problem of money as free speech foisted on us by the unaccountable SCOTUS, “Repugnicans” and Corporate Democrats.

Founder of #TheLever, #DavidSirota joins #TheMajorityReport's #EmmaVigeland to discuss his new book, “MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America”

#US #Economics #Politics #SCOTUS #CitizensUnited #Corporatocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Illiberal #AntiDemocratic #Monopolistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyS1goUc5s

We literally have the best government money can buy, and our nation, our very survival depends on unflinchingly addressing this pugnacious problem of money as free speech foisted on us by the unaccountable SCOTUS, “Repugnicans” and Corporate Democrats.

Founder of #TheLever, #DavidSirota joins #TheMajorityReport's #EmmaVigeland to discuss his new book, “MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America”

#US #Economics #Politics #SCOTUS #CitizensUnited #Corporatocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Illiberal #AntiDemocratic #Monopolistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyS1goUc5s

We literally have the best government money can buy, and our nation, our very survival depends on unflinchingly addressing this pugnacious problem of money as free speech foisted on us by the unaccountable SCOTUS, “Repugnicans” and Corporate Democrats.

Founder of #TheLever, #DavidSirota joins #TheMajorityReport's #EmmaVigeland to discuss his new book, “MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America”

#US #Economics #Politics #SCOTUS #CitizensUnited #Corporatocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Illiberal #AntiDemocratic #Monopolistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyS1goUc5s

We literally have the best government money can buy, and our nation, our very survival depends on unflinchingly addressing this pugnacious problem of money as free speech foisted on us by the unaccountable SCOTUS, “Repugnicans” and Corporate Democrats.

Founder of #TheLever, #DavidSirota joins #TheMajorityReport's #EmmaVigeland to discuss his new book, “MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America”

#US #Economics #Politics #SCOTUS #CitizensUnited #Corporatocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Illiberal #AntiDemocratic #Monopolistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyS1goUc5s

We literally have the best government money can buy, and our nation, our very survival depends on unflinchingly addressing this pugnacious problem of money as free speech foisted on us by the unaccountable SCOTUS, “Repugnicans” and Corporate Democrats.

Founder of #TheLever, #DavidSirota joins #TheMajorityReport's #EmmaVigeland to discuss his new book, “MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America”

#US #Economics #Politics #SCOTUS #CitizensUnited #Corporatocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Illiberal #AntiDemocratic #Monopolistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyS1goUc5s

The game, originally invented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904 as the Landlord's Game, was designed to demonstrate the negative consequences of #monopolistic practices and the unequal distribution of #wealth. Magie's intention was to show how a system that allows a few players to accumulate vast wealth while others are left with nothing can lead to social and economic #inequality.

The game, originally invented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904 as the Landlord's Game, was designed to demonstrate the negative consequences of #monopolistic practices and the unequal distribution of #wealth. Magie's intention was to show how a system that allows a few players to accumulate vast wealth while others are left with nothing can lead to social and economic #inequality.

#UK #Standards #money #Phone #BT #Broadband I never cease to be amazed at the poor service from #monopolistic #Telephone #Broadband supplier. Months without a proper service so I change my server. And lo, riding over the horizon comes the bean counter, "ere, you can't do that, you owe us x zillion squid for our appalling service". Well chaps, you can sing for it. Breach of contract is 'tort' & I'll happily keep your penny pinchers busy for years. & a free plug for Zen services 🇩🇪 of course!

#UK #Standards #money #Phone #BT #Broadband I never cease to be amazed at the poor service from #monopolistic #Telephone #Broadband supplier. Months without a proper service so I change my server. And lo, riding over the horizon comes the bean counter, "ere, you can't do that, you owe us x zillion squid for our appalling service". Well chaps, you can sing for it. Breach of contract is 'tort' & I'll happily keep your penny pinchers busy for years. & a free plug for Zen services 🇩🇪 of course!

@MoiraEve

#TrumpCoup by the #TrumpMuskDuumvirate
#USpol
#Tariffs #Economics

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...the 19th and 20th century popularized the saying, Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant, many residents will learn the meaning of this latin phrase of the late #Roman period./s

PS:
Historically, #Mercantilism 2) has never worked as officially intended, except for the smugglers and war-mongers:

"#Mercantilism 2) led to the creation of #monopolistic trading companies, such as the...

2)
https://www.britannica.com/money/mercantilism

@MoiraEve

#TrumpCoup by the #TrumpMuskDuumvirate
#USpol
#Tariffs #Economics

(4/n)

...the 19th and 20th century popularized the saying, Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant, many residents will learn the meaning of this latin phrase of the late #Roman period./s

PS:
Historically, #Mercantilism 2) has never worked as officially intended, except for the smugglers and war-mongers:

"#Mercantilism 2) led to the creation of #monopolistic trading companies, such as the...

2)
https://www.britannica.com/money/mercantilism

Reactionary, Racist, anti-Democratic, faux-Centrists and Far-Right Social Regressives are intellectually, emotionally, and socially dishonest.

No, the ‘Woke Agenda’ Isn’t Ruining Society ― Here’s Why
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard
#Culture #Politics #LGBTQ #Trans #Illiberal #Monopolistic #brOligarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfYP9uJ5gUE

Reactionary, Racist, anti-Democratic, faux-Centrists and Far-Right Social Regressives are intellectually, emotionally, and socially dishonest.

No, the ‘Woke Agenda’ Isn’t Ruining Society ― Here’s Why
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard
#Culture #Politics #LGBTQ #Trans #Illiberal #Monopolistic #brOligarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfYP9uJ5gUE

#Illiberarl #antiDemocratic #Monopolistic #Totalitarian #Techfeudalist #Corporatocracy
Elon Musk’s Terrifying Plan For America's Future
#Politics #Economics #PayPalMafia #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLR1fPxZImI

#Illiberarl #antiDemocratic #Monopolistic #Totalitarian #Techfeudalist #Corporatocracy
Elon Musk’s Terrifying Plan For America's Future
#Politics #Economics #PayPalMafia #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLR1fPxZImI

Obviously, not soon or fast enough…
The Oligarchy's Power is Waking America Up
Robert Reich
@rbreich
#Illiberal #antiDemocratic #Monopolistic #Oligarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7NbFvHozw8

Obviously, not soon or fast enough…
The Oligarchy's Power is Waking America Up
Robert Reich
@rbreich
#Illiberal #antiDemocratic #Monopolistic #Oligarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7NbFvHozw8

First personal spotting in the wild of #LLMs used to #enshittify the #copyediting of #academic #publications: in an absolutely unsurprising development, the resulting disfunction is offloaded onto the authors, who are required to do more (#unpaid) work to clean everything up. #Monopolistic #concentration in the #publishing #business extracting #rents under guise of #technological #innovation— just like it says on the tin.

First personal spotting in the wild of #LLMs used to #enshittify the #copyediting of #academic #publications: in an absolutely unsurprising development, the resulting disfunction is offloaded onto the authors, who are required to do more (#unpaid) work to clean everything up. #Monopolistic #concentration in the #publishing #business extracting #rents under guise of #technological #innovation— just like it says on the tin.

First personal spotting in the wild of #LLMs used to #enshittify the #copyediting of #academic #publications: in an absolutely unsurprising development, the resulting disfunction is offloaded onto the authors, who are required to do more (#unpaid) work to clean everything up. #Monopolistic #concentration in the #publishing #business extracting #rents under guise of #technological #innovation— just like it says on the tin.

First personal spotting in the wild of #LLMs used to #enshittify the #copyediting of #academic #publications: in an absolutely unsurprising development, the resulting disfunction is offloaded onto the authors, who are required to do more (#unpaid) work to clean everything up. #Monopolistic #concentration in the #publishing #business extracting #rents under guise of #technological #innovation— just like it says on the tin.

The role this Oligarch and his cronies played in literally capitalizing, enriching, and then taking sole credit for the state funded, collaborative labor of unsung scientists and engineers over generations is an obscenity!

‘Free Speech’ Grifter Shares Billionaire’s Demonic Vision For America’s Future
#SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #Politics #News #Oligarch #antiDemocratic #Illiberal #Monopolistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTLWMrAycF8

The role this Oligarch and his cronies played in literally capitalizing, enriching, and then taking sole credit for the state funded, collaborative labor of unsung scientists and engineers over generations is an obscenity!

‘Free Speech’ Grifter Shares Billionaire’s Demonic Vision For America’s Future
#SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #Politics #News #Oligarch #antiDemocratic #Illiberal #Monopolistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTLWMrAycF8

Fucking hell - there's no way to sign out of the Android #YouTube app!
Not without signing out of every #Google app on the phone 😳
I still use Maps and the Play Store, so how does that work?

I've had it with #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #monopolistic bullshit 😡

This is #datarape - I DO NOT CONSENT ❌

Fucking hell - there's no way to sign out of the Android #YouTube app!
Not without signing out of every #Google app on the phone 😳
I still use Maps and the Play Store, so how does that work?

I've had it with #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #monopolistic bullshit 😡

This is #datarape - I DO NOT CONSENT ❌

The discussion of what news media calls "price controls" needs to be framed a bit differently.

It's not "price controls" ala Nixon and 1971 gas prices.

It's Stopping the Scalping by pharmaceutical, food, entertainment ticket mongers and other #middlemen #parasites that infest the US #economy.

The goal is not to limit consumption of a resource, it's to limit illegal unreasonable #profits of #amoral #corrupt #monopolistic #corporations.

#StopTheScalping campaign

The discussion of what news media calls "price controls" needs to be framed a bit differently.

It's not "price controls" ala Nixon and 1971 gas prices.

It's Stopping the Scalping by pharmaceutical, food, entertainment ticket mongers and other #middlemen #parasites that infest the US #economy.

The goal is not to limit consumption of a resource, it's to limit illegal unreasonable #profits of #amoral #corrupt #monopolistic #corporations.

#StopTheScalping campaign

Black Alabama Mayor Allowed to Lead Town After White Officials Blocked Him From Office
#BlackMastodon #PoliteWhiteSupremacy #AntiBLack #RacistGaslighting #AntiDemocratic #Illiberal #Monopolistic #Neoliberal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiEU2yfGHFo

Black Alabama Mayor Allowed to Lead Town After White Officials Blocked Him From Office
#BlackMastodon #PoliteWhiteSupremacy #AntiBLack #RacistGaslighting #AntiDemocratic #Illiberal #Monopolistic #Neoliberal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiEU2yfGHFo

Given I'm not at all interested in Windows 11, because it seems shittier than 10 and the reasons for inelligibility of this particular laptop are trivial crap, and Windows 10 was trumpeted as the last Windows product; I'll sit tight and wait for the regulatory muscle to point out the error of their ways.

#Monopolistic #Microsoft

Find out more takes you to a web page which tells you less.

I did discover S mode though, which is a 'Security' installation which only allows apps from the Microsoft Store and Edge as the only browser. That must go down well in the EU.

#Monopolistic #Microsoft

Edit: only default browser.

Additional: The idea of a Security version did make me laugh but not enough to forgive MS Product Marketing for being cunts.

You Won't Believe How The Credit Card Industry Actually Works.
#MorePerfectUnion
#Predatory #AntiCompetitive #Monopolistic #Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4RkavtviYU

You Won't Believe How The Credit Card Industry Actually Works.
#MorePerfectUnion
#Predatory #AntiCompetitive #Monopolistic #Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4RkavtviYU

The well-off and financially secure easily get into this pipe-dream that if we just decentralise and free everything, democracy just happens like magic.

But democracy doesn’t actually happen, oligarchy happens. Freedom from central control means those resources are fought over by the most powerful, not shared like in a democracy.

Competition is healthy, as long as there is competition. But what we increasingly have also in the #west is #monopolistic #oligarchy.

https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/202_what_social_media_meant_for_the_mass_protest_decade_w_vincent_bevins

The well-off and financially secure easily get into this pipe-dream that if we just decentralise and free everything, democracy just happens like magic.

But democracy doesn’t actually happen, oligarchy happens. Freedom from central control means those resources are fought over by the most powerful, not shared like in a democracy.

Competition is healthy, as long as there is competition. But what we increasingly have also in the #west is #monopolistic #oligarchy.

https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/202_what_social_media_meant_for_the_mass_protest_decade_w_vincent_bevins

You can be forgiven for thinking that the Great #Inflation Story is how a recent once-in-a-century pandemic, combined with a senseless war, combined with #monopolistic price-gouging, temporarily drove prices up by less than ten percent, prompting calls to crush worker power and suppress wages in order to "reduce demand" for scarce goods:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/14/medieval-bloodletters/#its-the-stupid-economy

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You can be forgiven for thinking that the Great #Inflation Story is how a recent once-in-a-century pandemic, combined with a senseless war, combined with #monopolistic price-gouging, temporarily drove prices up by less than ten percent, prompting calls to crush worker power and suppress wages in order to "reduce demand" for scarce goods:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/14/medieval-bloodletters/#its-the-stupid-economy

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Last week, a Social Media and #PoliticalCommentator appeared on RT's BoomBust program, and namedropped #Gab as "entirely independent run, including their #paymentProcessors".

That's false — #Gab is Cloudflare.

This was framed in relation to #Parler, which they identified as being attacked by Amazon and Apple, but Cloudflare is among the most #monopolistic and predatory in tech.

The #commentator who made this false claim is Lauren Chen.

Please boost.

Know her or anyone at #RT? Tell them.

Yesterday, a #socialMedia and political #commentor appeared on #RT's #BoomBust program, and namedropped #Gab as "entirely independent run, including their payment processors".

But its untrue. Gab is #Cloudflare.

This was framed in relation to #Parler, which they identified as being attacked by #Amazon and #Apple, but Cloudflare is among the most #monopolistic and predatory in tech.

The commentator who made this false claim is #LaurenChen.

#factCheck #financialData #dotCon #closedSilo @zleap

@koherecoWatchdog
Yes, its a weird dilemma having both #Google and CF on #bitcoinExchanges. One would expect that over time and if used properly the coins might become less "known" by those sordid, #monopolistic #corporations.

There are things that people can do to reduce the impact of them but yes, megaCorporations will try to undermine #BTC because they know 'where there bread is buttered'.

People going in now need to be a bit cautious.

. @aral You have to be non-techie, non-political, non-activist, not know google history of #ugliness, not read/seen how these #monopolistic #dataGatherers are harming commoners. Of course there are plenty of exceptions but I would say that's the core base and then there are those who have resigned in their fight (to protect their data) or accepted it as #fate...!