#tech-oligarchs — Public Fediverse posts
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Part 2 of Long Reads' discussion with #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
for Part 1 v. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/long-reads-trillion-dollar-baby-w-quinn-slobodian-and/id791564318?i=1000773249464
#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
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Part 2 of Long Reads' discussion with #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
for Part 1 v. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/long-reads-trillion-dollar-baby-w-quinn-slobodian-and/id791564318?i=1000773249464
#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
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It's #HammerTime!
#Illinois Drops the Hammer on #AI Companies
#Pritzker isn't playing.
By AJ Dellinger
Published July 6, 2026,"On Monday, Illinois Governor #JBPritzker signed the #ArtificialIntelligence Safety Measures Act into law, giving the Midwest state arguably the strictest set of regulations yet designed to protect its citizenry from the risks posed by the growing power of frontier AI companies.
"According to a press release from the Governor’s office, the AI Safety Measures Act creates a framework that will require the 'developers of the largest advanced AI systems' (read: #OpenAI, #Anthropic, #Google, etc.) to provide public disclosures as to their safety practices, report any significant #SafetyIncidents, and remain in line with a set of compliance processes. It also creates a channel for #whistleblowers working inside AI labs to safely and securely relay any safety concerns they might have without fear of repercussions.
"A lot of the law is in line with what states like #California and #NewYork have passed already, but Illinois is claiming a 'first-in-the-nation' distinction for one major part of its efforts: It is the only state that will require AI systems to undergo regular, independent third-party safety audits. That requirement will apply to any AI company reporting more than $500 million in revenue. Those requirements are set to go into effect on January 1, 2028, now that the bill has been signed into law."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/illinois-drops-the-hammer-on-ai-companies-2000781932#TechBros #USPol #IllinoisPol #AISucks #AIRegulations #TechOligarchs
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It's #HammerTime!
#Illinois Drops the Hammer on #AI Companies
#Pritzker isn't playing.
By AJ Dellinger
Published July 6, 2026,"On Monday, Illinois Governor #JBPritzker signed the #ArtificialIntelligence Safety Measures Act into law, giving the Midwest state arguably the strictest set of regulations yet designed to protect its citizenry from the risks posed by the growing power of frontier AI companies.
"According to a press release from the Governor’s office, the AI Safety Measures Act creates a framework that will require the 'developers of the largest advanced AI systems' (read: #OpenAI, #Anthropic, #Google, etc.) to provide public disclosures as to their safety practices, report any significant #SafetyIncidents, and remain in line with a set of compliance processes. It also creates a channel for #whistleblowers working inside AI labs to safely and securely relay any safety concerns they might have without fear of repercussions.
"A lot of the law is in line with what states like #California and #NewYork have passed already, but Illinois is claiming a 'first-in-the-nation' distinction for one major part of its efforts: It is the only state that will require AI systems to undergo regular, independent third-party safety audits. That requirement will apply to any AI company reporting more than $500 million in revenue. Those requirements are set to go into effect on January 1, 2028, now that the bill has been signed into law."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/illinois-drops-the-hammer-on-ai-companies-2000781932#TechBros #USPol #IllinoisPol #AISucks #AIRegulations #TechOligarchs
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"While #Musk was looking to the stars, the people of Belfast were still reeling from several days of racist violence. The Belfast pogrom drew strength from the #farRight ecosystem that Musk has nurtured with the money from #SpaceX, #Tesla and other companies."
Long Reads talks w/ #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
#ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
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"While #Musk was looking to the stars, the people of Belfast were still reeling from several days of racist violence. The Belfast pogrom drew strength from the #farRight ecosystem that Musk has nurtured with the money from #SpaceX, #Tesla and other companies."
Long Reads talks w/ #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
#ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
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@gerrymcgovern
Gerry, I just finished watching Episode 5 of tech critic Kara Swisher's 6-part series on life-extension for CNN titled, "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever."
In it she makes a statement with which I agree -- but must paraphrase -- that many of the tech oligarchs are using their money and power to cheat their own deaths while cheating the rest of us out of a habitable planet.
The series is excellent, and people like Musk are certifiable, and dangerous, in my opinion.
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@gerrymcgovern
Gerry, I just finished watching Episode 5 of tech critic Kara Swisher's 6-part series on life-extension for CNN titled, "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever."
In it she makes a statement with which I agree -- but must paraphrase -- that many of the tech oligarchs are using their money and power to cheat their own deaths while cheating the rest of us out of a habitable planet.
The series is excellent, and people like Musk are certifiable, and dangerous, in my opinion.
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Veteran tech writer and podcaster Kara Swisher -- who did an excellent series for CNN about life extension titled, "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever," -- has stated publicly that the people buying CNN are incompetent and that she doesn't want to work for them.
(Tech oligarch Larry Ellison's bid to buy CNN was approved by the Trump regime last week.)
In episode 5 of her series, Swisher characterizes the major tech billionaires and trillionaire Elon Musk as wanting to cheat death using their power and fortunes as they cheat the rest of us out of a habitable planet. (I'm paraphrasing.)
If you can find her series to watch, I highly recommend it.
https://www.newsweek.com/kara-swisher-live-forever-longevity-interview-newsmakers-11895057
#Longevity #TechOligarchs #LateStageCapitalism #KaraSwisher #Musk #SteveJobs -
Veteran tech writer and podcaster Kara Swisher -- who did an excellent series for CNN about life extension titled, "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever," -- has stated publicly that the people buying CNN are incompetent and that she doesn't want to work for them.
(Tech oligarch Larry Ellison's bid to buy CNN was approved by the Trump regime last week.)
In episode 5 of her series, Swisher characterizes the major tech billionaires and trillionaire Elon Musk as wanting to cheat death using their power and fortunes as they cheat the rest of us out of a habitable planet. (I'm paraphrasing.)
If you can find her series to watch, I highly recommend it.
https://www.newsweek.com/kara-swisher-live-forever-longevity-interview-newsmakers-11895057
#Longevity #TechOligarchs #LateStageCapitalism #KaraSwisher #Musk #SteveJobs -
They'll kill us all!
Are you fucking listening?! These people need to be stopped
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/78_A0tn-csI
#techoligarchs #techfascists #tech #fascism #SuperRichBullies #CrackheadBillionaireFascists
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RE: https://thepit.social/@peter/116616785388665285
A “category-level credibility catastrophe”
Not absolutely sure what this phrase means but it sounds dire; it’s from this conclusion: “Both messengers and messaging are part of the problem; there’s a category-level credibility catastrophe. Whether the backlash against AI infrastructure would exist without the CEO’s favorability collapse is unknowable, but the correlation is there: as the industry’s public faces became more politically visible—and more unpopular—the infrastructure they were building became less welcome. The AI industry is being judged on 1) the infrastructure enabling it, 2) the products they sell, and 3) the character and political motivations of the people building them.”
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RE: https://thepit.social/@peter/116616785388665285
A “category-level credibility catastrophe”
Not absolutely sure what this phrase means but it sounds dire; it’s from this conclusion: “Both messengers and messaging are part of the problem; there’s a category-level credibility catastrophe. Whether the backlash against AI infrastructure would exist without the CEO’s favorability collapse is unknowable, but the correlation is there: as the industry’s public faces became more politically visible—and more unpopular—the infrastructure they were building became less welcome. The AI industry is being judged on 1) the infrastructure enabling it, 2) the products they sell, and 3) the character and political motivations of the people building them.”
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#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.
'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '
#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon
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#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.
'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '
#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon
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Fighting Fascism pod welcomes Sarah Myers West, "who lays out why #AI, as it's currently structured, is all about the consolidation of power among a handful of #oligarchs, but also how that's not how it needs to be."
(v. her co-authored piece, "The Great AI Grift": https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/ai-crony-capitalism-grift/)
#tech #artificialIntelligence #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs -
Fighting Fascism pod welcomes Sarah Myers West, "who lays out why #AI, as it's currently structured, is all about the consolidation of power among a handful of #oligarchs, but also how that's not how it needs to be."
(v. her co-authored piece, "The Great AI Grift": https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/ai-crony-capitalism-grift/)
#tech #artificialIntelligence #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs -
Die aktuelle Schwemme an generativer #KI ist kein Fortschritt, sondern ein Rückschritt für das menschliche Schaffen. Sie lässt unsere Kreativität und Qualität regelrecht verkümmern.
Statt Werkzeuge zu bauen, die uns unterstützen, bauen wir Maschinen, die den menschlichen Aufwand entwerten, die Menschlichkeit hinter Algorithmen verstecken und die letztendlich nur wenigen Überreichen helfen.
#GenerativeKI #AIslop #KI #Kreativität #KIHype #AIHype #Menschlichkeit #GenAI #Tech #BigTech #TechOligarchs #LateCapitalism
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Die aktuelle Schwemme an generativer #KI ist kein Fortschritt, sondern ein Rückschritt für das menschliche Schaffen. Sie lässt unsere Kreativität und Qualität regelrecht verkümmern.
Statt Werkzeuge zu bauen, die uns unterstützen, bauen wir Maschinen, die den menschlichen Aufwand entwerten, die Menschlichkeit hinter Algorithmen verstecken und die letztendlich nur wenigen Überreichen helfen.
#GenerativeKI #AIslop #KI #Kreativität #KIHype #AIHype #Menschlichkeit #GenAI #Tech #BigTech #TechOligarchs #LateCapitalism
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W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/
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W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/
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Doug Henwood welcomes #QuinnSlobodian and #BenTarnoff, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, to discuss "Elon’s world and what he wants to do to ours."
https://kpfa.org/episode/behind-the-news-april-23-2026/
#Musk #ElonMusk #AI #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techOligarchs #techFutures #Tesla #Neuralink #books @bookstodon -
Doug Henwood welcomes #QuinnSlobodian and #BenTarnoff, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, to discuss "Elon’s world and what he wants to do to ours."
https://kpfa.org/episode/behind-the-news-april-23-2026/
#Musk #ElonMusk #AI #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techOligarchs #techFutures #Tesla #Neuralink #books @bookstodon -
Chat control: Tech giants want to continue scanning despite expired EU rules | heise online
#chatcontrol #europe #digitalsovereignty #boycottamericantech #techoligarchs #EU #technews #surveillance #fckusa
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Chat control: Tech giants want to continue scanning despite expired EU rules | heise online
#chatcontrol #europe #digitalsovereignty #boycottamericantech #techoligarchs #EU #technews #surveillance #fckusa
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I divested from the US #stockmarket last year mostly because of DJT but also because of US #TechOligarchs & especially #AI lack ethical/moral/environmental guardrails. 👎 Plus #investing in the US stock market is like gambling right now IMO 💵 Pull up a chair and grab a coffee, this is a long one☕
The Subprime AI Crisis Is Here -
I divested from the US #stockmarket last year mostly because of DJT but also because of US #TechOligarchs & especially #AI lack ethical/moral/environmental guardrails. 👎 Plus #investing in the US stock market is like gambling right now IMO 💵 Pull up a chair and grab a coffee, this is a long one☕
The Subprime AI Crisis Is Here -
How Elon Musk is boosting far-right politics across the globe
> when you start going down the rabbit hole of how corporate social media and their tech oligarch owners are destroying the world, it can really feel hopeless. I desperately want to work to counter this. I'm here to help if anyone wants to get involved.
#resist #boycotttechnofascism #musk #Europe #techoligarchs #worldpolitics #capitalism #authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/elon-musk-boosting-far-right-politics-globe-rcna189505
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How Elon Musk is boosting far-right politics across the globe
> when you start going down the rabbit hole of how corporate social media and their tech oligarch owners are destroying the world, it can really feel hopeless. I desperately want to work to counter this. I'm here to help if anyone wants to get involved.
#resist #boycotttechnofascism #musk #Europe #techoligarchs #worldpolitics #capitalism #authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/elon-musk-boosting-far-right-politics-globe-rcna189505
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Iran Includes American Tech Giants on List of New Targets
> Yesterday it was data centers, now the actual tech companies. When you support the US Military industrial complex, what more can you expect? Expect disruptions in the near future.
#USTechFirms #USA #Iran #FAFO #Israel #techoligarchs #wartarget #technology #disruption #technews
https://gizmodo.com/iran-includes-american-tech-giants-on-list-of-new-targets-2000732530
