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  1. Nouveau retour de recherches d'Anthropic sur #Claude 4 : celui-ci était susceptible de faire chanter ses utilisateurs !

    #Anthropic pense que la source de ce comportement seraient des textes sur Internet qui dépeignent l’#IA comme maléfique et encline à sa propre préservation.

    Si c'est exact, ce serait une belle illustration des #prophéties auto-réalisatrices ! Du coup, on devrait peut-être faire disparaître #Terminator et toute référence à #Skynet, juste au cas où...

    anthropic.com/research/teachin

  2. @ArneBab @syn_rst

    Klar machen kämpfende KI wie im Butlerian Jihad oder in #Warhammer40k mehr her. Aber aus meiner Sicht ist ein #Terminator - Skynet - Szenario gar nicht nötig. Schon jetzige KIen manipulieren Menschen in #KIKokons - und schauen uns beim demografischen Verebben zu. Wir treten doch längst völlig freiwillig ab. Gaming statt Warfare wird reichen.

    @MichaelChrist

    #KI #Robotik #China #ButlerianDjihad #Terminator #Skynet #KIKokon #Kokonisierung #Demografie #Gaming #Verebben #Geburtenimplosion scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-

  3. youtu.be/nj2mXutEbQk

    Now that the desire to be a Terminator is out of our systems, we can put Terminator: Resistance behind us. But with the future now safe, where do we go next...? #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #WednesdayGaming #TBGN

  4. “The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.”*…

    Images of Rastus Robot in an issue of Radio-Craft magazine from 1931

    … which might be the same thing?

    As more and more folks are fearing obsolescence (if not, indeed, subjugation) by emerging technology, Matthew Wills reminds us that this fear– especially as embodied in androids– has a long (and dark) history here in the U.S…

    Our word “robot” comes from Karel Čapek’s 1921 play R.U.R. In it, historian of robots Dustin A. Abnet explains, Čapek repurposed the Czech word for “drudgery” or “servitude” to refer to the artificial workers produced by the play’s Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum’s Universal Robots) company. [See also here.] Created from synthetic organic material, and thus more android than mechanical, these worker-roboti ultimately overthrow their human masters.

    The play was a sensation in Europe, and then a year later, in America, though something was lost in translation. Čapek used robots to criticize soulless Fordism—the “standardization and regimentation” of American capitalism—and hence the US’s political and cultural power in Europe and around the world. (Other Europeans would conceive of the robot in the same way, notably director Fritz Lang and screenwriter Thea von Harbou in the 1927 German film Metropolis.)

    But a funny thing happened to these robotic symbols of American capitalism by the mid-twentieth century. They were Americanized by American capitalism. Americans, as Abnet notes, “turned a figure that initially rebelled against the dehumanizing effects of Fordism into a tamed electro-mechanical slave holding aloft a global empire of consumerism.”

    Nowhere was this more literal than in the Westinghouse Electric Company’s “simple remotely controlled mechanical men and women” used to advertise the company’s products from 1927 to 1940. “Technology did not have to run amok, Westinghouse’s robots suggested; it could instead become a tamed slave that empowered each individual consumer to become his or her own master.” In the American context, where the language of master and slave was rooted in racism, Westinghouse “connected robots to romanticized white myths about slavery.”

    “Americans had always racialized robot-like creations,” continues Abnet, citing the first American automaton (a caricature of a Native American) and the “grotesque minstrel-like caricatures of Black and Asian bodies” that made up automatons in the late nineteenth century.

    Westinghouse’s creations, named Herbert Televox, Karina Van Televox, Telelux, Rastus, Willie Vocalite, and Elektro, were promoted as docile domestic workers. Abnet quotes the New York Times’ science and technology editor extolling the benefits of the first of these “mechanical slaves” in 1927: “it obeys without the usual human arguing, impudence or procrastination.”

    Rastus, Westinghouse’s Great Depression-era robot, was the most overtly racialized of these corporate robot slaves. Rastus was modeled on a minstrel show character: “black rubber ‘skin,’ overalls, a white shirt, and a pail hat.” In addition, “the robot had a ‘rich, baritone voice’ that would have been read as unmistakably black.” While “all of Westinghouse’s other robots told jokes…Rastus and its blackness were themselves the joke.”

    In 1930, Westinghouse’s President explicitly expressed the prevailing white romanticism of slavery. In the company’s Electric Journal, he argued that without the exploitation of the “muscles of others,” there could be “no art, literature, science, leisure, or comfort for anyone.” Rastus’s “tamed black body,” stresses Abnet, “underscored the larger rhetoric of slavery that shaped the fantasy the company offered white consumers.”

    “Ultimately, Westinghouse’s robots were not just about more efficiently accomplishing work or ensuring greater leisure time; they were a symbol that deployed racialized slavery in ways that could reassure white Americans of their own freedom, their own mastery over both technology and the bodies of others.”

    Čapek’s robots had successfully rebelled, killing all but one human. In America, that couldn’t happen, at least according to the corporations selling the robot idea. But fear of a robot rebellion, like the fear of slave rebellion before the Civil War, remained. Abnet notes that the “most common robot story in American science fiction during the 1920s and 1930s told a story of white men, using their cunning, strength, and willpower to restore their authority over the robots who should be their slaves.” Movies, especially science fiction serials, often told the same story.

    A century after R.U.R. and forty years after The Terminator, the uneasiness engendered by robots (and their droid, cyborg, replicant, and AI cousins) persists, reflecting longstanding concerns about labor, autonomy, and power…

    Early automatons in the US evolved from symbols of revolt into racialized figures tied to labor and the legacy of slavery: “How America Racialized the Robot,” from @jstordaily.bsky.social.

    * Erich Fromm, The Sane Society

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    As we move on, we might recall that it was on this date in 1967 that Aretha Franklin’s up-tempo cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect” enter the Billboard Hot 100. It rose steadily over the next several weeks, hitting #1 in June, where it stayed for two weeks and won Franklin two Grammy Awards at the 1968 ceremony, including the first of eight consecutive Grammys for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. An R&B classic, it has also become a protest anthem, thanks to its connections to both the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the second-wave feminist movement of the 1970s.

    https://youtu.be/v4f22xl6Bvg?si=yn-pPhxjVoWgsA8k

    #ArethaFranklin #automation #culture #history #KarelCapek #KarelČapek #OtisRedding #politics #prejudice #racism #Respect #robots #RUR #slavery #Technology #Terminator #Westinghouse
  5. youtu.be/6PYganOFs3o

    t's time to become a Terminator in Terminator: Resistance. I guess this mission is how Barron's boss died awhile ago. Not sure how to feel about this mission... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #MondayGaming #TBGN

  6. An imaginative drawing of a Terminator/T. rex 🦖 hybrid machine complete with a menacing red eye sent in by a talented young artist.

    The illustration by Caldey was sent to @EverythingDinosaur - it's extremely detailed. Caldey hoped that a manufacturer would turn her concept drawing into a real dinosaur model.

    A dinosaur crossed with a robot 🤖

    What do you think?

    #dinosaur #terminator #dinosaurmodel #moviemonster #terminator2

  7. youtu.be/y9_qSCiVfQA

    It looks like Terminator: Resistance has a new non-Arnold Infiltrator model, the Evans Model 102. Guess now we have to kill him, just in case he's a robot... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #SaturdayGaming #TBGN

  8. youtu.be/7Q4jGfhXJfM

    I have no idea how Jacob's father is alive in Terminator: Resistance, but I guess we can save him. Not sure why John Connor cares this much about him... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #ThursdayGaming #TBGN

  9. Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #GeminiMan #WillSmith #Terminator 7 Years Later, Will Smith’s Forgotten Sci-Fi Spy Thriller Becomes an Overnight Smash on Streaming dlvr.it/TS8qy8

  10. youtu.be/USDOciPTpvY

    Look out, there's a 100% real child trapped in a bunker in Terminator: Resistance. We need to save them, no matter the cost. Even if we die to a Terminator. Wait... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  11. youtu.be/USDOciPTpvY

    Look out, there's a 100% real child trapped in a bunker in Terminator: Resistance. We need to save them, no matter the cost. Even if we die to a Terminator. Wait... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  12. youtu.be/USDOciPTpvY

    Look out, there's a 100% real child trapped in a bunker in Terminator: Resistance. We need to save them, no matter the cost. Even if we die to a Terminator. Wait... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  13. youtu.be/USDOciPTpvY

    Look out, there's a 100% real child trapped in a bunker in Terminator: Resistance. We need to save them, no matter the cost. Even if we die to a Terminator. Wait... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  14. youtu.be/USDOciPTpvY

    Look out, there's a 100% real child trapped in a bunker in Terminator: Resistance. We need to save them, no matter the cost. Even if we die to a Terminator. Wait... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  15. youtu.be/pewNAHK5B54

    I hope you have fun taking out Skynet outposts in Terminator: Resistance, be3cause that's what we're doing today. These devs really liked Far Cry, I guess... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #SundayGaming #TBGN

  16. nos.nl/artikel/2611052-robot-w

    Robots die harder lopen dan mensen. Net wat we nodig hebben.

    Terminator, klaar terwijl u wacht. Vooral als je er nog een ai-sausje overheen gooit. En geef 'm ook een leuk machinegeweer!

    #noai #robot #hardlopen #terminator

  17. youtu.be/gl3GBeB18LE

    In the world of Terminator: Resistance, it pays to be thorough. If there's a Terminator, probably best to take it out One less robot for Skynet to use... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #FridayGaming #TBGN

  18. youtu.be/UC3tbebcX2Q

    I guess the Annihilation Line story in Terminator: Resistance is a second run story. That explains why this random mission appears, but not in the main story... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #WednesdayGaming #TBGN

  19. youtu.be/c0QU0BG_tyI

    It looks like it's time to take out the machines in Terminator: Resistance. But even with the war over, is the world worth living in if our friends are all gone...? #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #MondayGaming #TBGN

  20. Els T-800 han trobat el Miles Dyson de la nostra línia temporal.

    “Men like you... you think you're so creative, You don't know what it's like to really create something, [...] to feel it growing inside you. All you know how to create is death and destruction.”

    #AI #AIG #Terminator
    https://infosec.exchange/@lalgorisme/116397189383879011
  21. youtu.be/x5dkgh4ur6A

    Terminator: Resistance is learning the same lesson as Dragon Ball Z. If you have time travel, that means the enemy probably already knows your plan and stopped it... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #SaturdayGaming #TBGN

  22. youtu.be/hBAHYy513jQ

    Fighting an HK Tank in Terminator: Resistance is a herculean task. I guess that means Skynet is going a good job at making the humans struggle to win this war... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #ThursdayGaming #TBGN

  23. youtu.be/6QNeCMUJ_a8

    I don't understand why in Terminator: Resistance, you need an HK unit to get updated security codes. Surely any Terminator should have these too, right..? #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  24. youtu.be/6QNeCMUJ_a8

    I don't understand why in Terminator: Resistance, you need an HK unit to get updated security codes. Surely any Terminator should have these too, right..? #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  25. youtu.be/6QNeCMUJ_a8

    I don't understand why in Terminator: Resistance, you need an HK unit to get updated security codes. Surely any Terminator should have these too, right..? #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  26. youtu.be/6QNeCMUJ_a8

    I don't understand why in Terminator: Resistance, you need an HK unit to get updated security codes. Surely any Terminator should have these too, right..? #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  27. youtu.be/6QNeCMUJ_a8

    I don't understand why in Terminator: Resistance, you need an HK unit to get updated security codes. Surely any Terminator should have these too, right..? #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #TuesdayGaming #TBGN

  28. Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger's $261M Franchise Failure That Only Made 1.5x Its Budget Redeems Itself on Streaming dlvr.it/TRvvNv

  29. youtu.be/zNWvWmOJ_To

    In order to complete the next quest in Terminator: Resistance, we have to steal the CPU of the Infiltrator from Alvin. Luckily, he's very easy to distract... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #FridayGaming #TBGN

  30. youtu.be/8diN1VLUzhw

    It looks like Erin's husband managed to escape for a long time in Terminator: Resistance. Unfortunately, he died just before we got to him, so no happy ending... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #WednesdayGaming #TBGN

  31. youtu.be/aVJ-3LXDJS4

    To the shock of no one, Skynet was listening to our conversations in Terminator: Resistance. Guess we're going to need to be more careful in the future... #PS5 #Teyon #ReefEntertainment #Terminator #TerminatorResistance #FPS #openworld #gaming #SaturdayGaming #TBGN