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I find the military origins of compute and AI are important, but overused, and I am compiling list of others:

- Babbage difference engine was managing slaves.
- Turing Test is entirely based upon lying.
- ML images was trained on criminal records.
- LLMs was trained on the toxicity of Reddit.

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“Though gut emotions have always figured into politics, our most recent election was officially and unapologetically “vibes-based." Meanwhile, our masters of the universe are Twitter trolls and memelords. And our TikTok influencers turn natural disasters into nihilistic satire. We’re not just having more fun. We’re making important matters trivial. Amusement is the master virtue—everything must accommodate it.”
afterbabel.com/p/the-price-of-

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"When I gave a talk in 2016, I asked my audience how many years they thought it would be before half of US households had adopted some of the year’s most hyped gadgets. A smart watch? A drone? A 3D printer? Virtual reality goggles? A self-driving car? Would these gadgets ever see 50% adoption? Turns out 'nope.' Or at least, one decade later, none of these – not even the smart watch – has reached that level." -Audrey Watters 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com

After experiencing the line of questioning about drug use in the clearance screening for working at the White House personally and the historical zero tolerance policy towards even minimal drug usage, I am guessing there were some pretty messed up situations in the 1950s and 1960s that resulted in that screening process. I don’t think what we are seeing right now is new, it is just really out in the open, where earlier ones were probably covered up like what the CIA was doing.

Currently negotiating with a high Rottweiler who is on pain meds regarding why we can’t take the usual morning walk to the park. She is pissed!

Hardoneby - A perpetual state of existence that centers around being fucked over by the world, but with the majority of fucking over being inflicted by oneself.

Took me years to learn that just because I am smart in one area does not mean I am smart in all areas and that patriarchal white supremacy is a helluva a drug.

As things disappear from government servers we must also keep an eye on the new posts and discussions - There Must Be Some Way Out of Here by SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce - sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-stat

I absolutely love that the word meritocracy originated as a parody, but people use it straight faced without any awareness of it's origins. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise

My Rottweiler wears the skin of the stuffies that she guts on her face and snorts while wearing it -- should I be concerned?

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