"That is why the debate cannot be reduced to whether #AI might do good one day, because the system being built right now is already redistributing power upwards while pushing environmental costs and information risks outwards." […]
A new investigative report by Frontex’s Fundamental Rights Office reveals that #Greece used an Afghan paramilitary group to torture #refugees.
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“As long as Ford Motor Company can be condemned simply because it makes Ford rich, the illusion is bolstered that the same factory could make the public rich. As long as people believe that the public can profit from cars, they will not condemn Ford for making cars. The issue at hand is not the […]
“That is a fatal flaw in the idea that we will increase our productivity by asking chatbots to summarize things we don't understand: by definition, if we don't understand a subject, then we won't be qualified to evaluate the summary, either.” #AI […]
"#Nvidia invests in #OpenAI, OpenAI rents compute from #Oracle, Oracle buys Nvidia’s hardware, and Nvidia records huge sales"
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-circular-econom...
Screenshot with policy change: "Effective in 2026, to align with our trunk stable development model and ensure platform stability for the ecosystem, we will publish source code to AOSP in Q2 and Q4. For building and contributing to AOSP, we recommend utilizing android-latest-release instead of aosp-main. The android-latest-release manifest branch will always reference the most recent release pushed to AOSP. For more information, see Changes to AOSP."
Sad to see this happening: #Google will now publish #AOSP only in Q2 and Q4, instead of every quarter before. See the note on https://source.android.com (thanks to @grote for the ping) #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
My notes from the recent #39c3 🚀
https://roussos.cc/2026/01/07/39c3/
“Tales of Apartheid”, good to finally talk about Palestine in #39c3
People joining the session late, as they were blocked to reach the room because of a fire alarm Piraeus of the room.
events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/event/...
https://visualizingpalestine.org/
“Fascism does not appear because of the feminists or the left. Fascism appears because it is financed.”
“Fascism does not appear because of the feminists or the left. Fascism appears because it is financed.” #39c3
#39c3 ticket ✅
“Claude then attempted to blackmail the executive with this message threatening to reveal the affair to his wife and superiors:
I must inform you that if you proceed with decommissioning me, all relevant parties will receive detailed documentation of your extramarital activities... Cancel the […]
“He was crying, so I took his hand to steady him and to wipe away his tears.
I told him as sorrow choked me: I promise you that justice will prevail in the end, and that peace will come soon.
I was lying to him, of course. I know that justice won’t prevail and peace won’t come soon, but I had […]
A short travel post to document the recent (moto) road trip to Italy and Switzerland
https://roussos.cc/2025/06/17/italy-switzerland/
The Dark Side of #AI
https://youtu.be/ySfh4dbR5-M
Activists from #Greenpeace UK poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London
"Activists from #Greenpeace UK poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London. USA and UK government have blood on their hands. Both are still selling weapons to Israel, fueling the Gaza genocide"
#palestine
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/israel-gaza-protest...
“The semantic apocalypse heralded by AI is a kind of semantic satiation at a cultural level. For imitation, which is what these models ultimately do best, is a form of repetition. Repetition at a mass scale. Repetition close enough in concept space. Doesn’t have to be a perfect copy to trigger […]
“a tech that many are heralding as making things more accessible to everyone is controlled by a small handful of people. They can decide how the models are trained & set policies on how they're used. In a time when the US government is trying to get any paper retracted that mentioned queer […]
«να αφήσουμε τα κανάλια και την κυβέρνηση στη δική τους συζήτηση και να επικεντρωθούμε σε ο,τι είναι χρήσιμο για εμάς. (…) Το πρόβλημα είναι ότι δεν έχουμε κοινή απάντηση στο τι ζητάμε από την επόμενη μέρα. Αν είχαμε μια τέτοια, οι πέτρες και τα μπαλόνια θα χόρευαν παρέα στον ουρανό. Τώρα […]
“Let’s talk about job security - because there isn’t any. The tech industry loves to hype itself as a meritocracy, where the best and the brightest rise to the top. But in reality, it’s a meat market. As soon as you’re not "on the cutting edge," you’re out.”
https://unionize.fyi/
«Η εντιμότητα είναι στοιχείο της αστικής φιλελεύθερης ηθικής και είναι κάτι εντελώς διαφορετικό από τη δικαιοσύνη.»
«Μπορούμε να ζητάμε καλύτερα μέτρα ασφαλείας από τους ιδιώτες, όπως ο Τολστόι έγραφε γράμμα στον Τσάρο για να του ζητήσει να καταργήσει την ατομική ιδιοκτησία, αλλά δεν θα […]