Imagination is resistance, @ruha9.bsky.social reminds us that, " we need to reject the gospel that says technology is inevitable, that the train has left the station... In an error of automated bullshit, it’s time to become bullshit detectors,"
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How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

"“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social , a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute based in Bremen, Germany. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.”

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Well, it’s happened again for gazillionth time. To Rebecca G in El Paso who just joined Match, Gurl that is not your email address, that is mine. Please get your life together.

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…

Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.

He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.

a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'

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A night in London

Perfect image. Already did. Resident of 🇵🇹 as of July 2024.

Hands down the best thing I bought in Marrakech, maybe ever. #catschool #cats

Ok so we are doing this! My recent trip to Marrakech. Hiking in the Atlas Mountains

Is anyone else furious with the Morning Show? As soon as I saw Jon Hamm, i knew where it was going. Now the only question is do I continue to hate watch it like I did White Lotus?

I’m in Miami with my aunt right now! We try to travel together in September.

Yup she got her MFA the year before we graduated

Welllll you did go to the same university… 😆