Seb the Canadian.

Seb the Canadian.

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By doing so, in a short time experts get recast as people who verify machine output. Blog-first disclosure becomes accepted practice (helped by an existing peer reviewed system that's broadly flawed). Governance gets routed through bodies OpenAl helped stand up (like AGMAI).

remember - just because the gov’t says it’s a “public service announcement” doesn’t mean it’s not propaganda.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

this taxpayer-funded agitprop just aired on Newsmax reminder as you watch this that the Trump administration's line is these are "public service announcements," not propaganda

I’ve said in the past that my ambivalence towards hockey is perhaps the least Canadian thing about me. With that in mind, it’s absolutely wild to me that CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is coming to an end. What an absolute shame.

This is some “rabbit season, duck season” rhetoric if I’ve ever seen it. #wealthtax #taxtherich

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

The new Conservative ad doesn’t even bother arguing causation … it just lazily manufactures the feeling of it? Liberals took power. Groceries got expensive. Emotional music plays. Vibes do the rest. 🧵

What the ad doesn’t mention: COVID, global supply chain collapse, the Ukraine war’s food price shock, Bank of Canada rate decisions. Y’know. The list of things that had nothing to do with Ottawa.

“Are you better off after 11 years” is (maybe) a legitimate accountability question, even if it’s an over-played one. Regardless, it assumes a cleaner causal story than the last decade actually offers. The question isn’t whether you’re better off. It’s whether this ad could tell you either way.

I’ve gotta think that the roof leaking at “American Family Field” in Milwaukee tonight is a pretty poignant little irony regarding the state of American families at the moment. Go Blue Jays!

Sonny Bunch calls this “a more demented version of Her.” I’ve been calling them epistemic zombies, simulations fabricating a past that never existed, presented with founding-father authority. Washington had no Iran policy.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

"I don’t even know what kind of madness this is. A more demented version of Her, in which boomers pine for the wisdom of the founders rather than female companionship. I guess it’s preferable to AI companions who tell vulnerable users to kill themselves."

Having the State of the Union address start with Trump glad-handing a bunch of sycophants while a man holds up a sign in the background that says "BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES" about sums it up. What is happening?

This is without a doubt one of the best things I’ve read in a while.

blair@blairaf.com

Why is AI governance so often ineffective at preventing AI from harming people and the planet? My new paper Transfeminist AI Governance addresses this question, now out in this month's issue of First Monday: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...

The first of many projects focused on Civic Citizen Development; a term I came up with to describe vibe coding for the common good. This is a v1.0 release and I’d be happy to hear from anyone who would be willing to test/give feedback. #Canada #Ontario #Housing #tenants github.com/CognitiveArc...

github.comGitHub - CognitiveArchitecture/ontario-tenant-tools: Lightweight PWA providing quick-access tenant tools for residents of Ontario.Lightweight PWA providing quick-access tenant tools for residents of Ontario. - CognitiveArchitecture/ontario-tenant-tools

The first of many projects focused on Civic Citizen Development; a term I came up with to describe vibe coding for the common good. This is a v1.0 release and I’d be happy to hear from anyone who would be willing to test/give feedback. #Canada #Ontario #Housing #tenants github.com/CognitiveArc...

github.comGitHub - CognitiveArchitecture/ontario-tenant-tools: Lightweight PWA providing quick-access tenant tools for residents of Ontario.Lightweight PWA providing quick-access tenant tools for residents of Ontario. - CognitiveArchitecture/ontario-tenant-tools

The first of many projects focused on Civic Citizen Development; a term I came up with to describe vibe coding for the common good. This is a v1.0 release and I’d be happy to hear from anyone who would be willing to test/give feedback. #Canada #Ontario #Housing #tenants github.com/CognitiveArc...

github.comGitHub - CognitiveArchitecture/ontario-tenant-tools: Lightweight PWA providing quick-access tenant tools for residents of Ontario.Lightweight PWA providing quick-access tenant tools for residents of Ontario. - CognitiveArchitecture/ontario-tenant-tools

My inspiration to start this was born out of my background in working with people experiencing homelessness, trying to channel my frustrations about the changing policy landscape in Ontario, and my general interest in helping folks learn how to embrace technological change.

Seb the Canadian. reposted

So uh, do these Conservative MPs and influencers think their supporters are stupid? Because I'm not sure why else they would keep spreading the blatant lie that the 'legacy' or 'mainstream' media just admitted it has the prime minister's 'back.' Oh well. I guess it's time for a fact check!

I might be woefully uninformed on this, but moltbook seems to me to be a poor judge of AI self-actualization, not because there’s not potential for the phenomena, but because it’s just biased training data at scale.

Why is no one talking about the real division in North American politics between the once friendly and cordial groundhogs? If Willie and Phil aren’t on the same page… what’s next?

Watching Schitt’s Creek to properly express our Canadian culture tonight - “RIP Moira Rose” (S4E5) seemed the most appropriate start to what will inevitably spiral into yet another rewatch. What a legend. 🇨🇦

This. If you want a real way to fight against the growing wave of pressure the US is oozing from every public orifice - especially as a Canadian - stop giving them your data for free!

Paris Marx@parismarx.com

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Trump: whines about a paper clip *almost* getting his finger. Ilhan Omar:

Wedge LIVE!™@wedge.live

Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.

Seb the Canadian. reposted

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

Community building and compassion will always beat facism. Anger and fear is what is trying to be provoked. If you think you only have two choices, you’re being manipulated. Choose eachother.

Seb the Canadian. reposted

As a Canadian, seeing these Americans giggle at the idea of taking our sovereignty is fucking harrowing and offensive.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Trump trolling or Trump truthing -- Greenland joining America? LEAVITT: Definitely Trump truthing Q: Canada becoming the 51st state LEAVITT: Trump truthing. All the way. And the Canadians would benefit greatly.

Seb the Canadian. reposted

The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration. We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.

techspot.comFrance and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google DocsThe Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...