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@synvuk.bsky.social
Lawyer, former Trade Union official, activist, dilettante, general wise cracker, malarkeyist and shenaniganiser. Pithy remarks, quips, likes and general tomfoolery are not endorsements...
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This story is gloriously symbolic in so many ways about the whole AI industry. Fighting for a bad cause, badly, and harming everyone along the way. AI needs challenging and resisting, not embracing and encouraging. There are very few places where it isnโt doing more harm than good.
Three-quarters of the responses to the 2023 UK govt consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated. 90,835 of the 118,756 responses were by bots. Corporations have a new tool for subverting polices and public opinion; to increase profits, spread addiction, health hazards.
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Kelly E Cochran โก๏ธ Loud Blonde @theloudblonde.bsky.social prettyinformednews.com
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Corporate Welfare Rolls-Royce closing in on ยฃ200m govt subsidy to fund development of new engine. Free money. No means-testing. Govt not taking equity stake, money not repayable. RR had operating profit of ยฃ3.5bn in 2024-25, will hand up to ยฃ9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. archive.ph/r18wm
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Iโm from Ukraine. I watched the place where I grew up in Donbas turn into a battlefield. I lost my home. I lost the life I once knew. I lost pieces of who I used to be. But I havenโt lost hope. And I still dream of going home one day๐บ๐ฆ #ukraine #ukrainians #ukrainiangirl #war #ukrainerussiawar
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I am honored to have President Obamaโs support in this race. Iโm asking for yours too. Letโs go win this: Turek4Iowa.com
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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...
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Runaway AI poses a threat to us all. How humanity stays in control should be a priority for everyone Projection location: Slough, UK Narrated by @gavinesler.bsky.social
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Replying to @synvuk.bsky.social
The thread as a shareable webpage: https://skywriter.blue/@chriso-wiki.bsky.social/3my36ih7oms2l
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social North Carolina students are rising up. Make sure to share the is everywhere
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Just received a lovely letter from the RNLI after I joined the 1000s who's reaction to the "Stop the Boats" nonsense and chipped in what I could afford. Feel free to join me. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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"An investigation uncovered more than 130 official suppliers in the UK willing to sell cloned number plates" This is such a clear example of where the UK is good at creating laws, and often terrible at enforcing them. Laws are pointless if they're not implemented and *seen* to be implemented.
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I'll just put this up again rnli.org/support-us/g...
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