moved to @ebel@moytura.org @ebel@witches.town

So, two things.
1. I'm not concerned that hostile superintelligent AI is going to be a problem any time soon.
2. As we've seen before, selection of training data for machine learning can cause the system to reproduce the ideology of its developers; in this case, freeze peach, or the idea that it's fine to say hurtful things as long as you don't get emotional about them.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvvv3p/googles-anti-bullying-ai-mistakes-civility-for-decency

Send me a list of your favorite books starring queer women. My kindle is thirsty.

real talk :

trans men have no visibility and it's a thing we seriously need to fix cause like a shit ton of people don't even know about them and that fucking sucks

@Gargron @Michcioperz the Computer is never wrong, so if we take decision-making away from fallible humans and instead use the Computer, we will make perfect decisions

Innocent people cannot be detained if we only detain people whom the Computer decides are guilty

For those interested - there is a flurry of activity on the #buybirbsite hastag on the birdsite.

There was a momentous movement last year, that built tremendous momentum from a low base... but out of nowhere a CIA agent is using the #buybirbsite hastag to drive a crowd campaign to stop Donald Trump from being a user haha

The #buybirbsite team are mobilising to evaluate the opportunity as a means to advocate common ownership of the platform. Join if you are interested.

https://www.loomio.org/d/nkMxNc1J/-buytwitter-and-kicking-off-45-channel

"we must protect video games from people who studied sociology“ - alt right manifesto

Wired magazine: "beware. AI may TAKE OVER THE WORLD"

AMAZON: "I see you have just bought a wallet, would you like to buy ANOTHER WALLET"

The sun and moon are gay as hell and all of America has to watch them kiss.

Interviewer: "So how long were you employed in your last job?"

Candidate: "I'd say my biggest weakness is my listening skills."

Centrists be like

The media pretending like both sides at Charlottevile were equally violent is the Overton window theory in effect

>> If you continually call people Nazis for months on end, what did you expect the outcome was going to be?
> Nothin, if they aren't Nazis. Feminists have been called Nazis for decades and haven't unfurled a swastika flag yet.
-- https://twitter.com/alexandraerin/status/896716914747211776

on. fucking. point.