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People who met a simulated AI facing "illness, fear, and
memory loss" show more empathy if the robot has a physical body.

http://hci.cs.umanitoba.ca/assets/publication_files/2015-Stela-PoorThing.pdf

If a human did that to a person, it would be considered psychological harassment.

When a bot does it, it's a feature.

Hey? Facebook? Could you not keep sending my mother pictures of her dead dog as part of your 'memories' function? That'd be grand.

every goddamn sci fi story that is set in a future where you can download yourself into arbitrary bodies completely fuCKing misses the point by having everyone waltzing around in vanilla ass human bodies

fam

FAM

Perennial advice, as confirmed by every lawyer I've ever known. https://witches.town/media/8cUv8ISXJmmN0JHgtDA

PSA: There's a phone scam going around that tries to convince you that someone has a family member of yours held hostage and want money from you. I got hit with this today and I let a bit of info slip and they ran with it. It was emotionally manipulative and scary. Please be on the alert and do not give out any information, no matter how minuscule you think it is over the phone until you know who's calling.

RT @gendercensus@twitter.com The fifth annual international Gender Census is now open until 1st March 2018!

http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/gendercensus2018

It's for anyone whose genders (or lack thereof) aren't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and the results are useful in academia, business, and self-advocacy.
https://twitter.com/gendercensus/status/959194304181932032

In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a dancing QUEEN! Not dark but young and sweet as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Only seventeen! All shall feel the beat from the tambourine and despair!

Cats anonymity

RIP Barnes & Noble, murdered by executive bullshit

http://audreyii-fic.tumblr.com/post/170886347853/the-entirely-unnecessary-demise-of-barnes-noble

first: calling people "stupid" or "dumb" is ableist af.

second: insulting people who've been duped by a powerful mega-corp's con game isn't helping them, and it isn't helping to combat this very serious problem. expecting a 60+ yr old grandma to understand the intricacies of a conniving POS like Zuck is unrealistic.

how's about instead of saying "33mil people are fucking dumb," we say "33mil people just got bamboozled: FB MUST BURN."

Disappointing how much center-left media discourse of big tech focuses on antitrust / "break them up" fantasies and how little is about promoting alternatives like co-operative ownership and open source. Neoliberal "thought leaders" cannot seem to conceive of approaches other than "greed is good but let's add a layer of government regulation".

I think about this image a lot https://awoo.space/media/zoVgtQ6HstHfckc4RkU

Imagine a world where the dominant culture valued the joy of learning something new over the certainty of being right.

When things are hectic, it's okay to say no or tell someone to ask you again later.

a crazy impossible prediction of the future from 1930

https://twitter.com/historyinmoment/status/963479646905032704

if i see another baby boomer complain that millennials aren’t spending enough, then i’ll tell them to get my landlord to lower my rent so i can spend money on napkins and applebees

The problem with Swift-style satire is that late stage capitalism and digital technology have made some of our most absurd ideas not only plausible but mundane

Early on in "The Hobbit", Tolkien briefly mentions that, before she married Bungo Baggins, Bilbo's mother Belladonna Took would go on wild adventures with her two "remarkable" sisters.

I think that would be a prequel I'd be interested in seeing.

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