"Paying through the nose..." (Phrase / Saying)...
ℹ️ "Paying through the nose":
█ paying much more than it is really worth to a person (as example. people forced to give a % of all earnings to government)
I think it's a lot like physically (my variation in picture with slightly different meaning);
█ like an animal attached by the nose and lead / heavily taxed for others to live off... by those who are not interested in leading properly and more interested in owning people / treating them like #animals!)
AI Assistant unremovable inside software installation...
"Some #JetBrains customers feel strongly about AI Assistant and really don't want the plugin to be present in their JetBrains applications at all"
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Full text here from site
No pics on page, so no need go elsewhere:
JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry
Some devs just don't want anything to do with neural-network code serfs
Thomas Claburn, Thu 1 Feb 2024 // 20:24 UTC
JetBrains introduced an AI assistant in December to help programmers write code. Now the biz is trying to figure out how to allow its customers to get rid of it.
"JetBrains AI Assistant is similar to GitHub Copilot, but it’s deeply integrated into JetBrains development environments (IDEs), code editors, and other products," the software development tool maker, based in the Czech Republic, said at the time.
While neural-network-powered services have been widely hyped, they come with baggage – concerns about the security, legal risk, privacy, and ethics of large language models remain largely unresolved.
Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have opted to offer indemnify customers under certain conditions to reassure those worried about potential legal claims arising from generative AI.
But not every outfit offering AI services can make this bet and in some cases there's a cost. For example, Zoom last August had to clarify that it would not use people's chats and calls for AI training despite a change to its terms of service that allowed that.
Some JetBrains customers feel strongly about AI Assistant and really don't want the plugin to be present in their JetBrains applications at all, whether that's due to corporate policies that are incompatible with AI Assistant or other concerns. But because the plugin code has been "deeply integrated," removal has proven complicated.
More than dozen threads on JetBrains' YouTrack issue board have been posted seeking a way to delete, uninstall, or otherwise excise the AI Assistant plugin since it debuted.
A thread titled "Provide the possibility to remove a plugin completely from the system" makes the case for why one might not wish to have this plugin baked into the company's developer tools, such as the PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA, and other applications.
oftware developers posting to the support forum raise a number of concerns, calling the plugin "bloatware," a risk to corporate intellectual property, a security issue, an annoyance, and a breach of trust.
"I just want to make it clear that I cannot use this product at the company I work for because security will not allow for a by-default AI implementation to be a part of the product," wrote an individual posting under the name Rusty Deaton.
Another developer posting under the name Marcus Grenängen wrote, "This is unacceptable. It should not bundle something by default that can send off the entire code base to God knows where. It's a real bad move JetBrains and I will not renew any subscriptions after this. It's a breach of trust that can't be undone."
'Dubious'
Yet another developer posting under the name Alan Burlison opined, "The fact that this service is AI based and that you don't know the provenance of the code it provides to you is a huge issue on its own, due to the dubious licensing/IP/legal situation it creates. But the biggest issue is not because it's AI, it's because it is leaking the user's company's IP to who knows where, potentially to direct competitors."
In a statement to The Register, Matt Ellis, developer advocate at JetBrains, tried to address misapprehensions and to reassure to those alarmed by AI Assistant's persistence.
"Although the AI Assistant plugin is bundled, and the plugin itself is enabled, there is no AI functionality enabled by default, and no data is sent off-machine without your consent," said Ellis, echoing similar replies posted to some of the discussion threads. "You have to log in, accept the data policies and either purchase a subscription or start a trial."
Quotes:
- "There is no AI functionality enabled by default, and no data is sent off-machine without your consent"
- "Any data sent to the AI service is not used for training. We also have ML support for ranking and completion, and this is provided by on-device models and no data is sent off device."
Ellis said JetBrains has a lot of customers who are happy with the bundled plugin and so the biz is looking into how its AI helper can be both bundled and fully removable.
- "The problem with removing a bundled plugin is that it can break application signatures and cause problems with updates," explained Ellis.
Asked what portion of JetBrains' customers have objected to AI Assistant, a spokesperson said, "We can't say for sure how well these opinions represent the position of all of our customers. We understand the strength of feeling, and we're listening to feedback from all parts of our community, including the many happy individuals and enterprises that are using the AI Assistant." ®
Source (without spaces):
the register .com/2024/02/01/jetbrains_unremovable_ai_assistant/
Artificial Intelligence... is it me or doesn't 'Artificial' in it's name give away mostly what it is?...
Artificial Intelligence... is it me or doesn't 'Artificial' in it's name give away what it is?
Like:
artificial flavouring
artificial additives
artificial people
artificial flowers
artificial insemination
artificial info (from computer
and who knows who behind it)
artificial screen
artificial as in aesthetics of maybe info we could get some other way more direct
At least partly in each sense of these words
where "artificial" is not usually wanted and often faked
on top as another layer, manipulated by other people / BigBiz + Governments mostly
#AI #Artificial #Intelligence #GaryAckerman #FreeSchool
#Audio #Podcast #Fediverse #Freedom #Tech #Technology #Capitalism
Rich in culture... not money...
We are losing culture when we use money, when we value things in such ways the culture becomes about money.
Much like tourism loses culture or over-focuses to exploit the culture, this process tries to feed money instead of living as culture as the priority.
People and nations lose culture from isn't considered valuable by the money culture.
#Putin -> #Russia <- #Ukraine #UkraineRussianWar #Everywhere #Bank -> #Finance(s) -> #War <- Taxes
This picture reflects culture of education. Almost being paid to read would be best!
If the culture is not reading, not in constant but not military-like education study of life, if it's not praying for goodwill to others, learning what respect is etc etc - then it's likely your culture will lean towards unhealthy things and eventually war...
@garyackerman Podcast Cover Art + ADD YOUR IMAGES / MEMES / DIAGRAMS that visually explain AI - will be handy for speakers in debate -
Attribution-free images welcome or your own drawings.
Example you can cut and paste... and even remix = Pixabay.com https://pixabay.com/images/search/artificial%20intelligence/
Or sketch yourself a pic and send!
#GaryAckerman #FreeSchool
#Audio #Podcast #Fediverse
#AI #Artificial #Intelligence
#Freedom #Tech #Technology #Capitalism
Gary Ackerman Podcast Show -
"Artificial Intelligence"
Audio Topic with @garyackerman / https://qoto.org/@garyackerman
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GOVERNMENT SCHEMES VS. DECENTRALISATION
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
(PENSIONS + IOU'S)
VS.
DECENTRALISATION (MONEY, MEDICINE, HOME-SCHOOLING)
#decentralisation #p2p
#Fediverse #people #individual
#freeschool #music #power
Tetris Music Collection Preview !.... 🎵 ⌨️ Gaming Audio related 💻 👾 ...
Tetris Music !.... 🎵 ⌨️ Audio Gaming related 💻 👾
10 songs in 10mins [No big intro]
Dedicated to Alexey Pajitnov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pajitnov
and Willis for breaking Tetris (aka: "Blue Scuti")
https://invidious.fdn.fr/@bluescuti1771
...and to You on The Fediverse ! (whoever you are, say a quick hi!)
🎤 Record something if you like to share about what you ❤️ and send to FreeSchool 💾
boost! 🚀
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+ 🔔 for #Tetris #Music #mixes #audio #FreeSchool #Games #Podcast #Update #Audio #retro #RetroGaming
Tetris x2 Video = #documentary + #film download links
#Tetris #documentary + #film download links...
█1.█ Tetris - From Russia With Love [175mb] OR STREAM
https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=m4hGYJdE54E
SRT Subtitles = https://subsaga.com/bbc/documentaries/factual/2012/tetris-from-russia-with-love.srt
█2.█ Tetris [2023] Torrent with Multi-Subtitles = ALL LANGUAGES!
https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=67355538
Subtitles = English, English, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chinese, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Spanish, Finnish, French, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian
#Tetris #Music #mixes #audio #FreeSchool #Games #Podcast #Audio #retro #RetroGaming
OTHER INFO (OPTIONAL / BONUS)
Tetris
release year
1984
developer
AcademySoft
publisher
Freeware
category
Logic
genre / theme
tile-matching, puzzle-solving, falling block puzzle
platform
Electronika 60 (1984), PC DOS (1986)
Tetris (Тетрис) is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union on an Elektronika 60 while working for the Soviet Academy of Sciences at their Computer Center in Moscow with Dmitry Pavlovsky, and Vadim Gerasimov ported it to the IBM PC.
Tetriminos are game pieces shaped like tetrominoes, geometric shapes composed of four square blocks each. A random sequence of Tetriminos fall down the playing field. The objective of the game is to manipulate Tetriminos, by moving each one sideways and rotating it by 90 degree units, with the aim of creating a horizontal line of ten blocks without gaps...
https://www.oldgames.sk/en/game/tetris/download/8910/
Tetris: From Russia With Love
= Business, Economics, News & Politics, Technology / 14 Comments
Tetris is probably one of the most famous computer-games that have ever been developed. Alexei Pajitnov creater this simple, yet addictive game in 1984 as a student at the famous Soviet Union’s Academy of Science. It initially worked only on the Soviet Elektronika 60 Computer and got very popular among staff members and students at the Academy of Science in Moscow. It’s worldwide popularity became Tetris, after Nintendo published it on their video-game console and the gameboy. This resulted in millions of dollars of royalties – but not for the developer himself, but the Russian government. Poor Alexei.
AND Wiki:
https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Tetris:_From_Russia_with_Love
Podcast Episode: Fantasy Writing (less than 2mins audio)...
Podcast Episode: Fantasy Writing
(less than 2mins audio)
The Wandering Inn (website by Pirate Aba):
https://wanderinginn.com/
Audio sent in by Fediverse fan: @amici
Direct link to reading fantasy:
https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/03/rw1-00/
Submissions! (easy as possible):
1 🎤 Record in 1min ⏲️ what you Love or Like currently.
2 ✉️ Send audio file attached to direct message via Fediverse
(not Google etc!).
Thank you ❤️
Podcast (2mins) Little Prince Two (Book, Fantasy Writing)...
The Little Prince Two (Book)
Fantasy Writing by Nikola Misovic
Nikola Misovic is also on the
! Have a look!
@littleprince
Get your own passions out to the Fediverse!
Send something to @freeschool !
Thank you. ❤️
Instant notifications to podcast by clicking 🔔 bell. next to my profile (after
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🗨️ Send in your own passions so people can Learn and Love everything more on the Fediverse! 💬
How to advertise yourself, what do you like and love? ❓
🎤 Record 1min ⏲️ audio saying what you Love, Like, working on currently...
✉️ 📎 Send your audio attached to a direct message (Fediverse message! Not Google drive etc).
Listen to the best on the Fediverse
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(re-uploaded - some said it wouldn't play but this should work more 100%)
#FreeSchool #Podcast #Audio
#books #bookstodon #reading #writing #WritingCommunity
What do you Like & Love ?
#DIY #noncommercial peaceful care #advertising for #Fediverse
Tetris Music !.... 🎵 ⌨️ Audio Gaming related 💻 👾
Dramatic Intro = 1min + 10 songs [cut short]
Dedicated to Alexey Pajitnov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pajitnov
and Willis for breaking Tetris (aka: "Blue Scuti")
https://invidious.fdn.fr/@bluescuti1771
...and to You on The Fediverse ! (whoever you are, say a quick hi!)
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Processes that eliminate human imperfection, eliminate humanness itself... (Agree this is the current Evolution?)
Processes that eliminate human imperfection, eliminate humanness itself.
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More below explaining the above...
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You start to eliminate humanness itself if you eliminate human imperfection in processes and communication systems.
In other words and versions of that:
☻ processes that eliminate (or reduce) human imperfections quickly eliminate (or reduce) humanness.
☻ humanness is eliminated if you eliminate human imperfection in processes
Individuality is important as we all hold different pieces and styles that we need everywhere in order to learn (often more than just profit or just get something done fast)
Imperfection examples in processes:
☻ process doesn't accept individual character
☻ process reduces faults that actually keep us all learning human things between us (alignment) and makes for experience on how to be better
☻ communication too narrow etc
(people become too narrow and start to lack skills at the same time)
☻ more points...
John Wesley’s Manifesto.... [1-12]
1. Reduce the gap between rich people and poor people
2. Help everyone to have a job
3. Help the poorest, including introducing a living wage
4. Offer the best possible education
5. Help everyone to feel they can make a difference
6. Promote tolerance
7. Promote equal treatment for women
[I would add ' and historically discriminated or similar]
8. Create a society based on values and not on profits and consumerism
9. End all forms of slavery
10. Avoid getting into wars
11. Share the love of God with everyone
[I would add 'cosmos or atmosphere just to be a bit more neutral]
12. Care for the environment
[Allow people to share land and as caretakers rather than owners]
"It's political how they count..." - Adrian Cochrane @alcinnz@floss.social ...
"It's political how they count..."
- Adrian Cochrane
@alcinnz
Interview Subject:
DRM Media, WWW Browsers (making one)
- from FreeSchool interview / podcast to be sent out soon
(for instant message, click follow
+ click bell 🔔 after you are accepted)
It's about changing / opening our minds...
I give people time and I thnk that's the difference to others online who really don't have or give time and give up on people really easy... (don't mean to be competitive, no put-downs, just I more dedicate time to others and weave us together).
So you don't even have to read any of this because EVERYTHING needs time + communication and without that a lot is broken and even less human even if it's for good...
Just follow and put notifications on to TEST MY FEED.... the rest below is just over-info for most poeple.
Open Learning School or Freedom University...
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A lot you might be at length and depth, but if you're easy about it, you can take the best and even take me along to understand life with others!
To learn and do everything practically! (this is a practical living (and gets stuff done as much as we can).
Fan of Fediverse!
Quick Look - peace-loving work / services:
█ Mini-Podcast (few mins each, examples below)
█ Picture remixes / video remixes
█ Lessons without being too 'teacher' about it. Teacher has teeth for eliminating doubt.
█ Food for thought as gentle soul also.
█ Unique ideas - often impossible for professionals (they are burdened by financial repsonsibility and therefore associational risk in saying things). I'm more diverse and occasionally direct (with respect, though I don't shy away from reminding people).
█ Not too embarrassing to say "I don't know" but can still chase things.
█ More responsive than casual users usually because people think having 'job' is enough in life. I say it's not! And even faimily is of no use if it's only getting worse (in everything!).
Podcast Examples:
1. Gary Ackerman's thoughts on AI
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111867522723922385
2. The Little Prince book
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845561003150354
3. Fantasy genre from a fan's perspective
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845709367492677
I help people create audio / edit educational audio / podcast / music / visual short videos / transcript text
+ I like to add a bit humour while being quite strict in my own politics (opinions) but open / inviting for others to tell me what I should do if they can explain more than just a short comment (I don't mind it's healthy for me at least if you have logic and can stand yourself explaining).
FreeSchool is about Learning towards Freedom (which is about Uniting everyone slowly, even "1 by 1"... Easy with The Fediverse!
Not virtue signalling here only, but practise of EVERYTHING as we go. Judged by getting in contact (many have) and having courage to communicate (or seeking it from others is ok, EVERYONE needs a bit of courage or hand-holding to make big personal changes). Who else is there for example if family doesn't understand?
Learning and watching can be good and staying out of people's way, BUT better is doing something every day and helping each other with some tough decisions / lessons... and then being bold enough to do them. 1... 2... 3 that is all that's needed.
Let my posts do most of the talking.
Put me on notification (click bell that appears after follow ia accepted) and if it's not interesting switch off after and tick me off the list of potential people to follow daily!
Media version of my posts here... open link for later... good for visual scrolling version and judge me on that I don't mind...
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/media
I'm usually impressed with my media gallery as I work on posts a lot usually or hit the "Aha!" moments and capture it (other people may forget it for years, not me!).
Freedom is about *making it work together* better like using #Mastodon on the #Fediverse daily for better platforms with more #bestpractices and 'best' people to help us which I kind of collect here and
when it's #1 comment!
I am measurably better because I reply and stick to everything to the end(!)
No cancelling friendship suddenly without saying why or being moody!
Freedom is to Learn, Respect and Love eventually and ️to Unite!
Practically it's also like Tetris - add yourself to the puzzle and watch it all happen...
█▬▄▀ ╚ ╦ ╝╠╧
talk more on Mastodon and the Fediverse and puzzle it all out using better ways to less use the other bad commercial / extractive people...
L£$$ of the less caring people like the ggl's / ytb / gmail / mainstream communication points etc who are offering lots of space 'free' and it's not free of peace there.
We GIVE to real people (TIME NOT JUST MONEY).
There's no buy-in solution - we have to make it with selotape or whatever we have - it's not shameful to bring whatever you have.
FreeSchool is terminology put together from many good things from past (coined in 1950's/60's. I / we become it eventually through being.
It's a movement for Freedom via Learning it all (learning self included and less active stuff) and doing the learning *together* --> https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeschool.
I encourage you warmly to participate with me as a I have time and then spiral out naturally to others (we are part of humanity and so naturally a sort of evangelism or ecological pyramid of life as we choose to spread lesser suffering while accepting consuming is part of it).
Less-commercial in orientation (in everything) and happy to think / work for free.
Naturally you will hesitate if someone is sure of themself or ok standing on shoulders what we copy do the best from humbly but not too sterile either.
Based on just emotions ruins almost everything, which seems very common - very ungraceful - so don't disconnect... do it gracefully at least!
A "school" of thought is here you can interact / ask and make best together as free/low cost as possible.
Even a bad answer you can take best from (of course I won't know all your situation when I suggest something but I don't need to answer 100% - you also need to help me!).
Leave perfectionism, we are all imperfect humans! Let's do it... Choose something ANYTHING and keep the thoughts rolling together...!
All content under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA-NC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1 Thereby, ideally, only using tools and resources that are #FLOSS #OpenSource. #nobot