Homo Resiliens @mekonto@social.cleverlibre.org

The problem with #AI is not the technology itself.

The problem is #capitalism.

AI developed and controlled by greedy capitalists will not be put to good ethical use.

AI will be used in whatever way is most profitable, regardless of what harm it may cause - like every other product and service under capitalism.

Artificial intelligence will be every bit as cold, evil, and ruthless as the billionaires who made it and own it.

Buckle up folks, cause that genie is not going back into the bottle.

People: “AI will destroy us”
AI:

Wow. RStudio (recently rebranded as Posit) is partnering with Palantir. Yes, the same Palantir with ties to Cambridge Analytica. The same Palantir that partners with and actively supports ICE and other oppressive surveillance.

This is really not ok ethically, and can only mean a bad direction functionally for the company's software going forward. I never use RStudio for research myself, but it looks like I'll stop using it in teaching.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/palantir-posit-partner-integrate-rstudio-115900656.html

#rstudio #palantir #posit #ice

¿Cómo ves #Mastodon?

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Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903?

Originally ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed as a protest against the big monopolists of her time like Carnegie & Rockefeller.

But it was Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman, who eventually sold it to Parker Brothers after playing a version.

Parker Brothers credited Monopoly with saving their company. Magie died in 1948 without recognition. Darrow became very wealthy & his legend lives on. #history #women

I'm sick of people saying it's easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of #capitalism. I think about the end of capitalism every day. Today I imagined what it would be like to live in a community that valued me for being present rather than "useful" or "productive." In that world, I think I would spend a lot more time taking care of plants. I would tell stories when I felt like it, instead of on deadline. What do you imagine? #imaginetheendofcapitalism

Finally, John Mastodon

Este estudio le gustará a @Shine_McShine: 43 de las 50 ciudades más pobladas de EE.UU. tienen más gasto en policías, cárceles y cortes penales que en salud pública, asistencia a infancia, recreación, parques y demás.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276818