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How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

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Techlore @techlore.tech · Sep 11

FINAL HOURS! EU governments finalize Chat Control positions TOMORROW (Sept 12)

If you're in undecided countries 🇪🇪🇬🇷🇩🇪 or others - contact your national reps AND MEPs NOW!

Every voice matters before the Oct 14 Council vote. fightchatcontrol.eu

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Jomo @jomo64.bsky.social · Sep 11

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it - George Orwell

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nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Sep 12

„Who would’ve thought?“
It’s just so disgusting that the mainstream media covers this so late.
#artificialintelligence #AI #technology

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

www.theguardian.com

gen z nihilism in the age of algorithmic information

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Techlore @techlore.tech · Sep 12

Politicians are working overtime to make "privacy" synonymous with "criminal activity"

Every time you choose to use a service that respects your data, you're proving them wrong. Normal people want privacy. You ARE the counter-narrative!

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nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Sep 1

What a diagnosis
#stateoftheworld #modernlife #genz #algorithm

YouTube video by olivia o.

Why everyone is quitting social media

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Aug 29

Internet used to be a great thing…
#internet #technology

YouTube video by Matt D'Avella

Pizza Joint Overwhelmed With Angry Customers Asking for Fake Deals Made Up by Google AI

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Aug 28

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#generativeai #genai #aihallucination #google #technology

A pizza place called Stefanina’s had to post a PSA across its socials, warning customers not to trust Google AI for their specials.

www.vice.com

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Aug 24

Let’s share something heartwarming for once ♥️

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 22

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

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nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Aug 22

For those in the back seats: THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL!
#privacy #onlineprivacy #deadinternet #surveillance

This is the moment the internet changed forever

YouTube video by Naomi Brockwell TV

Volkswagen makes horsepower a subscription: this needs to STOP!

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Aug 20

Everything is a subscription now. LITERALLY.
#subscription #debt #hiddenpayments #volkswagen

YouTube video by Louis Rossmann

YouTube Is Using AI to Alter Content (and not telling us)

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Aug 17

WHAT THE F….?!
WHY do we need unsolicited upscaling and „improvement“?
And by so, authentic creators will lose their audiences‘ trust.
#ai #aiupscaling #artificialintelligence #youtube #filter #manipulation #deadinternet #brokengoogle

YouTube video by Rhett Shull

YouTube to gauge US users’ ages with AI after UK and Australia add age checks

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Aug 5

What could possibly go wrong?

If you needed a final straw start your de-googling, that’s it.

#technology #degoogle #dystopia #artificialintelligence #ageverification #youtube

Tech company says it will use machine learning to estimate ages in order to show users in US age-appropriate content

www.theguardian.com

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nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 31

#surveillance #UK #dystopia #deadinternet #internet #law #identity

Techlore @techlore.tech · Jul 28

UK's age verification laws are creating a dystopian internet where you can't access sites without proving your identity first. People are finally waking up to how terrifying mandatory identity verification really is.

Your anonymous internet is disappearing 🧵

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 30

FFS make Orwell fiction again! 😩
#surviellance #technology #whofi #surveillancestate #orwell #wifi #tracking

Your body can be fingerprinted and tracked by Wi-Fi signals

A new system developed by researchers in Rome can identify specific people and their locations with 95% accuracy.

www.pcworld.com

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 24

So… all the things that so many people have already warned about? Tell me more…
#generativeAI #genAI #AI #artificialintelligence #AIscam #AIfraud #AItheft #technology #openAI #chatGPT #SamAltman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns of an AI ‘fraud crisis’ | CNN Business

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world may be on the precipice of a “fraud crisis” because of how artificial intelligence could enable bad actors to impersonate other people.

edition.cnn.com

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Techlore @techlore.tech · Jul 23

Brave browser now automatically blocks Microsoft's invasive Windows Recall feature! Very similar to Signal, preventing Microsoft from screenshotting your sensitive content 🔥

Learn more:
brave.com/privacy-upda...

Brave blocks Microsoft Recall by default | Brave

Starting in version 1.81 for Windows users, Brave browser will block Microsoft Recall from automatically taking screenshots of your browsing activity.

brave.com

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nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 21

The effectiveness of #duolingo has been questionable at best for the longest time but now it’s all gone downhill. I’m glad so many people are upset about it. Shame only most used to defend it longer than adequate.
#AI #AIfirst #genAI #artificialintelligence #downfall

Why Everyone is Cancelling Their Duolingo Right Now

YouTube video by David Ou

Why Everyone is Cancelling Their Duolingo Right Now

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 21

The effectiveness of #duolingo has been questionable at best for the longest time but now it’s all gone downhill. I’m glad so many people are upset about it. Shame only most used to defend it longer than adequate.
#AI #AIfirst #genAI #artificialintelligence #downfall

YouTube video by David Ou

He Had Dangerous Delusions. ChatGPT Admitted It Made Them Worse.

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 21

Oh, look, another isolated case of AI messing with the human mind and worsening a person’s state!
#chatGPT #genAI #artificialintelligence #delusion #mentalhealth #technology #danger

OpenAI’s chatbot self-reported that it blurred the line between fantasy and reality with a man on the autism spectrum. The company says ‘stakes are higher’ for vulnerable people.

www.wsj.com

'No More Copyright Protection For Anyone': Author David Baldacci Rips Big Tech Over AI Copyright

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 21

@davidbaldacci.bsky.social speaks during a Senate Judiciary Hearing.👏🏻
#davidbaldacci #AIistheft #genAI #artificialintelligence #theft #IP #copyright #technilogy

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

The ChatGPT CEO's Web of Lies

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 20

#VanessaWindgårdh takes apart the many lies of #SamAltman of #OpenAI
#ChatGPT has seeming taken over the world and it‘s not done yet.
Can you use this #technology with a clear conscience?
#AI #genAI #artificialinteligence #power #greed #deception #powercrisis

YouTube video by Vanessa Wingårdh

People have changed and it's actually terrifying...

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 20

More and more people begin to notice. Or maybe they begin to speak about what they’ve observed for a while.
But is it too late?
#humanity #antisocial #humans #separation #progress #downfall #people #individualism #change

YouTube video by Jacob Whelan

The Sims is a lost cause, and it's your fault

nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social @nuancedcriticizer.bsky.social · Jul 20

Call me a conspiracy theorist but this video isn’t about the #Sims4 only…
The issues #NotMalcolm is talking about in his video oddly remind me of many aspects of our life.
#humanity #toxicity #community #critisism #critisizm #corporate #labelling #defamation #consumerism #fandom #toxicfandom

YouTube video by Not Malcolm