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⚠️ AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
I discovered 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 for myself in my ill-fated research project of 2021!
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-generate-intimacy-exceeds-human.html

AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
People can develop emotional closeness to artificial intelligence (AI)—under certain conditions, even more so than to other people. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Tobias Kleinert from the Department of Psychology at the University of Freiburg and Prof. Dr. Bastian Schiller from Heidelberg University's Institute of Psychology. Participants felt a sense of closeness especially when they did not know that they were communicatin…

His comment sums things up pretty well, IMO.
https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de

This. @… https://bsd.network/@dch/116375237468185032

dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker: (@dch@bsd.network)
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu here's a suggestion before spending a bazillion on "AI". Make it (much) easier to start small businesses. Like, €100 instead of €1000s, and a clearly defined list of paperwork, that can be processed at a single govt agency in under 1 hour, in 1 country. Then, simplify the byzantine pan-EU tax arrangements so this small business can just pay tax once, instead of needing to spend €4000/year on accountant support, and filing in multiple countries.…

Ischia is Burning: The Novel I Have Been Writing for Thirty-Six Years
Most books are written. A few are excavated. Ischia is Burning is a book I excavated from a steel filing cabinet in a Manhattan apartment, where it had been sitting for more than three decades inside a folder marked Ischia, in the form of a screenplay I wrote at twenty-five years old in the second year of an MFA program at Columbia.

Ischia is Burning: The Novel I Have Been Writing for Thirty-Six Years | David Boles, Blogs
Most books are written. A few are excavated. Ischia is Burning is a book I excavated from a steel filing cabinet in a Manhattan apartment, where it had been sitting for more than three decades insi…

Das EnergiePortal des Kreises Schleswig-Flensburg informiert über aktuelle Entwicklungen zur #Energiewende.
Ein integriertes #Solardachkataster zeigt, ob sich #Photovoltaik auf…

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Valve FM: Internet-Radio im Terminal hören https://blog.oliverswelt.de/blog/back-to-the-roots-warum-ich-radio-jetzt-im-terminal-höre-valve-fm

@… & I (along with a few others) are running #InstallFest #2 for folks in/near Ōtautahi/Christchurch who're feeling uncomfortable in their digital existences and want to free themselves from a dependence on US Big Tech &/or become more self-sufficient. …

I guess the solution is to… outsource and centralize even more? Like, make everything dependent on an “AI” company?
https://www.wired.com/story/canvas-hack-shinyhunters-ransomware-instructure/

Entering the wild canyon...
(May 2024, IIRC it was the same day @… happened to be there too [unknowingly to us]...)
#FootpathFriday #NaturePhotography

This is the third fatality at this German border crossing in a year time, following a similar incident at another Dutch-German border crossing barely a week ago.
https://www.oost.nl/nieuws/3646158/dode-bij-ongeluk-op-a1-busje-botst-ac…

Dode bij ongeluk op A1: busje botst achterop file richting Duitse grens
Bij een ongeluk op de A1 bij De Lutte is vanmiddag de bestuurder van een busje om het leven gekomen. Het voertuig botste volgens de eerste berichten achterop een vrachtwagen die in de file stond richting de Duitse grens.