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Right, #genAI will revolutionize science. As in, there’s nothing going to be left after the zone has been completed flooded with shit. There’s really no point in publishing anything anymore, as it’ll be drowned out by #AIslop.

RE: https://toot.cat/@zkat/115737870313508332
Been afraid of similar knowledge for many years myself & still hoping to make the world a better place, at least a teensy bit... But yes, the right to "use for any purpose" has always been the weakest point…

"The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich. If democracy is the problem capital is always trying to solve, propaganda is part of the solution. Like the kings and empire-builders of the past, they use their platforms to project the claims that suit them and suppress the claims that don’t. This means boosting right and far-right movements, which defend wealth and power..." -- George Monbiot.

Series A, Episode 05 - The Web
CALLY: [Moves to stand next to him] Why?
AVON: All knowledge is valuable.
CALLY: [Touches her temple as if listening] Which are the forward detector links?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/105/40 B7B6

We distinguish "personal unfairness",
-- the view that one’s own economic situation is unfair,
from "social unfairness",
-- the view that the economic situation of others in society is unfair.
Uncertainties associated with the transition to a globalized knowledge economy heighten people’s feelings of personal unfairness
Feelings of personal unfairness increase support for the "populist right"
and feelings about social unfairn…

Left-Wing Populism vs. Right-Wing Populism - What's the Difference? | This vs. That
What's the difference between Left-Wing Populism and Right-Wing Populism? Left-wing populism and right-wing populism are both political movements that aim to...

Leon Panetta on New Yorker Radio Hour: asked to express his greatest worry explicitly given his broader and deeper knowledge of foreign affairs, he names the dysfunction of American Democracy.
That’s after having mentioned all the external crises we currently face overseas. He made the excellent point that our inability to handle our own business (e.g. immigration, health care, taxation) in a responsible way threatens our global credibility & security.
(He’s right)

This has allowed me to make clear something that's been at the back of my mind. Something that is at the heart of so much blind stupidity in big tech.
It's the assumption that we will change one thing and all else will be the same.
In this case, we will fire lots and lots of employees all over the world and we will make lots of profit. We're smart enough to make the AI, and we're dumb enough to think that there will only be one consequence. 1/n

Kouji Kozaki and Anna Lisa Gentile are opening #ISWC2025 with almost 400 participants this year. Despite the popularity of generative #Ai the largest topic here is still knowledge representation and readoning
#semanticweb

The annual fundraiser support for Wikimedia from the richest man in the world is a dystopian right-wing infused parody site of #Wikipedia.
So if you‘d rather support free access to the sum of all human knowledge instead of billionaire tech bros, you get a chance to donate out of spite.