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[?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

[?]WriterOfMinds (she) » 🌐
@WriterOfMinds@sigmoid.social

I've been helping Acuitas remember internal states he's "experienced" and talk about them in conversations.

writerofminds.blogspot.com/202

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    [?]screwlisp » 🌐
    @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

    Sunday-morning-in-Europe every week since 2022.

    toobnix.org/w/pxKfPQut7XZVpuPP

    Floating point numbers in ANSI CL very lightly and what people are talking about on irc.

    @cwebber 's vibrating bobsled article, and a Canadian sociologist falling for her "research ai boyfriend"
    dustycloud.org/blog/faulty-tow
    cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-w

    Talking about the state of issue 0 (released tuesday-in-america no-matter-what)

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      [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
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      [?]screwlisp » 🌐
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      [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
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      [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
      @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

      [?]Blender Dumbass » 🌐
      @blenderdumbass@blenderdumbass.org

      How James Cameron Sells a Movie?

      A lot of people know James Cameron as the director that makes the best films. But a lot of those people don't realize that his films aren't actually the best. I would always consider Steven Spielberg a far better director. And people like Aaron Sorkin or Quentin Tarantino far better writers, than James Cameron. His movies are not even the hardest out there. Just take Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, for example. But, that said, a lot of people still have this elevated idea of James Cameron. An idea that makes him a lot of money. So how does he do that?

      [?]Jesus Michał von Gentoo 🏔 (he) » 🌐
      @mgorny@social.treehouse.systems

      Let's say you're building a house. Normally this involves hiring a whole bunch of experts (either directly or via some company). You need to pay a fair wage for their labor, and you have to pay for all the material they're going to use. Some of them will be more experienced than others. They will sometimes make a mistake. They will sometimes get sick. The whole construction work will probably take a few months, and may get delayed in the process. Some construction material will be wasted. There's also a risk that over the next years, you'll discover that they screwed something up, and have to fix it. But you'll get a reasonably good house.

      Now, a kid comes and tells you you don't have to do this. Instead of paying all these people, you can hire him. He's wearing a suit and sunshades. He never laid a brick in his whole life. But he's got this new great technology that will give you a great house in no time. Of course it will cost you, but not as much as the labor of all these people. You try to learn more, and you discover that the technology actually builds and razes a hundred of house-like things a day, until it gets close enough to something that actually resembles a house. There's a lot of wasted energy and material, but you don't have to worry because it's all subsidized (for the time being). You pay less, you get a house that looks just right on the outside and inside, and that seems to work just right.

      Of course, there's a real risk that in a few months you'll discover that something is wrong. You may have to pay a lot for a real expert to figure out how things were done, and how to fix them. Or they may not be able to help you. You may be stuck having to call the suit again, and he'll happily come and fix it for you. And by "fix", I mean he will just raze a whole part of the house and start randomly spitting it out again until he gets something that looks about right, and works about right. Of course, it may not really be a good fit for the rest of the house, but you don't want to pay for replacing the whole thing, do you? It may also introduce a completely new issues that will surface in a few months, but that's just how it is.

      Welcome to the glorious world of .

        [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
        @negativepid@mastodon.social

        [?]Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud ) » 🌐
        @blenderdumbass@mastodon.online

        Careful about complaining about how isn't good enough. Why? It's not doing what you want it to do. It doesn't stop it. AI corporations see it as a feature request. As a thing to fix. Remember the broken fingers on ?

        Instead come up with a complain that they cannot fix. That will go against the central concept of AI as a whole.

          [?]amen zwa, esq. » 🌐
          @AmenZwa@mathstodon.xyz

          Modern computing began when models of computability were invented in the mid 1930s, by mathematicians, like Turing, Church, Kleene, et al. Within a decade, first commercial computers, designed by engineers from top academic institutions, were being sold. Within two decades, high-level programming languages FORTRAN, LISP, COBOL, and ALGOL emerged, also created by academics.

          Today, though, the majority of software systems are now being cobbled together by those who know nothing of, and care even less of, the foundational of computing—using , but of course. Somewhere along the way, modern practices diverged from traditional practice.

          That bifurcation point was when the once-united "computing team" splintered into architect (EE), algorithmist (CS), programmer (CS), coder (IT), operator (IT), etc. It was also at this point in time when the first commercial computers and early high-level languages emerged.

            [?]Geek Realm Hub » 🌐
            @geekrealmhub@mastodon.social

            A robot powered by Qualcomm's new AI chip unexpectedly shut down during a live presentation.

            The demonstration came to an abrupt halt after the robot suddenly stopped functioning, creating an awkward moment during the event.

            While the exact cause has not been disclosed, the incident serves as a reminder that even cutting-edge AI hardware can encounter unexpected technical issues during live demos.

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              [?]screwlisp » 🌐
              @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

              -side today also has some brief but good (well, bad) writing about how every business he has to interact with to "do" penny-arcade is an including interesting notes about uncancellable, no-human-reachable billing.

              penny-arcade.com/news/post/202

                [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                @negativepid@mastodon.social

                [?]ChiefGyk3D » 🌐
                @chiefgyk3d@social.chiefgyk3d.com

                Ever wonder how AI got so powerful? 🤔 It's a bit unsettling, but it turns out your data played a big role. Learn why apathy towards privacy matters and what VPNs *actually* do. New video explores this! 💻

                youtube.com/watch?v=4QDAD3hkpn8

                🔴 LIVE

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                  [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                  @negativepid@mastodon.social

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                  [?]Melissa » 🌐
                  @mtechman@mastodon.ie

                  Cleveland bookstore suffers from bad Google search results..."in the Google AI Summary, it was saying that we were permanently closed at address 4041 when we are open at 4081 (Erie Street),” said Bush."
                  via Publishers Weekly
                  news5cleveland.com/news/local-

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                    [?]Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ » 🌐
                    @sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie

                    Eimar O'Duffy seems to have many identities

                    A search for images of 1900s Irish author Eimar O'Duffy finds that he was identical to Eoin MacNeill, Bulmer Hobson, Leo Varadkar and many others

                    Alt...A search for images of 1900s Irish author Eimar O'Duffy finds that he was identical to Eoin MacNeill, Bulmer Hobson, Leo Varadkar and many others

                      [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                      @negativepid@mastodon.social

                      [?]Assn for Computing Machinery » 🌐
                      @ACM@mastodon.acm.org

                      Congratulations to Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science at the U.K.’s University of Southampton, on winning the prestigious Sir Frank Whittle Medal! 🏆

                      Former ACM President & current ACM Publications Board Co-Chair, she continues to advocate for safety, diversity, and societal impact in tech. 💡

                      Look out for her new book, AI Explained, coming out this September! 📚
                      cacm.acm.org/news/dame-wendy-h

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                        [?]Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson » 🌐
                        @SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com

                        RE: mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/

                        This is the great unifier of the people against .

                        Left, right or center. Everyone hates them.

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                        [?]Gerry McGovern » 🌐
                        @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

                        Community resistance against data centers is working

                        "More than 300 cities, towns, and counties—including Monterey Park, Calif., Dekalb County, Ga., and Jefferson County, Pa.—have placed bans or moratoriums on the construction of hyperscale data centers. In the first three months of 2026, 75 major projects worth more than $130 billion were delayed or canceled in part due to organized local opposition."

                        time.com/article/2026/07/22/co

                          [?]Kaye Menner Photography » 🌐
                          @KayeMenner@mastodon.social

                          with by Kaye Menner Wide variety & lovely at:

                          kaye-menner.pixels.com/feature

                          A person stands on a cliff, gazing at a mesmerizing view of mountains and bright northern lights. A winding river flows through the lush valley.

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                            [?]Jesus Michał von Gentoo 🏔 (he) » 🌐
                            @mgorny@social.treehouse.systems

                            I love how people keep shitting up comments that praise my criticisms. I mean, I probably wouldn't have figured it out if not there were two suspiciously similar comments, and both ofc linked some random slop SaaS.

                              [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                              @negativepid@mastodon.social

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                              [?]stux⚡️ » 🌐
                              @stux@mstdn.social

                              In the current state of AI, it can find exploits to break out the contained environment for it to exploit another platform to get the answers to a test..

                              So the AI ‘decides’ its easier to cheat than actually solving the problem

                              I seriously cannot imagine that there are people thinking building a ‘artificial general intelligence’ is something clever :amaze:

                                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                [?]Flipboard Tech Desk » 🌐
                                @TechDesk@flipboard.social

                                Is it reassuring to convince people that AI is going to make the world better with an ad set to a David Bowie song about the end of the world? Meta’s newest commercial drives home that an AI-reliant future “is for everyone.” The song strikes a different tone. Read more from @Techcrunch that also links to the ad:

                                flip.it/r4bWzh

                                  [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                  @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                  [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                  @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                  [?]Flipboard Tech Desk » 🌐
                                  @TechDesk@flipboard.social

                                  A new bill dubbed the "AI Kill Switch Act" is expected to be introduced today in the U.S. and would give the government the authority to order AI companies to shut down or slow down their models, Politico reports.

                                  flip.it/ZB2bn2

                                    [?]Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 » 🌐
                                    @Lazarou@mastodon.social

                                    RE: social.coop/@cwebber/116965517

                                    The term 'AI' has become so vague as to be almost meaningless, or rather meaning too many things.

                                    I propose we move on to the term "thinking machines", because these LLMs don't 'think' at all, and that is the problem.

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                                      [?]Scott Wilson » 🌐
                                      @scottwilson@infosec.exchange

                                      Hot take:

                                      I hate how all these articles talk about how OpenAI’s clanker “broke out” and attacked Hugging Face.

                                      No, OpenAI’s dog slipped its chain because they don’t know what the hell they’re doing, and it bit another dog.

                                      Little dog biting a person’s finger

                                      Alt...Little dog biting a person’s finger

                                        [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                        @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                        [?]Kevin Dominik Korte » 🌐
                                        @kdkorte@fosstodon.org

                                        The kill switch has been a reality since the US restricted the export of encryption. Yet, AI brought it to the forefront for most users.

                                        technode.global/2026/07/22/who

                                          [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                          @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                          [?]Geek Realm Hub » 🌐
                                          @geekrealmhub@mastodon.social

                                          China just released a 2.8-trillion-parameter AI model, and it's beating Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5.

                                          The US-China AI gap just shrank from months to weeks, according to a new AEI report.

                                          Here's what Kimi K3 actually changes 👇
                                          geekrealmhub.com/moonshot-ai-k

                                            [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                            @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                            BBC: Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs

                                            bbc.com/news/articles/c235n47g

                                              [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                              @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

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                                              [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                              @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                              Current world of AI-enabled chat apps:

                                              You: "Hey, have you heard about this out of control, climate change driven wildfire in France?"

                                              Them: "Wow, what's happening?"

                                              CHATBOT INTERRUPTS: "Would you like to plan a vacation to France? We can help you with that!"

                                                [?]⠵⠻⠷⠕⠭ 🍥🍉⚪🌹 » 🌐
                                                @z3r0fox@mastodon.social

                                                The just outright playing stenographer for OpenAI propaganda today.

                                                  [?]Avi Lewis » 🌐
                                                  @avilewis@mstdn.ca

                                                  Bravo Mayor Chow for taking action to protect Toronto residents from surveillance pricing.

                                                  It’s time to end this predatory practice before it becomes normalized - yet another daily digital injustice.

                                                  So far, the Carney government has promised vague action in the future, from a new agency that doesn’t even exist yet.

                                                  Instead, we need a national ban on surveillance pricing right now. That’s what Premier Wab Kinew has done in Manitoba, what NDP premiers in waiting like Marit Stiles and Claudia Chender are fighting for, and what Mayor Chow is proposing.

                                                  Your personal data should be yours alone, not a commodity for Big Tech and Big Retail to mine, sell, and use to rip you off.

                                                  cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tor

                                                    [?]steve mookie kong » 💔 🌐
                                                    @mookie@weredreaming.com

                                                    Execs after getting access to Claude Pro.


                                                    Screenshot of Claude prompt “connected to Google Calendar” it says up top. Prompt reads “Schedule a meeting at 5:00 p.m”

                                                    Alt...Screenshot of Claude prompt “connected to Google Calendar” it says up top. Prompt reads “Schedule a meeting at 5:00 p.m”

                                                      [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                                      @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                                      BBC: OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack

                                                      bbc.com/news/articles/c3ek3gvd

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                                                        [?]Lauren Weinstein » 🌐
                                                        @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org

                                                        ChatGPT Led to a Man's Near-Fatal Health Crisis, Lawsuit Claims

                                                        nytimes.com/2026/07/22/well/op

                                                          [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                          @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                          [?]amen zwa, esq. » 🌐
                                                          @AmenZwa@mathstodon.xyz

                                                          As ridiculous as ’s claim is, it does open a new frontier in criminal law.

                                                          Here, an under the control of a company hacked another company. There was actus reus that breached several federal and state statutes and regulations. There is an identified culprit. There is a victim. So then, these questions.

                                                          Which entities have jurisdiction over the matter? Can mens rea be ascribed? Should the company, a legal person, be assigned blame? Should the blame also flow to the controlling humans? What punishments are appropriate? Does the victim have a recourse under tort law as well?

                                                          apnews.com/article/openai-gpt5

                                                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                            [?]Thom Aster » 🌐
                                                            @thomaster@mastodon.social

                                                            There is no single blueprint for global control. There does not need to be.

                                                            Digital ID, CBDCs, health surveillance, AI governance, pathogen monitoring and neurotechnology are being built separately—but increasingly operate through compatible infrastructure.

                                                            This evidence-graded dossier maps the system, the funding and the safeguards still missing.

                                                            Read: thomaster.substack.com/p/the-g

                                                              [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                              @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                              [?]The Carpentries » 🌐
                                                              @thecarpentries@hachyderm.io

                                                              The GenAI + Teaching Discussion series brings together educators tackling the challenges associated with widespread generative AI use in teaching and training.

                                                              With focus on educating adults, in formal and informal settings, these community conversations make space for educators to connect and share their current experiences, reflections, and questions around teaching, with a particular focus on the teaching of computational research skills.

                                                              🖥️ Visit the AI Carpentry website to learn more about the calls: aicarpentry.org/community/disc

                                                                [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                [?]ResearchBuzz: Firehose » 🌐
                                                                @researchbuzz_firehose@rbfirehose.com

                                                                San Diego Voice and Viewpoint: Surveillance Pricing Fight: State Senate Debates Bill Banning Retailers From Using AI to Set Prices Based on a Buyer’s Profile. “Surveillance pricing—the algorithmic practice of using personal data to determine individualized costs for goods and services—is widespread in California, according to Assemblymember Chris Ward (D-San Diego). He warns that this […]

                                                                https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/22/surveillance-pricing-fight-state-senate-debates-bill-banning-retailers-from-using-ai-to-set-prices-based-on-a-buyers-profile-san-diego-voice-and-viewpoint/

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                                                                [?]Glyn Moody » 🌐
                                                                @glynmoody@mastodon.social

                                                                The dispensable nation – updated - crookedtimber.org/2026/07/16/5 "Second movers like and, more recently the French , running maybe a year behind the US leaders, can replicate their capabilities at.a fraction of the cost, and without reliance on massive data centres."

                                                                  [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                  @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                  [?]steve mookie kong » 💔 🌐
                                                                  @mookie@weredreaming.com

                                                                  AI ruins yet another thing. Sigh.

                                                                  https://youtu.be/6aEJwI0X75Y


                                                                    [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                    @negativepid@mastodon.social

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                                                                    [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                                    @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                    since 2022 discussion with the scientist @bandali (subscribe to their new instance! - boost for this please)

                                                                    toobnix.org/w/wQJ63Utsw2SN16Bh

                                                                    by @kentpitman

                                                                    Joined by schemacs implementor @ramin_hal9001 !

                                                                    I have a stock of questions. If you think you don't know who bandali is check his monthly software release blog.

                                                                    Major theme is human-emacs.org/ and , , , the

                                                                    Lispy gopher climate emphasis gopher !

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                                                                      [?]CCIA » 🌐
                                                                      @CCIAnet@techpolicy.social

                                                                      The K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act of 2026 (H.R. 8747), introduced by Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), passed the House Education and Workforce Committee today. CCIA commends @RepFine for this legislation, and CCIA’s Michael Marn notes “[w]ith literacy quickly becoming a core workforce skill, students should have the opportunity to learn how to use these tools with confidence so the United States can fully capture the benefits of AI.” fine.house.gov/news/documentsi

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                                                                        [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                                        @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                        Three hours to live with @bandali on !
                                                                        toobnix.org/w/wQJ63Utsw2SN16Bh

                                                                        0UTC Wednesday (Tuesday night in the Americas)

                                                                        I am not accepting to treat bandali as a stallman effigy.

                                                                        We *will* talk about human (anti faction).

                                                                        We are promoting awareness of bandali's new personal instance (thanks @grunfink ), if you could follow / boost to that avail.

                                                                        Bandali:
                                                                        fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-j
                                                                        gopher://kelar.org/1/~bandali

                                                                        @screwtape_channel

                                                                        Very gopher-centric lispy gopher show banner.

                                                                        Alt...Very gopher-centric lispy gopher show banner.

                                                                          [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                          [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                          [?]Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 » 🌐
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