“AI” as currently hyped is giant billion dollar companies blatantly stealing content, disregarding licenses, deceiving about capabilities, and burning the planet in the process.
It is the largest theft of intellectual property in the history of humankind, and these companies are knowingly and willing ignoring the licenses, terms of service, and laws that us lowly individuals are beholden to.
Hello fediverse,
because it's common in this space, this is a little #introduction
I'm completely new to all this Social Media stuff and I was very skeptical about it in the past. Due to the evil nature of their corporations, I avoid Facebook and Twitter like the plague. But because ActivityPub is a free protocol and not bound to corporate interests it seems interesting. I'm not sure if I'll like it or post frequently - I'm just trying it out.
I'm an enthusiastic computer, GNU/Linux and *BSD hobbyist. I like to tinker around with hard- and software in my little homelab. I'm in no way a professional or expert of any kind in the IT field. Just doing things for fun.
Also interested in Gemini and the smolnet/indieweb. The way the internet is heading these days isn't very promising. When I discovered the gemini protocol in 2021 I was imediately intrigued. So I set up my own little capsule which I now regard as my private home in the online world (link in profile).
It's time for an #introduction, having just moved over from Fosstodon to a much smaller instance.
I've recently career changed, after three decades teaching physics and computer science in schools and colleges. I'm now an instructor in the aviation industry and enjoying the change of pace.
I have an occasionally updated #Gemini log, a set of #RaspberryPi computers running network services, and I started programming on a Sinclair ZX81 microcomputer.
I enjoy winge-bonding about the failures of politics, irritatingly smug tech billionaires and the stupidity of the #england national rugby team. I prefer calming countryside photos, happy tales and stories of positive experiences.
Cela m’a valu (et me vaut encore) des attaques grossières et insultantes de toute une profession tentant d’associer mon nom avec des injures sur Google.
Depuis quelques temps, c’est encore pire: le contenu est généré automatiquement pour correspondre aux recherches:
Google will die Anrufe seiner Nutzer:innen scannen, um vor Telefonbetrug zu warnen – und sorgt damit für Entsetzen. Fachleute für Datenschutz warnen: Ist die Technologie erst mal auf dem Gerät, werde das weitere Begehrlichkeiten wecken – mit weitreichenden Konsequenzen für die Demokratie.
@fsf is asking for nominations for Free Software Awards and all I can think is that I would like to highlight those permacomputing/retrocomputing/software minimalism projects like #gemini
I'm Travis, people call me tmoney sometimes, I'm almost 40 and I live near the Mission District in San Francisco. I am a privileged white cis male tech worker (YouTube), but I try to be an ally.
I'm a musician who has published some indie music on Spotify. I also work on the "WP 1.0" bot on Wikipedia, which is the bot with the most all time edits on the site.
I teach free Python classes at @Noisebridge and I also have been known to tutor people online for free (in coding and music), so reach out if you're interested.
NGC 7727, the billion-year-old aftermath of a double spiral #galaxy collision. At the heart of this chaotic interaction, entwined and caught in the midst of the #chaos, is a pair of supermassive #blackholes — the closest such pair ever recorded from #Earth.
I'm looking for any recommendations of blog posts/articles that explore the potential limits of #LLM tech or examples of #ChatGPT or #Gemini going wrong in ways that show it's limits.
Bonus points for anything that discusses #UX use cases.
There are no end of "positive" examples, they are plastered everywhere! I'm assuming there is something a bit calmer and measured out there.
I saw on #usenet under the #gemini protocol newsgroup (REAL GEMINI NOT SHIT GOOGLE CRAP) that someone created a guestbook like we used to have back in the day under #gemini very cool indeed! <3
Cześć, jestem Kuba. Jestem frontend deweloperem. Po godzinach, jak starcza sił, to też grzebię sobie w kodzie. Czy to wrzucę coś, rzadko na bloga (https://jakubiwanowski.dev), czy jak jakiś czas temu zacząłem się bawić #arduino . Tematy zainteresowań zmieniają się w zależności od nastroju i układu gwiazd. Czasem obejrzę jakiś film czy serial. Próbuję tez wrócić to w miarę regularnego czytania, ale to z różnym skutkiem. Jakie gatunki mnie interesują? Głównie sci-fi i fantasy, czasem jakiś reportaż, ten ostatni głównie książkowo.
Nie jest to moje pierwsze spotkanie z Mastodonem, mam też konto anglojęzyczne: @dzajew . Na Fosstodona przeniosłem się z mastodon.technology, ale niestety ze względów na moderację, posty można pisać tylko po angielsku.
Pol.social znalazłem przypadkiem rozklądając się po masto za postami na temat protokołu #gemini .
Anytime that you click on your browser reader mode you are implicitly admitting, and confirming, that #smolweb and #Gemini are the right way to read internet pages... 🤭