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HumanServitor

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Daniel Detlaf (he/him)
One-man flea circus, writer, sci-fi nerd, news junkie and AI tinkerer.

No one who is carefully curating their feed should follow me, I boost whatever catches my eye

I mostly post about:
#Writing #SciFi #Politics #AI #Climate #Science #Python #Space #TimeTravel #History #LLMs #Dystopia #OpenAI #AIEthics #Journalism #NewMexico #DemocraticSocialism

Albuquerque, NM
Avatar: Doodle of robot wearing a tie and name tag.
Banner: An alien landscape, gas giant in sky.

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HumanServitor, to politics
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TL;DR of Trump's speech: Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

#politics

gerrymcgovern, to random
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The staggering electricity demand needed to power next-generation technology is forcing the US to rely on yesterday’s fuel source: coal. Retirement dates for the country’s ageing fleet of coal-fired power plants are being pushed back as concerns over grid reliability and expectations of soaring electricity demand force operators to keep capacity online.
US slows plans to retire coal-fired plants as power demand from AI surges, Amanda Chu, The Financial Times, 2024
https://www.ft.com/content/ddaac44b-e245-4c8a-bf68-c773cc8f4e63

HumanServitor,
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@gerrymcgovern

Tell me, alongside degrowth, which energy sources do you favor as we abandon fossil fuels? Are you in the nuclear-is-green camp?

I've lost track of the current state of which energy technology is the most effective with the least destruction/emissions involved in its production.

Daojoan, to random
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There are few professions I respect more than librarians. We need them.

HumanServitor,
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@Daojoan

I respect them, but I also reserve the right to fetishize them a little. Naughty librarian. Flirty librarian. 👀

HumanServitor, to random
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I saw a post from someone saying goodbye to the kids on the school #bus that she had driven for several years and expressing happiness about her new job driving a #garbage truck where she will earn double the income.

Like education, #waste management is a very important thing. But still, the thought that we value driving trash around twice as much as driving kids around... It's a bit bleak.

#capitalism

AbandonedAmerica, to random
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The conservatory at the abandoned Dunnington Mansion in Farmville, VA.

Check out the new gallery and write up on Abandoned America: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/dunnington-mansion

HumanServitor,
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@AbandonedAmerica

Reminds me of

maxleibman, to random
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Can your god fold this fitted sheet?

HumanServitor,
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@maxleibman

The sheets are folded by sprites when I'm not looking and I try not to inquire into their business too closely. People disappear that way.

HumanServitor, to politics
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When we talk about how Republicans have been attacking the institutions and norms of our democracy, this is a great example. The norm was that these issues are ironed out as a matter of course. Suddenly, they are not. Like the norm was that Congress certify the Presidential election, until Republicans decided it was not, and we had Jan 6th.

(Colorado trying to keep Trump off the ballot for insurrection - also not the norm. But neither is insurrection!)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/politics/biden-ohio-ballot.html

HumanServitor, to food
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I move that beans be made the official of as it is widely known that the more you eat the more you

gerrymcgovern, to random
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"ChatGPT consumes a lot of energy in the process, up to 25 times more than a Google search. Additionally, a lot of water is also used in cooling for the servers that run all that software. Per conversation of about 20 to 50 queries, half a litre of water evaporates – a small bottle, in other words."

AI is predicted to consume twice as much energy as the whole of France by 2030

Training GPT3, took 1,287 MWh (Megawatt hours) of electricity.

https://www.brusselstimes.com/world-all-news/1042696/chatgpt-consumes-25-times-more-energy-than-google

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@tobi82 @gerrymcgovern @Chee_Koala

"What is needed and what are the basics? Who will decide? 🫣"

That's the real crux of it. I read and agree in part with many of Mr. McGovern's posts and boosts, but I disagree about AIs utility. Were I choosing, many other things would get cut before AI. Who chooses?

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@gerrymcgovern @tobi82

But many (most, really) of the individuals In the machines that comprise those corporations are also concerned, environmentally-minded, socially conscious people. I don't want to count them out. I feel as though we are at a time of reckoning with capitalism's ethical failures that would occur even without the urgent pressure of the climatic doom we've sown. Wishful thinking maybe.

gerrymcgovern, to random
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Microsoft's jaw-dropping nauseous greenwashing

Microsoft’s AI Push Imperils Climate Goal as Carbon Emissions Jump 30%

The company’s goal to be carbon negative by 2030 is harder to reach, but President Brad Smith says the good AI can do for the world will outweigh its environmental impact.
https://revealnews.org/article/what-california-can-learn-from-saudi-arabias-water-mystery/

Ah, Brad, Brad, pull the other one, fella. Maybe for once in your life could you be honest? It's the good AI will do your stock price. That's all you care about.

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@gerrymcgovern @brent

Lol.

Also, the chair we sold you is taking pictures of your butt. No worries though, it's only to train better chairs.

HumanServitor, to stargate
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As a fan of I find this headline highly alarming!

arstechnica, to random
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Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed

FAA: Boeing apparently didn't confirm bonding "where the wings join the fuselage."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/boeing-says-workers-skipped-required-tests-on-787-but-recorded-work-as-completed/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

HumanServitor,
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@arstechnica

HumanServitor, to Meme
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I'm a day late for May the Fourth, but what the hell.

RL_Dane, to fediverse
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#Fediverse #Fedifriends

HumanServitor,
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@RL_Dane

Weird makes the world go round.

rodhilton, to random
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Part of my brain that likes saving money: wow! This bread still isn't moldy and it's been 3 weeks!

Part of my brain that likes science: wow... this bread STILL isn't moldy... and it's been three weeks?

HumanServitor,
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@rodhilton

Cheap hot dog buns are nearly immortal

HumanServitor, to Funny
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86qKgK0asGo

HumanServitor,
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@RL_Dane

Definitely. I love watching someone try to keep their shit together when they want to bust out laughing.

shoq, to random
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Jake Tapper is in his comfort zone interviewing Republican Israeli war hawks. He confuses that with being a friend to Israel. I am so tired of him. I’ve been tired of him since the 1990s. It astonishes me when people confuse him with a good journalist.

HumanServitor,
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@shoq

CNN is awful. I let it squawk on my TV way too much.

andrewstroehlein, to random
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Here, like on all social media, I block those in my replies who:

🚫 support war crimes;

🚫 push propaganda of abusive governments;

🚫 deny facts;

🚫 dismiss victims' suffering;

🚫 fling hate;

🚫 lie about me or my organization;

🚫 use whataboutism;

🚫 use strawman arguments;

🚫 sealion.

HumanServitor,
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@andrewstroehlein

What does sealion mean in this context?

atomicpoet, to random
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Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is not my favourite RPG, but it’s probably one of the most memorable.

Before Ultima IV, every RPG I played was basically, “Here’s a bad guy, go kill him.” But in Ultima IV, you can do terrible, amoral things. And not only that, you’d get immediate gratification from it – only to realize much later in the game that doing terrible, amoral things was ultimately not worth it.

This is definitely a DOS game that I often re-visit.

Ultima IV screenshot (RTX 3080 Ti)
Ultima IV screenshot (RTX 3080 Ti)
Ultima IV screenshot (RTX 3080 Ti)

HumanServitor,
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@atomicpoet

I owe that blind herbalist in Skara Brae a LOT of money.

HumanServitor, to space
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I'm not sure we need to be prepping for space cops just yet, nextweb. Or that it will be a promising new career ...

https://thenextweb.com/news/astroforensics-new-careers-of-the-future

HumanServitor, to Meme
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That's the spirit!

HumanServitor, to politics
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The Israel-Palestine situation is a clusterfuck. I don't have any deep insights to add to what more knowledgeable people are saying. I don't like that simply by being American I feel complicit, however diffusely, in either side murdering people.

BUT LET ME SAY THIS. If we plunge the U.S. into Russian-style autocracy because people decide to lay decades of intractable violence squarely on ... How will treat ? He would let erase Palestine, full stop.

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💯

#meme #politics

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