Cross posted from https://programming.dev/post/58639203

Reassure the world your work was made by humans.

US techno-fascists threatening democratic-elected MPs who denounce the erasure of our data privacy.

A great and long article about why it's important to resist in all forms and for all purposes. Well sourced and written.

Full quote:

Generative AI and it's applications hold a mirror up to the face of capitalism itself. Under capitalism we are blessed with the miracles of being able to buy anything from anywhere. But behind the curtain lies exploitation.

Ok I don't fully agree with the guy, especially with the "we are blessed with the miracles of being able to buy anything from anywhere" (you are not me/us) but this is good sentence overall and I feel this phrasing might resonate more to western people.

Feel free to share your thoughts if this is a good quote and/or a good video overall.

PS : quote is at 15:46

Archived version

A report just in from the Kernel Maintainers Summit on 8 October reveals just how full AI slop the Linux kernel project has gone. And so has project leader Linus Torvalds.

Nothing really new but this seems a nice summary with sources linked.

Shows whether 'AI' is profitable yet or not by listing several companies which are related to, or primarily deal in hardware and software around 'AI' and showing their profits and losses.

There are so many beings who do art, it's wonderful. Everymany should do art, it's theraputic

We're trying really hard to keep this positive.

So yeah! Grab a pen, and doodle on a desk, paper, napkin, or like, on own skin!

Or like, download a paint app on phone, and scribble! We use FossifyPaint, but many apps these days come with a paint app. Check if the gallery has a paint feature, by pressing what is often a ✏️ icon, or 3 dots at a corner and an option such as "Edit" should come out.

Happy drawing!

Learn how to sing, how to beatbox, or invent a toally new art form. Just. Do. Art.

Please read our pronouns before addressing us
#art, #visualArt

this is disgusting

They put slop next to resources for learning art

Educational • freemediaheckyeah - https://fmhy.net/educational#art-editing

Please read our pronouns before addressing us
#slop, #aiSlop, #art, #antiAI, #AIisnotart

System76's COSMIC desktop now requires contributors to certify that pull requests contain no LLM-generated content. The new template also adds a Developer Certificate of Origin.

"As the AI race reaches white-hot temperatures, big tech companies are caught up in a heated race to build as many pollution-belching and power-sucking data centers as they can.

And while the Trump administration is largely clearing their way by easing environmental rules for the polluting facilities, other governments are less inclined to give companies a pass.

As Finnish newspaper Kaleva reported last month, Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares — the equivalent of almost 500 football fields — for two new data centers in the northern part of the European nation without concluding the necessary environmental assessments."

Please sign if any here care about well made and maintined code, the planet not dying, consent of coders, contributors, users and artists and probably more things that need caring about in today's cynical and uncaring world.

No surprise really, those that don't offload their thinking understand more and thus can do better at the set tasks and exams etc.

Caroline Golin, chief growth and policy officer at NRG Energy, said that AI expansion has outpaced the infrastructure necessary to power it and that energy companies 'weren't prepared' for the opportunity in front of them as the US data center buildout ramps up even further. Despite the pressure on the grid, Golin says that the industry is working to make sure the infrastructure is in place to grow into the future

Artificial intelligence and electric vehicles are driving a surge in global energy demand, forcing electrical grids to double their power delivery by 2050. However, aging infrastructure and outdated technology threaten to hold them back. Now, companies from China to Nigeria are building next-generation grids to power AI, support electrification and potentially unlock massive economic growth.