the single biggest danger on the internet is the concentration of power into the hands of a very very small number of corporations, and this seems to only be a concern to a serious minority of leftists, which is wild to me
An important reminder that companies that provide open source AI models - such as Hugging Face and Stability AI - are still for profit venture backed companies.
Open source doesn't mean noncommercial or magically benevolent.
Scientists all agree that given past and present economic growth and the race for profit we can expect 1.9- 2.1°C of global warming within just 15 to 30 years making it more or less impossible for humans to adapt. 🧵
📢Berlin-based people take note! Tomorrow, the @NoBorder_Berlin is organising a rally to protest against the new 🇪🇺🇹🇳-deal and the organised death of Black people in Tunisia, Libya and elsewhere. Let's go!
📅Sat, 05/08/23, 4 pm
📍EU Commission in Berlin
💻https://t.co/vycDdyDsxy
World, meet Alex, Bill, and Mophat, three workers whose labor was essential to filtering violence and abuse out of ChatGPT.
For the first time they’re ready to tell you who they are—and how the work unraveled their lives and their families.
https://t.co/QXqCRAcOZX
One consequence of climate change we really are not even remotely prepared for is the rise of war and conflict, natural disasters will displace more people in the future than any war that has come to pass, and also cause more death and suffering.
Full solidarity with the activists who occupied an empty apartment today. The residents are to be kicked out of their flats in order to create "attractive" office spaces. #H48bleibt
Police is preparing eviction of occupied appartment in #Berlin#Neukoelln. The activists want with the action to draw attention to speculative vacancy.
#h48bleibt#besetzung#b1607
At the moment, you can probably count on one hand the number of countries in the EU where it is an absolute guarantee the far-right won't be in government at some point within the next 10 years
What's next in #Theatre and #AI? Nov. 27: a symposium with artist presentations, talks and discussions at @GruendgensPlatz Düsseldorf as part of our Regie:KI project. Note that some of it will be in English but also in German. Looking forward to it.
https://t.co/SEgXTMjnEa