Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1479 followers · 107471 posts · Server mstdn.social

@anniethebruce I mean, there are reasons why prolific editors like Taran left...

I'm quite convinced Linus is dishing out hush money left and right to make people quit without much noise and leave under 'amicable terms'...

Kinda like "Bighead" from :
youtube.com/watch?v=oiCJhcxW0W

I just don't expect that to be 7 or 8 digits - maybe 5 or 6 digits Canadian Rupees at most...

#SiliconValley

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popcrimes · @popcrimes
49 followers · 724 posts · Server mstdn.social

‘Before It’s Too Late, Buddy’

This is what happens when you spend two years unmasking a well-funded Silicon Valley “apocalypse cult.”

by @xriskology

"This scenario is eerily similar to what Yudkowsky is advocating: military actions that could cause a genocidal nuclear catastrophe, if necessary to keep the techno-utopian dream alive."

truthdig.com/articles/before-i

#SiliconValley #Musk #haggstrom #bostrom #existentialrisk #agipanic #agi #yudkowsky #effectivealtruism #ea #longtermism #tescreal

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
1556 followers · 792 posts · Server mstdn.social

Mystery Company Bought Thousands of Acres of Land for $800M to Build New California City

>apparent bid to build an entirely new city in the state.

The New York Times reported those investors include some of the Valley's most recognizable names, from Marc Andreessen to Laurene Powell Jobs.
businessinsider.com/flannery-s

#California #sanfrancisco #SiliconValley

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Annhattan · @annhattan
140 followers · 892 posts · Server mstdn.social

The Internet’s Next Great Power Suck: AI’s carbon emissions are about to be a problem.

"Compared w/ many other things we use online, et all are unique in their power usage. risks making every search, scroll, click, & purchase a bit more energy intensive as rushes to stuff the into search engines, photo-editing software, shopping and financial and writing and customer-service assistants, and just about every other digital crevice." -Matteo Wong/

#theatlantic #Tech #SiliconValley #AI #chatgpt

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ShantiS · @Shantis
18 followers · 111 posts · Server mstdn.social

@ajsadauskas @technology And don’t forget their enablers - the investors who pour in billions of dollars of other people’s money, the marketeers who hype these “disruptive” technologies and the copycats who naively follow them. “Disrupter” used to be a bad word - how that became a badge of honor is another of Silicon Valley’s mysteries.

#SiliconValley #disruptors

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Stephen Shankland · @stshank
2922 followers · 1049 posts · Server mstdn.social

Semipalmated sandpiper, Mountain View, California.

#SiliconValley #naturephotography #birding #Birds

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Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1399 followers · 97753 posts · Server mstdn.social

@unicorndeburgh So I guess the iconic scene from has become a thing of the past then?

youtube.com/watch?v=oiCJhcxW0W

#SiliconValley #bighead

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Sarah · @SarahOestreich
478 followers · 1584 posts · Server mstdn.social

Another example of “entrepreneurs” walking away with the wrong lessons from their idols. They apparently watched The Social Network and walked away thinking is someone to model themselves after, not thinking he was a total turd. Or maybe his win at all costs mentality—even if it means screwing over everyone—is exactly what they like.

Also I haven’t seen yet, but if it’s not an hagiography, that’s probably a good thing.

#oppenheimer #markzuckerberg #SiliconValley

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popcrimes · @popcrimes
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Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1284 followers · 85768 posts · Server mstdn.social

Having to buy a prepaid virtual credit card kinda defeats the purpose of a " ", .

Like why the f**k would you assume everyone has a credit card unless you're a white from ?!!???

#SiliconValley #techbro #Oracle #Cloud #Free

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We as plebes in this system need to be better attuned to when we are talked at about innovation, it is most likely a marketing stand-in for profiteering and a dog whistle for deregulation.



#capitalism #musk #SiliconValley

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Netram · @Netram85
81 followers · 48 posts · Server hessen.social

Fand die Serie unterhaltsam und kann sie daher empfehlen. Eine 2. Staffel wird es wohl auch geben.

Ist ein mix aus und (Serie).

zdf.de/serien/start-the-fck-up

#stromberg #SiliconValley #Serien #zdfneo

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Bozo T. Clown · @TheRealBozoTClown
327 followers · 1025 posts · Server mstdn.social

Calling the massive theft of intellectual property by “fair use” seems pretty absurd. But it probably doesn’t matter since they’ve already done it. It will just be a matter of what little slap on the wrist they have to accept. Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission - the business model.

washingtonpost.com/technology/

#SiliconValley #openai

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eicker.news #technews · @technews
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eicker.news »The That Power : Entrepreneurs including Elon Musk and Sergey Brin are part of a that proponents hope will expand minds, enhance lives and produce business breakthroughs.« wsj.com/articles/silicon-valle

#technews #drugs #SiliconValley #drugmovement

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Bozo T. Clown · @TheRealBozoTClown
320 followers · 994 posts · Server mstdn.social

After finally holding my nose and messing with it quickly becomes apparent the whole thing runs on intellectual property theft on a massive scale. The information has obviously been scraped off the Internet but it's been recombined, mixed and laundered through their system to a degree that any one person could never identify their own content in the answers that come back.

Is this a breakthrough? I suppose from the perspective of finding new ways to exploit labor it is.

#SiliconValley #chatgpt

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Bozo T. Clown · @TheRealBozoTClown
322 followers · 1011 posts · Server mstdn.social

After finally holding my nose and messing with it quickly becomes apparent the whole thing runs on intellectual property theft on a massive scale. The information has obviously been scraped off the Internet but it's been recombined, mixed and laundered through their system to a degree that any one person could never identify their own content in the answers that come back.

Is this a breakthrough? I suppose from the perspective of finding new ways to exploit labor it is.

#SiliconValley #chatgpt

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Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1086 followers · 69392 posts · Server mstdn.social

@me OFC...

is what all the need to sustain themselves...

has yet to pay it's original investors, and it's "absolutely not" capable of doing so in any foreseeable future...
youtu.be/q0So9sqLLfY?t=127

#Amazon #scams #SiliconValley #growtoipoordie

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Bozo T. Clown · @TheRealBozoTClown
319 followers · 981 posts · Server mstdn.social

The idea that so called AI systems like (which is really just autocomplete on steroids) is going to turn into Skynet is beyond laughable. We're probably safe from terminators for the foreseeable future. What we should worry about IMO is the nefarious ways will try to use the technology to replace human labor with inferior replicas, turn customer service into a dystopian nightmare, digitally launder our biases and prejudices, and god knows what else.

#SiliconValley #chatgpt

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Ricardo Harvin · @ricardoharvin
1218 followers · 9235 posts · Server mstdn.social

@debonairetoast A paraphrased quote that resonates deeply with me: "If it's not accessible and useful to the poor and disabled, it is neither radical nor revolutionary."

#techbros #SiliconValley

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Interesting read awaiting. « The  » Peter . By Max .

📚💵💻

#chafkin #SiliconValley #thiel #contrarian

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