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Jeffrey Jon Bode’'s avatar

We don’t like forced AI.

MPT's avatar

Excellent report. Freaking egomaniac, dystopian billionaires, and trump. A combination that is destructive and deadly. Satan blushes...

I would enjoy seeing bezos suit up for the next origin flight attempt. I am sure it would draw a large crowd.

Kat Hitchcock's avatar

Got a new phone. Whilst transferring everything from the old to the new discovered several AI apps etc., installed automatically. Young rep agreed we HATE AI. He explained further AI installed...No option to delete or uninstall. No choice.

Welcome to America.

Marliss Desens's avatar

I wanted to remove Facebook from my phone, and that was not allowed.

Kat Hitchcock's avatar

Completely unacceptable. Frightening what is being allowed with no recourse, no choice, no accountability from anyone and everyone with enough money to track our every move. Even whilst we sleep.

Kat Hitchcock's avatar

I am pro-choice with all things for all people. I'm having a hard time with this.

Kat Hitchcock's avatar

Optimism is a heavy lift these days. Some days too heavy. Gotta do it tho. For each other.

Julie Machado's avatar

Facebook is broken. It restricted me for trying to share a shareable Guardian article about Stephen Colbert's new YouTube account as "against community standards". I am restricted from posting/replying/sharing/joining all groups until August 25 - 3 months, yet my FB account status says there are no problems. There is no way to appeal in the way the help articles describe because there is no problem event number. This also has happened to at least one friend. Changing my password made no difference.

Kat Hitchcock's avatar

The last time I was put in FB jail for sharing a link to a jfk speech I was done. Community standards?! What a joke.

Whilst uninstalling I discovered hidden away a red exclamation point by my name. I had been shadowbanned. Pondered why my likes and shares had gotten so low with my 5k followers. Theye weren't seeing my posts. I was too anti-genocide for the FB police. #fukzuk

kdsherpa's avatar

I've been banned for months. Only idea I can come up with is the comments I posted about the orange pedophilic sadist.

Michela A. C.'s avatar

"Tesla saw improved sales figures in China and some European countries in May. Most notably, the company recorded a 39% increase in year-over-year sales in China, where it faces the most aggressive competition from domestic electric vehicle manufacturers. (CNBC, Reuters)" If Tesla reported it then we know it's a lie. Muskoid (Tesla) = Enron. The billionaires will still profit and everyone else who was forced to invest via their corporate managed retirements funds, will see their retirements disappear.

Flora McG's avatar

Excellent reporting. TY

Oaktown's avatar

Thank you for this comprehensive and disturbing article. I hope all the oligarchs lose their shirts. And shame on Jensen Huang for this BS:

" ... anyone still questioning the trillions of dollars pumped into AI is “crazy.” The centibillionaire sought to undermine any Cassandras who are still warning of a looming AI financial bubble. “Remember last year… the rhetoric and the narrative around the investment were, ‘What’s the ROI?’ Give me one example of some crazy person saying that now,” he said. “They’re going to sound insane.”

Mark my words, this entire AI bubble will pop, which is why those who stand to lose when reality hits are trying to gaslight and bully those who see it coming. And don't you dare expect taxpayers to bail you out, Welfare Queens! YOU WERE WARNED by many knowledgeable people; take responsibility for your very bad and foolish judgment.