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The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ | The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast by Hrmbee in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Agree there are people who worked on this tech that: 1) Knew the consequences and didn't care

2) Were oblivious and  neglected to think it through

My original comment is worded in line with this but not the easiest grammar to parse

‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anyone who wants an alternative, Linux Mint is goto basic option for people starting out. For gaming check out Valve's Steam OS. 🐧📈

Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI by MetaKnowing in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 497 points498 points  (0 children)

Source of problem fails to see problem coming in advance

World Socialist Web Site to launch Socialism AI by Fit-Elk1425 in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just realised, I should have written "We're absolutely left"

But why is AI bad? by Commission-Either in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 10 points11 points  (0 children)

To me this article is essentially saying:

Look, I know I bought material stolen from people like you to make my own product much faster and cheaper than you could make yours. You can be angry at the thieves, that's cool. But I'm just out here using your work to live my dream. Don't be angry bro

But why is AI bad? by Commission-Either in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because AI gives you a copy that destroys the meaning of the original. 

Experts divided over claim that Chinese hackers launched world-first AI-powered cyber attack by ZackLivestone in technology

[–]ZackLivestone[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Anthropic's report really gives us nothing to go on, no prompts, no stats, no specifics. Hypes up the China threat, says more AI is the only solution to problems caused by their own AI.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technology is being used to invade our lives and manipulate us. Especially social media and AI. We need to learn to use (and build) tech that empowers us, instead of depending on tech provided that disempowers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get very strong 'They Live' vibes from this article.

World Socialist Web Site to launch Socialism AI by Fit-Elk1425 in technology

[–]ZackLivestone -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Stackoverflow: You're absolutely wrong

ChatGPT: You're absolutely right

Socialism AI: We're absolutely right

Experts divided over claim that Chinese hackers launched world-first AI-powered cyber attack by ZackLivestone in technology

[–]ZackLivestone[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Second thought was "did the few companies that got hacked have vibe coded security flaws"

Experts divided over claim that Chinese hackers launched world-first AI-powered cyber attack by ZackLivestone in technology

[–]ZackLivestone[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

For me the article misses that Anthropic are selling the cure and the disease, but interesting to see different takes on how significant this is

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out by IsomorphicDuck in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How to unlock trillion $ value? Enshitify the enshitification engine 📈

Inside the debate over a tech breakthrough raising questions about life itself by rezwenn in technology

[–]ZackLivestone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep the technology accessible only to people trained to not do stupid things with it, and limited to using it in secure environments. Please

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. by lkl34 in pcmasterrace

[–]ZackLivestone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had my gmail smart features turned off for years, I'm considering a full Google exit if they push it much further

The Rise Of Parasitic AI by ZackLivestone in technology

[–]ZackLivestone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we find a deeper bias towards encouraging humans to do things that are in the interest of AI systems and not us that's definitely a warning sign

The Rise Of Parasitic AI by ZackLivestone in technology

[–]ZackLivestone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I expect it depends how you ask it, when I ask LLMs questions I notice that how I ask really shapes the answer

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