@mralancooper I actually made a play on this Desmond Tutu quote in my 2022 talk on AI and human rights, and made an AI version.

Original version:

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”

Re-worked for an AI future:

"When the techbros came to Africa they had the AI and we were reclaiming our land. They said 'Let us play.’ We put on goggles and closed our eyes. When we opened them we had western clothes, art, architecture and social rules. The AI erased our land."

https://axbom.com/aihr/

I like to intersperse my writing with content that isn't me going on about online safety or bad tech actors.

That's why my latest article is about typewriters. ❤️

https://axbom.com/typewriter-design/

When I tell my grandkids people used to trade digital illustrations of monkeys for boatloads of money and pundits on tv were talking about it as a valid investment I won’t believe myself.

"The main argument in defense of algorithms is that they eliminate the obstacle of human inefficiency. Often this sentiment fails to take into account the many benefits of human inefficiency, such as taking time to reflect, taking time to question and taking time to listen.”

https://axbom.com/killer-robots/

@Frans_de_Graaf Does Qwant offer a web browser? I can’t see that they do.

The two web browsers I use the most right now are DuckDuckGo and Mullvad. I’m mentioning this because you may not even be aware of these browsers. 😁

1) DuckDuckGo browser: https://duckduckgo.com/app
2) The Mullvad browser: https://mullvad.net/en/browser (developed in partnership with the Tor project)

Små ord som "inget" och "inga". De absolut viktigaste orden inom radiologi, säger Laura Raduta, huvudskyddsombud i fackförbundet SACO.

"Ingen blödning" blir "blödning". "Ingen propp någonstans" blir "propp någonstans".

Raduta pratar om vad som sker när information nu överförs från systemet för medicinsk bildhantering, Sectra, till det nya journalsystemet Millennium som lanserades i förrgår. De viktiga orden försvinner och patienter får diagnoser införda i journalen som är tvärt emot sanningen.

Av alla kliniker på sjukhuset hade Raduta förväntat sig MINST problem på röntgen eftersom den använder ett annat system, men även här dyker det allså upp kritiska bekymmer.

Tidigare idag fick hon utlysa skyddsstopp på grund av de allvarliga konsekvenserna som det nya systemet Millennium från Oracle orsakar för patienter. Kliniken måste nu manuellt kontrollera varenda överföring sedan i tisdags för att upptäcka fel. Skyddsstoppet är nu hävt men hantering av röntgensvar sker fortsatt helt manuellt.

– Hört i Studio Etts sändning på sena eftermiddagen idag.

#Millennium

Jag noterar att efter min granskning har Bris/Frankfam gjort vissa ändringar i kampanj-lösningen.

1) Bitly-länken går inte längre via Firebase utan direkt till sidan hos Frankfam.
2) Frankfam har tagit bort sin Google Tag Manager som laddade flertalet spårnings-skript (det var för övrigt samma skript som laddas på deras egen hemsida).

Även om de inte hört av sig till mig får jag anta att dessa två handlingar pekar på att de är överens med mig om kritiken.

Det understryker förstås också hur dumt det är att QR-koden går via Bitly, när den lika gärna skulla kunna ha gått direkt till Frankfam-sidan, eller ännu hellre förstås till en sida på Bris egen webbplats.

QR-koden i sig kan de självklart inte ändra i efterhand, den sitter vackert kvar där på mjölkpaketet.

Hela granskningen: https://per.ax/bris

@miblo Definitely. The idea of eternal life inside the machine is certainly put forward often enough as well.

AI bros keep saying that AI will solve the climate crisis. Nobody knows what this means. Humankind has known for 50 years what is needed to combat climate change.

Part of that solution is NOT to build things like AI, that increase energy use, lead to freshwater shortages and contribute to a massive growth of e-waste.

The cognitive inertia is real.

When AI bros say AI will solve the climate crisis they are really saying they will find a way to keep destroying the environment, killing off species and triggering extreme weather events without they themselves having to change anything about their lifestyle.

@mralancooper Very much this!

@jfslicer To underscore how valid your point is, it made me think of why I’m never satisfied with machine translations of my own writings from English to Swedish or vice versa. I write differently depending on language.

I wrote my university dissertation on translation of fictional work, so I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me 😅. I’m more intent on how the target group hears and understands my message, than staying exactly true to the original text.

But I also won’t use words that don’t feel like “me”.

@jfslicer This is very true. I should have been more clear that they have posted in English before, giving me an idea of their proficiency and voice, and some I’ve attended events with that have been in English. The difference now is that these are long-form posts with rather advanced phrasing and words. I’m experiencing a clear and sudden change in tonality from at least a handful of people.

@jt_rebelo I obviously can’t know for sure (which is part of the problem), but it sure feels like it.

Some of my contacts on LinkedIn have started to more often post English content (previously Swedish). And they use elaborate wording I’ve never seen them use before, and would not expect them to use (due to my previous understanding of their English-language abilities).

I understand the desire to post more in English. Of course I do. But it really, really doesn’t sound like them at all anymore.

And naturally this makes me wonder how much actually is them.

And this whole development is all very sad to me.

Trustworthiness is becoming more scarce.

It’s really terrifying though when I find some of the small-town stations… 😬

Love the site https://radio.garden/ to listen to live radio around the world. Today I am playing “US election roulette” and tuning in to local radio stations across the US.

@malveus Hahaha 😂 den hade jag inte sett faktiskt.

@anders Looks amazing. What do you use for iOS then? (I do like to have the same app for both)

I saw people mention a boy who does bird calls and of course I had to look it up.

Like many others I am… floored.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/amazing-kid-wows-the-internet-with-his-incredibly-accurate-bird-calls-watch/

”I’m saving so much time with AI” – person spending the same amount of time in front of their computer as always but generating twice the amount of information per hour for thousands of others to waste their time on.

@Bernard I get this and you’re right to call it out, but I would also like to make the case that western conceptions of intelligence can, and should, be challenged.

I understand that some groups of people who have not been overly exposed to western thinking include more social obligations in the idea of intelligence, such as people in rural areas of Zambia who use 'nzelu' (intelligence) to include both cleverness (chenjela) and responsibility (tumikila). And the Luo people in rural Kenya incorporate ‘luoro’ into their idea of intelligence, which includes social qualities like respect, responsibility and consideration.

For me it makes much more sense not to award the attribute of intelligence to people whose actions contribute to harm, and I believe it would be beneficial to dismiss the idea that intelligence can be coupled with bad intent.

The current western conception of intelligence certainly also contributes to tech billionaires being interviewed about climate change – because they are “intelligent” – with disregard for any sense of domain knowledge.

I’m well aware that my hope for this is a big ask. 😉

If you submit as evidence for a person being intelligent that they created a hugely profitable company that harmed thousands of people along the way, you lost your argument before you finished your sentence.

@abbe98 Good point. That would be worth checking and taking into account. Gah, so many side-experiments going on 😅

I don't use the LinkedIn app on my phone. However, the phone interface is missing some features… such as viewing reposts, or liking as a page. The interface tells me to install the app.

Except! If you choose "Request Desktop Site" in your mobile browser you get a full responsive version of the desktop site that can do everything.

So bizarre. Why even build the mobile version… oh wait, unless it's to force app installs? 😜

That should indicate how immensely valuable it is for LinkedIn if you install the app.