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@ StopTech @lemmy.today

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  • UK moves to ban smoking for everyone born after 2008

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  • But wouldn't that be very odd? A lot of those 40-year olds would probably give the middle finger.

  • Should cash stay alive to enable "private" transactions?

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  • Use cash for now, but start transitioning to other privacy currencies, especially those that don't depend on technology, such as precious metals and local currencies like Ithaca hours. Edit: I say transition away from cash (as in government-produced cash) because that they have serial numbers that enable tracking and they can decide to declare them invalid or inflate away their value through printing if people continue to use them anyway.

  • Should cash stay alive to enable "private" transactions?

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  • Bills also have serial numbers on them

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees' mouse, keyboard use

    web.archive.org /web/20260421201405/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/meta-will-use-employee-tracking-software-to-help-train-ai-agents-report/
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    Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees' mouse, keyboard use

    web.archive.org /web/20260421201405/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/meta-will-use-employee-tracking-software-to-help-train-ai-agents-report/
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Turns Out to Be Sneakily Backed by OpenAI

    web.archive.org /web/20260406071035/https://gizmodo.com/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-turns-out-to-be-sneakily-backed-by-openai-2000741069

  • Everyone with wealth and power has been eyeing their incremental rollout with intense interest while trying to play it cool.

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  • This is very true. And technology more generally is a means of power and thereby allows the few to control the many. Technology needs to remain local and of limited capabilities.

  • Everyone with wealth and power has been eyeing their incremental rollout with intense interest while trying to play it cool.

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  • Yes.

  • pausing dangerous AI

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  • Pause? Don't you mean undo?

  • UK moves to ban smoking for everyone born after 2008

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  • This seems like an excuse to normalize age/ID checks even for people who are obviously over 18. Totalitarian Britain being totalitarian as usual.

  • 29% of employees admit to sabotaging their company's AI strategy

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  • This is the way

  • Weimar Republic economy gets Weimar Republic results

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  • It is observably relatively minor, as already explained. It is arguably temporary and definitely is temporary if we become extinct.

  • The role of medicines and vaccines in reducing disease and death is greatly exaggerated - sanitation deserves most of the credit

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  • If that's what you conclude then I don't think you read it

  • The role of medicines and vaccines in reducing disease and death is greatly exaggerated - sanitation deserves most of the credit

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  • I concluded exactly what the title of this post says

  • The role of medicines and vaccines in reducing disease and death is greatly exaggerated - sanitation deserves most of the credit

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  • I didn't conclude that

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    Survey: workers of the world are anxious and scared of AI

    web.archive.org /web/20260325144042/https://fortune.com/2026/03/25/workers-anxious-scared-insecure-ai-adp-global-survey/

  • The role of medicines and vaccines in reducing disease and death is greatly exaggerated - sanitation deserves most of the credit

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  • I would hope that everyone already knows that it does. One has to balance risks as they see fit.

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
    StopTech @lemmy.today

    29% of employees admit to sabotaging their company's AI strategy

    www.europesays.com /ai/796/
  • Neo-Luddites @lemmy.today
    StopTech @lemmy.today

    29% of employees admit to sabotaging their company's AI strategy

    www.europesays.com /ai/796/

  • catgirls save us

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  • In this case yes, although it comes off as a very mild complaint

  • Weimar Republic economy gets Weimar Republic results

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  • Some relatively minor and arguably temporary economic hardship that still leaves us at an advantage compared to almost anyone else doesn't seem like a big deal compared to humans no longer being the dominant species and either going extinct or becoming slaves

  • The role of medicines and vaccines in reducing disease and death is greatly exaggerated - sanitation deserves most of the credit

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  • I read all of it actually

  • Weimar Republic economy gets Weimar Republic results

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  • I didn't say it's not an issue, but we need perspective. Instead of complaining about the elbow poking us in the ribs right now how about we talk about the branch we're sitting on breaking and the pit of lava below? Or why we are in this situation to begin with? Not just the elbow but everything else?

  • catgirls save us

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  • I have literally not seen anyone complain about it. As the tweet says "we just accept".

  • The role of medicines and vaccines in reducing disease and death is greatly exaggerated - sanitation deserves most of the credit

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  • Yeah it's the author's virtue signal which is why you can trust their conclusions which say the opposite of their bias in favor of vaccines

  • conspiracy @lemmy.ml
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    The role of medicines and vaccines in reducing disease and death is greatly exaggerated - sanitation deserves most of the credit

    blog.rootsofprogress.org /draining-the-swamp
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Edmonton police body cameras now automatically detect faces and compare to a watchlist

    reclaimthenet.org /edmonton-police-body-cameras-facial-recognition
  • Tech Dystopia @lemmy.ml
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    Edmonton police body cameras now automatically detect faces and compare to a watchlist

    reclaimthenet.org /edmonton-police-body-cameras-facial-recognition
  • Neo-Luddites @lemmy.today
    StopTech @lemmy.today

    The role of medicines and vaccines in reducing disease and death is greatly exaggerated - sanitation deserves most of the credit

    blog.rootsofprogress.org /draining-the-swamp
  • conspiracy @lemmy.ml
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    The Urban Penalty: The Real Cause of Death in the Middle Ages

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    The Urban Penalty: The Real Cause of Death in the Middle Ages

  • conspiracy @lemmy.ml
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    UK planning to team up with "big tech" in next pandemic for "whole-of-society" "live location data" and AI surveillance

    reclaimthenet.org /uk-pandemic-location-tracking-plan
  • Tech Dystopia @lemmy.ml
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    Even parrots go crazy without enough social interaction. Technology has destroyed social interaction and is the primary cause of mental illness.

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    StopTech @lemmy.today

    Even parrots go crazy without enough social interaction. Technology has destroyed social interaction and is the primary cause of mental illness.