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Developing AI field signal Analysis 1d ago
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beware software brain essay

BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN

3 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Simon Willison Olivia Guest nilay patel

“I really like how @reckless.bsky.social described this: "The people do not yearn for automation" www.theverge.com/podcast/9170...”

“> Even taking the time to consider how much of your life is captured in databases makes people unhappy. No one wants to be surveilled constantly, and especially not in a way that makes tech companies even more powerful.”

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Established AI field signal Analysis 6d ago
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What Mark Zuckerberg needs to answer about Meta Glasses, Muse, and teen safety

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Hypervisible Luke Stark nilay patel

““So I think one of the reasons the entire tech industry is so eager to fit these passive surveillance devices into the same kind of mental framework as smartphones is so that no one has to question whether there should be a new social etiquette for these de…”

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Established AI field signal Analysis 7d ago
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Meta privacy feelings Verge essay

Can you forget how you feel about Meta?

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nilay patel Dave Parisi Hayden Field

“NEW: Muse is Zuck’s latest bid to reinvent Meta. But can a company synonymous with safety & privacy debacles become the AI-powered voice in everyone’s ear? A deep dive from me, @miasato.bsky.social, @vicmsong.bsky.social & @laurenfeiner.bsky.social. www.the…”

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Developing Compute & infrastructure Development 1d ago
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Cloudflare AI web scraping protection

Cloudflare’s mission to save the web from AI… with AI

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Olivia Guest nilay patel

“Asked Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince if he would still make the decision stop being in business with Daily Stormer and Kiwi Farms today. (Among many many other deep questions about the web.) www.theverge.com/podcast/1000...”

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nilay patel: Asked Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince if he would still make the decision stop being in business with Daily Stormer and Kiwi Farms today. (Among many many other deep questions about the web.) www.the…
Tim Carmody: So they wouldn’t make the same decisions because those decisions violated the autonomy of…. The Daily Stormer?
Tim Carmody: But Kant (or Kantians) wouldn’t agree about why they would be offended, or why their offense would matter. The means/end distinction applies to people, not publications
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