Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

@Techmeme This is the danger of closed source

These are knowledge models, and they only output what they are fed with

And no, they won’t magically develop ’reasoning skills’ and be able to sift through propaganda. NOT when it’s part of the training

To think otherwise means you don’t know shit how they work

Training data for #ai #foundationmodels should be subject to public #academic scrutiny. Otherwise the models are bound to fall for flooding attacks

They obey statistics

An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, repeated false claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time (NewsGuard's Reality Check)

https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global
http://www.techmeme.com/250306/p42#a250306p42

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“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
Terry Pratchett; I Shall Wear Midnight
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@jonn I'm not sure what I wrote is required but one case it certainly is if you're a weirdo and like writing stuff like

const fn = <A> (a: A) => ...

Cause that's obviously an opening JSX tag. Adding a comma helps disambiguate (and pisses off ESLint).

The reason I meh'd at Haskell stuff is because I want this to be implicit unless actually needed (as in TS).

So not as worried about definitions as being able to write let rgb = image.convert<RGB>() or let rgb: Image<RGB> = image.convert() or let rgb: Image = image.convert(); rgb.at(0,0).red = 0; (etc)

Which kind of calls for a specific syntax construct that is never expected and almost always allowed.

@jonn ^ this! and after the 4 years end, granted trump is not reelected and doesn't cease power in some other way, it will be impossible to find a single person who had voted for him, at least not by asking people :-)

Canada has two modes, I'm sorry, and you're about to be sorry.

@Wileymiller @SnowshadowII

Donald Trump represents the United States. Until you have deposed him, strung him up from an Esso garage on the edge of a city square, or just voted him out, he represents all the people of the US. He is your president.

When Britain was faced with Nazi Germany, it was of no use for Britons to remember that Hitler did not represent the people of the Reich, and that there were some nice Germans.

Today, your country is an existential threat to mine. Period.

I'm in the process of getting this into the news, but I can't hold it back given Starmer's backflip.

In case you wonder how #labour handles immigration – they are quietly rejecting visa extensions to #ukrainian refugees. No appeal.

The case I am talking to news outlets about is a woman from Mariupol whose house is destroyed, whose city is under occupation, who is absolutely self-sufficient and who pays her own bills here in the #UK. #Immigration said that they believe that she can return to Ukraine and if she doesn't feel safe – explore options in the EU or Canada.

Let it sink in – #tory government under populist #Johnson was more humane than #labour under career politician #Starmer.

@richlv @dammn @sortova @leaflet
You asked for it, and here it is
https://donorbox.org/help-ukraine-finish-the-war

this is a project from here
https://u24.gov.ua/

thank you!

⚡️ Poroshenko, Tymoshenko admit 'public' contacts with allies but reaffirm opposition to elections during war.

Ex-President Petro Poroshenko's team works "publicly and transparently" with U.S. partners to ensure bipartisan support for Ukraine, Poroshenko said on March 6, reiterating his opposition to elections during the war.

His comments came in reaction to Politico's article, which claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump's team has been leading secret talks with Poroshenko and another opposition leader, Yuliia Tymoshenko, as Washington ramps up pressure against President Volodymyr Zelensky.

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/poroshenko-tymoshenko-reaffirm-opposition-to-elections-under-martial-law-after-claims-of-us-contacts/

What if Trump is just a massive red team exercise

If you commute, take a different route if you can.