Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

GenAI: really putting "break things" into "move fast and break things"

Make sure you read that privacy policy. Persona, the creepy-ass firm selling PII to the Feds for human rights abuse purposes, is the vendor being selected by a number of firms for identity verification. Creepy companies such as these are the primary threat actors against working people and their privacy.

I understand we’re supposed to be more afraid of China, Cl0p, and ShinyHunters, but threat actors such as Persona use the appearance of legitimacy to violate our privacy and our legal rights in broad daylight.

"AI can make mistakes, always check the results"

I fucking loathe this phrase and everything that goes into it. It's not advice. It's a threat.

You probably read it as "AI is _capable_ of making mistakes; you _should_ check the results".

What it actually says is "AI is _permitted_ to make mistakes; _you are liable_ for the results, whether you check them or not".

Except "you" is generally not even the person building, installing, or even using the AI. It's the person the AI is used on:
https://thepit.social/@peter/116205452673914720

When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

I would like to thank every LLM provider and startup for changing this paradigm by introducing a much weaker link in the chain.

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I was having a discussion with someone at work last week that commented on how wrong AI often is when they ask it on a topic they already know well. So my colleague doesn't trust it. Checking the DeepWiki for my own app reveals the same is absolutely true for generated documentation.

And just today someone at work suggested we could just use AI for generating docs. It's gonna be a hard no from me at least.

#AI #Slop

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116205075329513597

The jokes just write themselves. 😂😂

We are calling on ICE to immediately release journalist Estefany Rodriguez, who has covered immigration, including ICE actions, for the local Spanish-language news site Nashville Noticias.

Read the letter we signed with 40 other press freedom and civil society groups:

https://www.freepress.net/news/coalition-41-press-freedom-groups-calls-immediate-release-nashville-based-journalist-arrested

Hello friends, we lost access to our old Varia fediverse account, but we are now back and ready to federate!

This is our new account, please follow us on here to connect with us again.

For those who don't know us, Varia is a member-based collective that maintains a ground floor space at Gouwstraat 3, Charlois Rotterdam, since 2017. Together we experiment with creating and maintaining physical and digital infrastructures needed for collective, cultural work. More about what we do here: https://varia.zone/en/

#introductions

Mass surveillance and censorship are escalating in many countries right now. There is a global attack on secure encrypted communication. Often, authorities, politicians, and tech companies work together to push for new laws. One example: when Ashton Kutcher (yes, the actor), through his tech company Thorn, tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens through undemocratic and corrupt methods.

If an LLM is used for military purposes, then the datacenters hosting the LLM become legitimate military targets.

#CfP LIMITS 2026! 🌍

LIMITS 2026 solicits submissions that move us closer towards computing that supports ecological and just futures for diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres. LIMITS'26 calls for
(1) papers to be peer-reviewed, presented and published in the proceedings (as usual) and
(2) alternative contributions, stories and other formats!

Abstract submission: March 20th 2026
Paper submission: March 24st
Alternative contributions: May 1st

https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/

Random thought.

If public libraries didn't already exist, capitalism wouldn't let you invent it. Can you imagine how many billions Jeff Bezos would plough into fighting the idea, destroying any politician who dared to back it?

Support your local library.

Cat made the HAIRBALL HORCK sound after we were already up and caffeinated. Another win for Daylight Saving Time.

@ChrisMayLA6 Spain reached a tipping point in decoupling electricity pricing from gas pricing, once you reach renewables and nuclear providing all electricity for enough of the day for enough of the year, the impact of gas prices is significantly reduced https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/decoupled-how-spain-cut-the-link-between-gas-and-power-prices-using-renewables/

Trump ‘Accidentally’ Missing From DOJ Epstein Files—But Key Claims From 13-Year-Old Victim Are Verified
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Richard Medhurst on the continually increasing damage to US bases in the Gulf, the results for Israel's early warning systems, and the Israeli gov't and media's desperate attempts to cover up what's actually happening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0cIOMVBSbU

Wow, the government's draft report on how it is meeting its ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) obligations is a long dry summary of all the ways it's failing to do so by eroding our rights and liberties.

And that's even with it trying to put the best light on some issues like the terrible Biometric Code!

Read as a whole it's a shocking indictment.

https://consultations.justice.govt.nz/policy/iccpr-draft-report-consultation/

By the way, if someone is serving for the United States military, it is a bit old fashioned to say "thank you for your service", perhaps try instead: "you are a traitor to the human race."