Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
@freemo That is a very vague and open-ended question. And some people take "ethics" to mean "what if it produces something offensive?"
https://walledculture.org/how-copyright-hinders-the-preservation-of-modern-digital-culture/ A take on copyright and the preservation of culture.
Complaining about someone generating something "offensive" using a "copyrighted character" fundamentally misunderstands what copyright was even intended for...
It's worth remembering that C3P's definition of "child porn" is very broad to the point of being useless. So, if someone is sitting in a room fully clothed, that can be "child porn" in their eyes (yes, there have been recorded cases like that). Whatever their reasoning is there, it is silly to scream at someone for not removing a particular item like that from a site on the spot.
In one case, they appeared to be uploading the images themselves to a search engine, then reporting them to get them taken down (even though they were only transiently cached in the search thing for minutes at a time). This is extremely problematic as it creates room for scandal over nothing.
"One study showed that high frequency of ejaculation (21+ times/month) correlated with a 20% reduction in prostate cancer risk compared to lower frequency of ejaculation (4-7 times/month)."
@tripu I'm a bit concerned about the indiscriminately pulling up bits of data, although the arguments used are usually not good, and it's an immature area. The "solutions" are also usually pretty nuclear.
https://nichegamer.com/indie-srpg-little-hearts-gets-english-localization-thanks-to-ai-translation/ Machine translations making more games accessible to the West.
It's also worth mentioning that "cartoon porn" was mentioned as one of the top searches on one of these sites, and I particularly have free expression concerns there from would-be censors. #DSA #WarOnPorn
I've always found those location tracking apps to be creepy, even when it has an apparent legitimate use to it.
The best cases I can think of is like Google Maps (and I don't know how privacy friendly Google is) and like Pokémon Go which is a gimmick game (which loves microtransactions).
Persistent surveillance sold as a cure for loneliness (alienation, isolation, etc) is, IMO, one of the central marketing narratives of the surveill...
While potential accuracy of AI translations are an obvious point of concern, if you happen to be a troll known to vandalize translations, Katrina, then maybe you should sit this one out. #anime
"Today, the Akira ransomware gang claimed that it breached the network of Nissan Australia, the Australian division of Japanese car maker Nissan.
In a new entry added to the operation's date leak blog on December 22, Akira says that its operators allegedly stole around 100GB of documents from the automaker's systems.
The attackers have threatened to leak sensitive business and client data online, as ransom negotiations with Nissan failed after the company either refused to engage or pay the ransom."
The same country which insists that nothing could possibly go wrong from getting companies to retain far more data than they need.
It is also fascinating that right after Sam Altman puts on a show about how they supposedly have some "amazing" algorithm in the works, they open up a funding round. It's really not hard to understand what is going on here.
It is also fascinating how thoroughly this hundred billion dollar valuation and funding round pierces Sam Altman's marketing pitch that this is some sort of "public interest" project, and not "just another company".
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-22/openai-in-talks-to-raise-new-funding-at-100-billion-valuation Does anyone seriously believe Open...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-22/openai-in-talks-to-raise-new-funding-at-100-billion-valuation Does anyone seriously believe OpenAI is worth that much money?
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"However, Bill S-210 goes well beyond personal choices to limit underage access to sexually explicit material on Canadian sites. Instead, it envisions government-enforced global website liability for failure to block underage access, backed by website blocking and mandated age verification systems that are likely to include face recognition technologies. The government establishes this regulatory framework and is likely to task the CRTC with providing the necessary administration. While there are surely good intentions with the bill, the risks and potential harms it poses are significant."
Canadian anti porn "save the children" #privacy invading bill closer to becoming law. It is presumably incompatible with Canada's constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. #WarOnPorn
https://reason.com/2023/12/22/trumps-promise-to-indemnify-cops-against-any-and-all-liability-is-absurd-for-2-reasons/ Goes into qualified immunity.
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#FoodForThought — a lot of #Fediverse implementors are Fedi-first, but in @nodebb's case, we're adding #ActivityPub integration to already existing and established forums. It makes me wonder whether I should think about individual users' #consent to have their content federated outside of the local instance.
All along I assumed I'd just build in a global on-off switch for AP integration, but maybe we need more granular user-level opt-in/out here 
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It took a couple hours of banging my head against the code, but I finally managed to establish my first real #ActivityPub connection!
Lots more to do still, but at least I feel like I accomplished something today!
#Fediverse here we come.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
