Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/apr/16/us-provides-assurances-to-prevent-assange-appeal-against-extradition So many loopholes in these "assurances", and they might try to wash their hands of it, by saying that it was the DoJ which did it, not them.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/17/ursula-von-der-leyen-scandal-european-commission-election Censor Ursula might be in trouble. ...Maybe.

Worth mentioning that Sam Altman personally stands to make a lot of money from playing "AI" up as a super revolutionary thing.

Alexandra out there with an "AI" panic piece, even though we should have moved past these... So, she takes vague statistics, which likely contain false positives (even if they weren't, the numbers are actually fairly small), as a "sign" that the end is here and we have to "save the children". She also appears to conflate pure prompting which is not necessarily done with malicious intent with acting maliciously.

I think the main problem is that she looks at it through the lens of censorship. There is nothing which precludes someone being arrested for sexual harassment or other similar such anti-social behavior towards others.

If it's about privacy, something like APRA might be a more fruitful path forward than censorship (which tends to be harmful).

In a way, the politician claiming an expanded Section 702 is not Stasi-like is right. It is much worse than the Stasi. #privacy

There are quite a number of other unjust (or disproportionate) laws someone could push too but that is the classic example.

The point is that locking people up is a form of violence.

Consider that the next time someone suggests putting people in prison for drug possession.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-12/inquiry-supports-sex-work-decriminalisation-push-queensland/103697104
"A Queensland parliamentary inquiry has supported new laws to decriminalise sex work. "

"University of Queensland researcher Rachel Brennan said decriminalisation would improve health and safety outcomes for sex workers.

"There's a strong evidence base that supports decriminalisation as the best public health framework for sex workers and for communities," Ms Brennan said."
#auspol #HumanRights

https://reason.com/2024/04/16/the-feds-will-close-a-notorious-california-prison-where-guards-abused-women-with-impunity/
"The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced Monday that it will close a federal women's prison in California where sexual abuse was so common that it was known as the "rape club."

The Associated Press first reported that the BOP is closing Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Dublin, a low-security women's prison in California's Bay Area, after several years of failed efforts to root out systemic misconduct and abuse."
#HumanRights

The way they want to expand Section 702 is very disturbing.

What if the Terminator has an extra finger, lol.

Something Dr. Harper fails to acknowledge (perhaps, he hasn't noticed it?) is that one sample of his is recruited from a community which appears to be marketed primarily to criminals, particularly, abusers.

Despite this being the case (and quite relevant), this is not noted anywhere, and it is merely described as a "help seeking community".

This might lead to someone erroneously concluding that the nature of it is merely "clinical" or a "mental health circle", and it might lead someone to presume that there are more criminals than there really are (or other negative implications).

Loli vampire anime, lol.

For me, "#AI" art, while perhaps having a certain degree of novelty value, isn't as interesting as something a human might make.

For each piece of "AI" art, I probably look at 1000x more pieces of human art, and it has nothing to do with politics of whether "AI" is evil.

Upside down Topsy Turvy Bizarro World!

To be fair, Carl Szabo kind of has a point when he points out that technology is not a substitute for parenting (i.e. the curfews).

Advocating for civil rights mainly through the lens of crime prevention is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen and provides meat for the conspiracy theorists to chew on.

If you've seen them, I think you'll know what I mean, I might write about them sometime.