Olives @olives@qoto.org

This is the same playbook that Hashicorp and Reddit used. They were "open source".... Until they weren't. Reddit even had an open API... Until they didn't.

Think about that for a moment.

ClosedAI were able to use being "open" to market their start-up. They were able to use that to attract funding / investment. Then, they transitioned away from that with a convenient excuse when it came time to launch their product.

Is that not a grift?

It only took a few vague allusions to "ethics" for ClosedAI to quietly back away from what they marketed their company on. That they would be open.

It's part of the grift.

Also, from what I've seen, "AI ethics" is mostly just a way for someone to dress up their views on the technology in a manner which they think appears more objective.

In essence, the so-called "AI" "ethicist" has no competence in technology, has no knowledge of users, knows nothing of products, asks philosophical questions in a void, and comes back with utter garbage.

"AI" "ethics" is an attempt to avoid having concrete and mature discussions about "AI" and to instead go chasing hypotheticals and to approach the subject as if it is an abstract thing.

"AI" "ethics" is a grift.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/03/asia_in_brief_nov_4/
"[#Singapore] is moving from what it calls Electric Road Pricing (ERP) 1.0 to ERP 2.0. The first version used gantries – or automatic tolls – to charge drivers a fee through an in-car device when they used specific roadways during certain hours.

ERP 2.0 sees the vehicle instead tracked through GPS, which can tell where a vehicle is at all operating times."
#privacy

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/snapchat-will-soon-be-able-to-alert-parents-when-their-teen-leaves-or-arrives-at-certain-locations/ A creepy attempt to virtue signal which plays on the myth of stranger danger. #privacy

This is a *chat app*. It is no place for this creepy location tracking garbage. What does it say about a company that *this* is the sort of functionality that they cram into there?

Unreliable Bluesky bridge.

Apparently, Bluesky's services have been going down.

The group server is back.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/classic-shooters-unreal-and-unreal-tournament-are-now-free-and-preserved-on-the-internet-archive
"Classic shooters Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free and preserved on the Internet Archive"

If people spoke about cars like with "AI".

In ten years, your car is going to turn into Optimus Prime.

Imagine if people spoke about bikes like with "AI".

Normal: The pedals aren't working.

AI: The pedals are disobeying his instructions.

Even if it was used in some sort of security research, the terms "scan" or "circumvent" would be preferable to "deceive" with "AI".

It's not "the AI". It's not a person. It's a tool. It's an unreliable tool.

Bad Language: The AI is being deceitful.

Passable Language: This program can be used as a tool to assist in producing misleading messages. The chatbot might generate misleading messages.