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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
yoginho@spore.social ("Yogi Jaeger") wrote:

New essay out::

"The Cyborg Myth"

taking apart the substitution argument for computational functionalism by Moravec and Chalmers.

Biological naturalism, based on living organization, FTW!

https://www.johannesjaeger.eu/blog/the-cyborg-myth

This essay is based on the following talk:

https://youtu.be/Bx9FV2W7otw

Brain uploading is *not* ever going to be a thing.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
ligasser@social.epfl.ch ("Linus Gasser") wrote:

@ret @soatok Didn't scroll down fast enough to see your message - first I clicked on the link, and found this nice message:

> That is classic PR behaviour. You notice a shitstorm happens, you suppress it, that way you can get the time to get a statement out before a shitstorm happens.

> Have seen that often enough, controversy starts, posts about it get deleted on the sub, a few hours later company apologises. And as seen here, that is exactly what happened.

https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1u052qp/proton%5Fis%5Ffunding%5Fthe%5Ffrench%5Ffar%5Fright%5Fon%5Fyoutube/oqgr503/

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

🛫

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

I sometimes wonder what it's like to be neurotypical.

Is your brain capable of shutting up? Is life admin easier? Do you know how to hold conversations that aren't about special interests?

I know Fedi is not the right place to ask such a question, but I do wonder, and I don't know very many neurotypical people in my life

jwz wrote:

"Do you know what a Personal Improvement Plan is?"
"It means your boss wants to fire you?"
"Yup."
"And the 'improvements' are..."
"I don't use enough AI."

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I'm using wired earbuds and I just placed my phone on my desk, then stared at it, confused that I cannot just walk away. Like my brain knew that if I walked away my phone would fall, but not why.

I was like "wait how do I normally do it?" Lmao

jwz wrote:

To the Apple Kremlinologists on this, their holiest of holy days, I say:

"HKBodyTemperatureSensorLocationRectum", nevar forget.

https://jwz.org/b/yiX5

Boosted by jwz:
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

"We've moved on", says the US Attorney General about ignoring a court order.

jwz wrote:

Gee I wonder if anyone I used to respect will be gargling corporate balls today, let's check in on the socials...

Boosted by jwz:
reiddragon@fedi.catto.garden ("Ivan il Terribile XXXII") wrote:

@zzt there are people still trying to debate that Apple isn't an open fascist collaborator after Tim Cook was in the front row at Trump's inauguration?

Boosted by jwz:
artair@ohbear.wtf ("Artair Geal :trek: :bearpride:") wrote:

“Now that we've shown you everything #AppleIntelligence can do, here's the list of countries that won't allow it due to privacy concerns. Rest assured we're working hard to grease the right palms.”

Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
lina@neuromatch.social ("Lina") wrote:

RE: https://neuromatch.social/@lina/116291437830790660

this turned into a working group, and the first meeting is this week. boosting this in case anyone wants to shout out any additional resources.

thanks again to everyone who's boosted and/or replied!! 💜

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
quephird@tech.lgbt ("What Will Danielle Code during WWDC?") wrote:

I’m pretty troubled by the possibility that by default _anything_ associated with queerness and sexual health will be denied access from these so-called child accounts, and children who are in environments hostile to their being properly informed will no longer be able access such resources.

#WWDC26

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

A hobby of mine is to browse the FreeCell FAQ which is still maintained but looks like it was created in the 1990s (complimentary) and has a bunch of cool maths into which FreeCell deals are solvable and which aren't, as well as information on the solveability of a bunch of game variants

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Lunchtime at my house.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/08/mine/

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

WWDC (Wankers Wanking at a Dull Conference)

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i just watched a documentary about lockerbie and holy shit i'm amazed at just how dodgy it looks from every single angle, almost as if the scottish police were trying to fit someone up to make the investigation go away.

Boosted by EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️"):
BenRiceM wrote:

You can even resize the simulator, here’s what a widescreen iPhone would look like NO REASON WHY YOU ASK

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

“Hey Siri, can you make modern Apple keynotes less cringe?”

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

wwdc went from "child safety is important" to "we have deepfakes too"

Boosted by EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️"):
paul@tapbots.social ("Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:") wrote:

Describe an Extension: “OK Siri, disable all ads on all websites”

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ("Em :official_verified:") wrote:

I want to rebuild my blog and start writing regularly again, but for weeks I've been a bit in a state of analysis paralysis about the best way to do this, and the best way to potentially monetize it a bit (since sadly I need income).

What do you think would be the best way for me to try to monetize my blog? Is it even worth trying?

What would make you want to contribute to support my writing, and in which ways?

#Blog #Writing #GetSelfFediHired

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
bri7@treehouse.systems ("Luci “Milky Princess” Tea") wrote:

it is

literally
missing the forest for the trees

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

siri slop 😭

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

What seems different from the ‘24 demo of many of these same features is the long pauses for the Siri responses. Looks more like a demo of running software vs. the ‘24 mock-up videos. #wwdc

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

More seriously, I think many people oversell the concept of the "small web". I pulled up the Kagi Small Web category for "health". In the first ~10 results, four pages were obviously AI slop (examples attached).

I run a small blog. Officially, I'm avant-garde / nerd counterculture. But secretly, *of course* I'm envious of big-time influencers who "made it". If you give small-time bloggers a "cheat" button, many will be tempted to push it for reach.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
mb@xoxo.zone wrote:

the easier parental digital surveillance gets, the more i worry about queer and trans kids

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

I get that this bit about "helping parents manage their children" is clearly aimed at legislators, not people, but god damn how Americans talk about child rearing is creeeeeepy.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

Most voters have no idea any of this is happening. These PACs run ads about jobs and immigration — never mentioning crypto or AI. 73% of voters disapprove of officials having crypto business ties, but 55% didn't even know Trump is personally involved in the industry (per CoinDesk).

But when voters do find out, the spending can backfire. In Illinois, candidates who called out the crypto money against them won their primaries despite being vastly outspent. Transparency is the only counter to this.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

Crypto and AI companies have also poured $7 billion+ into Trump directly. Afterwards, 21+ SEC cases/investigations against crypto companies were dropped, regulators did a U-turn on crypto policy, and the industry was invited to write their own rules.

https://influence.citationneeded.news/analysis/quidproquo

#crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter