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James Wallbank

lowtech@tldr.nettime.org

<p>They stole our future. Now we&#39;re stealing it back.</p>

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    The term &amp;quot;Free Software&amp;quot; has a technical meaning, beyond the obvious. It means &amp;quot;gratis&amp;quot;, but also &amp;quot;open to all&amp;quot;—anyone is FREE to inspect and refactor the code. YOU don&amp;#39;t need to know how—you need to know the policies of the people who do know how. AI attacks those policies and that knowledge.

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    Look, I know you haven&amp;#39;t got 40 minutes to think about anything, let alone what technology is doing to us, psychologically. But if you did, this would be a great primer. https://youtu.be/whqDsYhCl0s

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    Looking at their responses in order to assess whether LLMs are self-aware is like looking in a mirror and trying to draw conclusions about what your reflection is thinking. It doesn&amp;#39;t matter what it looks like. It matters how it works.

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    Watching TV. #catsofmastodon 🐆

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    @Strandjunker@mstdn.social I agree—though there&#39;s deliberately mean and accidentally mean. It&#39;s very important to distinguish the two.

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    @w0bb1t@tldr.nettime.org Fantastic! I am thinking about this, and, in time, may respond coherently. However, in the meantime, some instant thoughts: 1. I&#39;ll disseminate it via my own, non-public networks. 2. It could be nice to have physical copies. 3. It&#39;s interesting to reflect on using &quot;scale&quot; as a way to grasp responses to AI. It presents threats at scales from the individual to the global, and, frequently which scale(s) you attend to when assessing the threat is crucial...

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    The only civilisation that Donald Trump has the power to end is American. And it looks like he&amp;#39;s doing a pretty good job.