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Manjushri
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- on Protestors Ransack AI Lab, Leave Graffiti Calling on Masses to "Burn the Data Centers" in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17h ago
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on Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 Iranian school children in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago
So if someone kills someone else with a gun then you want to punish the gun rather than the person who held it? Computers, like guns, are tools. AI is a tool. A shitty tool, but still just a tool. If you use a tool to kill someone, then you are the killer, not the tool.
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on Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 Iranian school children in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago
This keeps coming up.
“A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION”
So the AI did not make a decision. The AI has no authority nor ability to launch missiles (yet). Someone, one or more human beings did, and I use the term loosely. Those humans took the information that was fed to them by an AI, failed to verify the accuracy of the information despite it being common knowledge that AIs frequently hallucinate and make stuff up, and then proceeded to launch the attack.
In summary, it wasn’t the AI. One or more people took the advice of an AI and negligently murdered 123 little girls.
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on AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC in c/technology@lemmy.world · 5d ago
Same thought. Pretty clear indication of how they knew it was a lie. :D
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on Florida woman goes to Crunch Fitness. Then she notices a man in Meta glasses: ‘This is my protection’ in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026
I’m not sure how the glasses provide protection. Seems like corporate must get a constant stream of complaints and accusations about this bozo but recordings of him being such an ass would not really be much of a defense.
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on Flock Camera Tells Cop New Car Didn’t Have Insurance When It Did, Cop Writes Ticket Anyway in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
Plus there is probably some percentage of people who will just pay a fine rather than losing time at work to go to trial. That may have been what he was hoping for.
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on Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
This seems a little more than just him being susceptible. The LLM actively used his mental health diagnosis to manipulate him.
But perhaps most alarming to Lines, ChatGPT’s memory feature seemed to build a psychiatric profile, allegedly parsing inputs related to his mental health conditions and then using that sensitive information to maximize his engagement. As one of Lines’ attorneys, Matthew P. Bergman of Social Media Victims Law Center, explained in the press release, “OpenAI didn’t just ignore Michael’s disability—it used it against him. After he disclosed his bipolar diagnosis, the system incorporated that information to draw him deeper into harmful interactions instead of steering him toward safety.”
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on Flock Safety's controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
That’s true. He is on record stating that safety is more important than privacy. I’m sure he won’t mind.
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on EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing could result in ‘sudden death,’ also ap… in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
I beg to differ. It should be required that manufacturers of such chemicals do the research to show that their product is safe before they allow its manufacture and workers to be exposed and the chemical to be dumped into the environment.
From the Guardian article linked to in OP’s article:
The EPA acknowledged in its approvals that it does not know the level at which the chemicals are “acutely lethal” or cause other serious health damage, but the agency still approved them anyway, said Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, an attorney with the Earthjustice nonprofit, which filed the suit.
The EPA knows that the chemicals are harmful, but doesn’t know how harmful yet approved them anyway. As for the facts, that’s kind of hard to get since:
The two compounds approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for import and immediate use in facilities across the US are photoacid generators that also appear to be Pfas “forever chemicals”, though it is unclear because much of the EPA documents are redacted . Some Pfas are commonly used in the production of semiconductors.
Emphasis mine. They’ve approved chemicals for use in manufacturing and have redacted much of the approval notice so that no one can double check their work. If this lawsuit fails, we may not know how bad these chemicals are until they are sickening and killing workers and wildlife.
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on Shively officer’s Flock camera case reflects pattern of officers misusing surveillance tech to track women, expert says in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
From the same people who think Every Breath You Take by The Police (ironically) is a love song.
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on Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detector in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
OPs article links to another article at TechCrunch . That article states:
As first reported by The Verge, the new Wi-Fi Motion feature works for advanced Xfinity gateways XB7 and newer models and is opt-in, which means users can choose whether to switch on the feature in the Xfinity app.
So it seems like for now it’s only this one model that can do it, if you believe them. Frankly, I wouldn’t sniff that opt-in claim either because I’m fairly certain I know which orifice they pulled it out of.
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on One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026
I use all the features available to me, but my adaptive cruise control likes to slam on the breaks when a car in the turning lane next to me brakes to make their turn. Particularly on curves and the sensors decide the car in that lane is actually in front of me. It happens so often that I’ve come to expect it. Some safety features are just not ready for prime time.
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on ‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit / ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 millio… in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026
I agree. If you use a gun to kill someone, then you are the killer, not the gun. If you use an AI to lie in court, then you are the liar, not the AI, and you should be charged accordingly. The AI, like the gun, is just the tool used by a person to commit the crime.
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on A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras in c/technology@lemmy.world · 11 Aug 2026
Lol. Those flock cameras must be sending out a recognizable signal, right? Link this to a detector and it could automatically hide your plate when a camera is in range and then flip it back when. You leave range.
- on To just start dancing in c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world · 11 Aug 2026
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on Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026
Be careful about that too. You never know who’s listening. There was a student teacher who sent a private snapchat to her boyfriend and roommates where she joked about shooting up the school. Within hours the message had been forwarded by meta to the FBI and sheriffs officers were at the school talking to her.
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on Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026
Some government leaders signed nondisclosure agreements early in the process
How can this be even remotely legal. You work for the public you cannot reasonably be held to an NDA that requires you to not tell your BOSS what you’re fucking doing!
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on After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — State regulators crack down, governor says move… in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026
Utilities should, of course, be priced at the cost to generate, maintain, and distribute the resource. But this is America, home of rampant capitalism. Thus, profit is king. That means utility prices depend on supply and demand.
Data centers use so much power that it creates a resource scarcity. So the utility company raises the price per unit that electricity is sold for in those markets.
Everyone’s bill goes up when data centers are allowed in and shareholder profits skyrocket. Since the shareholders are happy, the powers that be are usually unwilling to address the problem as it is only the peons suffering.
It’s actuality a little surprising that the government is trying to address the problem in this case.
I can’t help but wonder if these companies didn’t arrange this alleged attack themselves. Just another way to get attention and thus more investors to fleece.