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Ed Zitron, _The #GenerativeAI Con_:

“We are in the midst of a group delusion — a consequence of an economy ruled by people that do not participate in labor of any kind outside of sending and receiving emails and going to lunches that last several hours — where the people with the money do not understand or care about human beings. […]

“I refuse to sit here and pretend that any of this matters. #OpenAI and #Anthropic are not innovators, and are antithetical to the spirit of #SiliconValley. They are management consultants dressed as founders, cynical con artists raising money for products that will never exist while peddling software that destroys our planet and diverts attention and capital away from things that might solve real problems.”

wheresyoured.at/longcon/

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · The Generative AI ConIt's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen Large Language Models (LLMs) blossom from a novel concept into one of the most craven cons of the 21st century — a cynical bubble inflated by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman built to sell

#Meta, #Telegram & #Discord is a hub of coordination for transnational gangs coordinating #stalking, Break & Entering ( #miniWaterGate ) using #StateSponsoredMalware by #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky linked to #stalkerforums like #KiWiFarms clones but are organized on #Meta, specifically, for multiple decades now.

High profile targeting of high value subjects makes the #news but their bread and butter is targeting anyone they want, especially #SiliconValley workers linked to the under #Fortune100 companies.

#infosec #GreyMarketCALEA software

usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/

USA TODAY · NFL warns teams, players of 'organized and skilled' criminals targeting athletes' homesBy , USA TODAY

Gizmodo: Alleged Ringleader of Silicon Valley ‘Murder Cult’ Arrested. “Jack LaSota, a 34-year-old ‘blogger’ and Berkeley native, was taken into custody in Maryland on Sunday. LaSota, who is transgender, and identifies as a woman, is better known by her online moniker ‘Ziz.’ For years, LaSota has been associated with a loose-knit group that stresses a bizarre form of techno-fundamentalism […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/19/gizmodo-alleged-ringleader-of-silicon-valley-murder-cult-arrested/

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If only there were some manner of German social media platform that does all this and more? Like, err, Mastodon.

"Germany’s #Habeck slams ‘tech oligarch’ Musk, calls for a #European X

"Green chancellor candidate warns that Europe’s reliance on #SiliconValley is a threat to democracy..."

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POLITICO · Germany’s Habeck slams ‘tech oligarch’ Musk, calls for a European XBy Chris Lunday

New York Magazine: Is Google Eating Reddit?. “Google is funneling huge numbers of people into a product that makes money on ads and depends on a steady supply of new users to create content for free. But it’s not hard to imagine how such an arrangement can go wrong. You don’t have to: After years of mutually beneficial (but somewhat more lopsided) arrangements, many publishers have seen […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/18/new-york-magazine-is-google-eating-reddit/

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