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The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human
When we interact with a chatbot, deeply ingrained habits make us behave as if it’s a person.The Conversation
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke is calling for the end of Canada’s public postal service because its workers have gone on strike.
The company’s leaders are increasingly pushing extreme right-wing positions in Canada. Gutting Canada Post would effectively end delivery in many rural and remote communities because it’s not profitable for private companies to serve them.
#tech #shopify #postoffice #canada #cdnpoli
After exploring #R2E, I've decided it might not be the best fit for my needs. Here's why:
1. R2E doesn't support #Inoreader's #OPML format, requiring manual feed addition.
2. I realized I have many feeds and need a more comprehensive solution.
I'm now considering #Miniflux, which can manage #RSS feeds, #Podcasts, and #YouTube subscriptions in one place.
Until I get my #RaspberryPi for Christmas, I'm weighing two options:
1. Self-host Miniflux on my #Windows PC using #Docker
2. Use their $15/year hosted plan temporarily
Fellow #techies, especially those interested in #accessibility and #SelfHosting: What would you recommend? Your insights would be greatly appreciated!
#Tech #blind
@mastoblind @main
@1password @mastoblind @main
Taking a break from awful things:
Scientists taught rats to drive cars. The rats quickly learned to rev the engine and take longer routes just for fun.
Bonus: Watch the researcher do a little happy leap when the rat gets into the car.
theconversation.com/im-a-neuro… #science #tech
I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life
Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful onesThe Conversation
Elon Musk deployed his vast resources to help Trump get elected, and now he’s poised to remake the US government to serve his interests.
But that was only possible because far too many people chose to ignore who he was to tell a more appealing story of a founder moving humanity forward. They should be held accountable.
disconnect.blog/shame-on-the-e…
#tech #elonmusk #trump #uselection #politics
Shame on the Elon enablers
Media and politicians created a monster and lost control of himParis Marx (Disconnect)
But if it gets this sort of thing wrong, I’m not convinced it is going to take over the world. If it does, we’re in trouble.
#Accessibility #AI #Tech #Meta
Are you interested how to use Apple notes as an #accessible graphing calculator? Check out this post
nunonuno.micro.blog/2024/11/04…
#accessibility #apple #blind #ios #math #education #tech
Using Apple Notes as an accessible graphing calculator
Starting with the basics Exploring our graphs with VoiceOver How does it relate to other accessible graphing tools? Epilogue Starting with the basics With the release of their latest batch of operating systems Apple made some substantial updates to…nunonuno.micro.blog
Hey fediverse, I'd like to become more active in something that is more meaningful than building webshops. Since I'm quite good with #computers I'm looking for stuff that combines #computing with #sustainability or #ecology, #restoration etc.
But I don't know what's out there and am not sure what exactly to look for, so I'm hoping for some fediverse magic.
Anything you have, articles, projects, etc. Would be cool if you boosted for reach.
I guess I should do one of those posts that serve as an #introduction. Except this isn't my first time on Mastodon but hello to those that don't know me. Yet.
Well, hi, I'm Tony. I have a general interest in #tech. I'm also a fan of #DoctorWho. Not a big movie buff, but I like a good drama or comedy on #TV though.
Wealthy tech guys are working so hard to relegitimize eugenics with a tech rebrand.
theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…
#tech
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings revealJason Wilson (The Guardian)
#MozillaFirefox #MicrosoftEdge #incrementalGames #browserBasedGames #gaming #browsers #Windows #Windows11 #WindowsEleven #WindowsElevenPro #tech #technology
Found a new way #WebDesigners are blocking #Accessibility.
Because I am legally #Blind, with less than 10 degrees of vision, I cannot visually solve #Captchas
Because I am mostly #Deaf, I cannot solve vocal Captchas.
Therefore, I added block and solve Captchas extensions to my browser.
On three major sites - I could no longer access, as they had added Captchas that bypassed the blockers!
FaceBook, Amazon, and Submittable do not allow Captcha blockers.
So, I had not been able to access those sites at all for a while.
When I found Submittable blocking me today, for the first time, I decided to turn off the Captcha blockers, as they obviously aren't working.
Instantly, Amazon and Submittable are working.
I haven't tried FaceBook.
#CaptchaBlockers are and #Accessibility need for blind, deaf, #DeafBlind, and multiple other disabilities. It is Disability Discrimination for sites to block Accessibility Access helpers.
I shouldn't need a sighted and hearing person, likely a stranger, to be given my login information, username and password, to log me into every site I need to go to every day!
#Tech people, please respect people with disabilities. Disable and Remove Captchas. Disable and Remove Block the Block Captchas extensions.
I wasted a lot of hours trying to figure out why suddenly I could not login to sites.
Hours because some tech people decided to break and block accessibility for a DeafBlind #Author!
ABOUT THE .IO DOMAIN KERFUFFLE
this is one of those intersectional moments, many of you white folks in #tech need to learn from
not only is the .IO a geolocated internet TLD based on British colonial territories;
the whole origin and dispossession of Chagos people is a read:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos…
what makes .IO extra sketchy is the creation of the domain itself:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io
so, .IO LITERALLY exists for EU/USA capitalists to profiteer from slavery, colonialism & genocide.
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"Bier’s first hit app, TBH, was marketed to teenagers and...it 'requested address book access before actually being able to use the app'. [...] Bier’s reputation for success is built on this growth hacking technique, so I understand why he is upset."
[...]
"Apple’s solution is imperfect. But if it stops the Biers of the world from building apps which ingest wholesale the contact lists of teenagers, I find it difficult to object."
#Apple #Privacy #SocialMedia #Tech
Long read but the TL;DR is basically that SaaS is the canary in the coalmine for the #growth fallacy. The arithmetic is so simple it boggles the mind how this mindset came to dominate in the first place: Growth stagnates for these megacorps because there's no more customers. Once you're on 95% of all PCs there's simply no remotely reasonable way to keep growing, let alone grow faster, yet that's what these supposed "business geniuses" expect.
Time for that "Looking for work!" post, I guess!
Unfortunately, my current role is impacted by Amazon's move to mandatory co-location for teams, and my family is far too settled in Brooklyn to move away now. So after 7 years at Amazon, I'm starting the search.
I'm looking for a new role as a Front-end engineer/Design technologist/UX Engineer. I like design systems. And CSS. And accessibility. Love those things.
linkedin.com/in/heather-buchel…
#getfedihired #remotework #remote #tech #techcareers
Heather Buchel - Amazon | LinkedIn
Experience: Amazon · Education: Lansing Community College · Location: Brooklyn · 299 connections on LinkedIn. View Heather Buchel’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.Heather Buchel (www.linkedin.com)
A project analyzing human language usage by scraping the web is shutting down because "generative AI has polluted the data." It's going to become much harder to analyze human use of language with the rise of AI-generated stuff being everywhere.
A detailed look at Apple's Private Cloud Compute for Apple Intelligence, which Craig Federighi says allows personal data to be “sealed inside of a privacy bubble”.
From a selfish #accessibility viewpoint, things I would like to stop existing:
Discord.
PDFs.
statista.com
Powerpoint/Impress.
What are your "my life would be better if abled users didn't inexplicably choose X" preferences?
Boosts welcome, replies more so.
#tech #technology #Linux #accessibility @mastoblind @main
So OpenAI can use everything ever posted on the internet to train their AI, but Internet Archive can't scan and upload books for people to borrow?? Got it. 🙄
#InternetArchive #OpenAI #AI #internet #tech #books #publishing #libraries
Yes, our phones are ‘listening’ to what we say.
“In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention”
Teslas are surveillance on wheels. Bay Area police increasingly check to see if there was a Tesla in the vicinity of a crime so they can get access to the footage from its cameras.
If you see a Tesla, it’s probably filming you — and more automakers are doing it too.
sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
#tech #tesla #cars #surveillance #police
Major tech companies are producing far more carbon emissions than they suggest in their sustainability reports.
They’re lobbying hard to rewrite the rules on how emissions are calculated to show net zero on paper, but not in practice.
ft.com/content/2d6fc319-2165-4…
#tech #climate #emissions #climatechange
So am I to understand that a full 38% of my revenue may now be siphoned off by Patreon and Apple, neither of whom contribute in any way to the creation of my work?
And that this is because Patreon wants to have an iOS app, which I do not need, do not benefit from, did not exist when I selected them as my payment processor, and cannot opt out of?
Um, no thank you.
I called this as a danger almost a year ago, btw:
evhaste.com/2023/10/17/deplatf…
Deplatforming Myself: A Tech Manifesto – Haste Makes Waste
The internet has become one big roach motel. I lay the blame for this development solely at the feet of The Platform; the proliferation of venture-capitalist backed walled gardens, which are incentivized to trap users inside and milk them like cattle…evhaste.com
Did you know elephants are helping shape robot design?
Their trunks' precise movements have been inspiring new tech innovations for 20 years. Researchers are using the insights to create robotic limbs with precise grips that can work to pick up objects in the unpredictable real world:
theconversation.com/elephants-…
#tech #research #wildlife
Elephants use the tips of their trunks to grasp things with great precision – how this can help robotic design
New research has found that the two ‘fingers’ on the tip of an elephant’s trunk exert different forces. The finding will be used to improve the abilities of bio-inspired robots.The Conversation
Here's a very calm, well researched video analyzing the facts and data about AI technology progress. And all the stunning tech demos that were faked.
I really like the scientific approach to this and I feel like I'd want to adapt this kind of analytical process to other things in my life.
youtu.be/VctsqOo8wsc?si=XcuufC…
#AiRant #AI #fAIl #tech #science
AI Hype is completely out of control - especially since ChatGPT-4o
Now that ChatGPT4o is out, it's time to revisit my previous thoughts on AI, and discuss what might be happening in the future, and what evidence we have of w...YouTube
One of the selling points of Google’s flagship generative AI models, Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash, is the amount of data they can supposedly process and analyze. But new research suggests that the models aren’t, in fact, very good at those things. “While models like Gemini 1.5 Pro can technically process long contexts, we have seen many cases indicating that the models don’t actually ‘understand’ the content,” Marzena Karpinska, a postdoc at UMass Amherst. TechCrunch has more: flip.it/wW5pRm
#Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Google #Gemini
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Laura Kalbag was speaking at beyond tellerrand 2024 in Düsseldorf
Laura Kalbag is a British designer living in Ireland and has worked in tech for over 15 years doing UX and content design, front-end development, and technical writing.beyond tellerrand Events
The worst kind of tech hype is when something is portrayed as inevitable and unstoppable, with criticism or doubt blithely dismissed as "they don't get it".
Just because a giant tech company pours vast amounts of money down a toilet, that doesn't mean the toilet is going to start spewing gold coins into the air.
#Hype #Tech #TechBros #Journalism #TechNews
Do you ever stumble upon an old Excel file that's locked with a password and you can't remember what it is? This can be incredibly frustrating, especially if the file contains valuable data! 😩
In my latest video, I show you a surprisingly easy way to remove worksheet protection from any Excel file, even if you don't have the password! This trick is perfect for those times when you're locked out of your own information.
The best part? You don't need any fancy software to do it! Just a little bit of text editing will do the trick. 😉
Check out my full video here: youtu.be/68goS6XdoW0
#excel #howto #productivity #exceltips #microsoft #office #tutorial #tech #software #spreadsheets #YouTube #Feditips
🔓 Unlock ANY Password-Protected Excel File (No Software Needed!)
Tired of being locked out of your own Excel data? In this video, I reveal a simple trick to remove worksheet password protection from ANY Excel file, even if...YouTube