"Humans in the loop" must detect the hardest-to-spot errors, at superhuman speed: The particular torments of reverse-centaurs are drastically under-theorized.

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11231930…

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-23 07:16:15

If AI has a future (a big if), it will have to be economically viable. An industry can't spend 1,700% more on Nvidia chips than it earns indefinitely - not even with Nvidia being a principle investor in its largest customers:

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…

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The AI industry spent 17x more on Nvidia chips than it brought in in revenue | Hacker News

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Hey look at this

* Tokyo flood tunnels reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinterest…

* Ghost is federating over ActivityPub activitypub.ghost.org (h/t Waxy)

* The Coddling of the American Parent thedailybeast.com/the-coddling…

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#15yrsago EU Parliament passes copyright term extension, rejects proposal to give the addition funds to artists openrightsgroup.org/blog/parli…

#10yrsago How science fiction influences thinking about the future smithsonianmag.com/arts-cultur…

#10yrsago Obama official responsible for copyright chapters of TPP & ACTA gets a job at MPAA; his replacement is another copyright lobbyist vox.com/2014/4/22/5636466/holl…

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#10yrsago Having leisure time is now a marker for poverty, not riches economist.com/finance-and-econ…

#10yrsago Eternal vigilance app for social networks: treating privacy vulnerabilities like other security risks freedom-to-tinker.com/2014/04/…

#10yrsago How the Russian surveillance state works web.archive.org/web/2014020615…

#5yrsago Political candidate’s kids use his election flyers to fool his laptop’s facial recognition lock twitter.com/mattcarthy/status/…

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#5yrsago Fool me twice: New York State commutes Charter’s death sentence after Charter promises to stop breaking its promises arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago Greta Thunberg attributes her ability to focus on climate change to her Asperger’s youtube.com/watch?v=hKMX8WRw3f…

#5yrsago A Sanders candidacy would make 2020 a referendum on the future, not a referendum on Trump theguardian.com/us-news/2019/a…

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#5yrsago EU to create 350m person biometric database for borders, migration and law enforcement zdnet.com/article/eu-votes-to-…

#1yrsago A Collective Bargain pluralistic.net/2023/04/23/a-c…

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Yesterday's threads: Paying for it doesn't make it a market; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11231374…

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Cory Doctorow

2024-04-22 07:43:34

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Paying for it doesn't make it a market; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2024/04/22/kar…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Paying for it doesn’t make it a market (22 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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My last novel was "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

lost-cause.org

Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Or…

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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:

seizethemeansofcomputation.org

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

booksoup.com/book/978180429124…

Both are national bestsellers!

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The Lost Cause HB

Signed by Cory Doctorow.

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

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Upcoming appearances:

* The Bezzle at Book Passage (Corte Madera, Marin), Apr 27
bookpassage.com/event/cory-doc…

* Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2
eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-…

* Wordfest (Calgary), May 3
wordfest.com/2024/event/wordfe…

* Massy Arts (Vancouver), May 4
eventbrite.ca/e/solo-reading-c…

* Tartu Prima Vista Literary Fest, May 5-11
tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfesti…

* “Enshittification” and AI, with @timoreilly (virtual), May 14
oreilly.com/live-events/tim-or…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* "Finding the Money" screening (LA), May 15
laemmle.com/film/finding-money…

* Authorship in an Age of Monopoly and Moral Panics (SF), May 17
authorsalliance.org/2024/03/15…

* Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9
media-ecology.org/convention

* American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21
aallnet.org/conference/agenda/…

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Recent appearances:

* Come sfuggire al “Merdocene” e costruire un Internet migliore (Torino Biennale Tecnologia)
youtube.com/watch?v=Z5NC2EZCYB…

* Show Me The Money Club (The Rideshare Guy)
youtube.com/watch?v=ZCETi3XqSd…

* NUOVO BARETTO UTOPIA
videoteca.kenobit.it/w/azRmQBC…

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Kenobit

2024-04-16 10:31:46

NUOVO BARETTO UTOPIA - Puntata #11 - Ospite: Cory Doctorow

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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me in THIS SATURDAY (Apr 27) in MARIN COUNTY, Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!

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