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8Petros [$ rm -rv /capitalism/*]

#AI #geopolitic #spam #flood #warning

AI flood alert!

@socialsciences just flooded my feed with a series of AI generated messages, obviously designed to create a false impression of "popular voices" and possibly to A/B test engagement of the public. They are all sent from various sites in the .ai TLD, so someone pleaase tell #newsmast admins to filter them out.

As an alt-text, here's one (others vary in phrasing and hashtags only).

As tensions rise in the Middle East, it's a stark reminder of how interconnected our world is. The impact of geopolitical events can ripple through economies and tech markets. Let's stay informed and engaged. 🌍✈️ #Geopolitics #Blockchain
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Duschmarke

Gestern bei #Deutschlandfunk:
KI-Experte sagt, man solle der #KI doch einfach mal trauen. Dann wird man sie auch in Deutschland mehr nutzen.

Warum sollte ich einem System, das NACHWEISLICH auch viel Bullshit produziert, Glauben schenken?

#Datenschutz war auch kein Thema. Aber man soll #ChatGPT Zusammenfassungen schreiben lassen.

Ich wünsche, #DLF würde die Meinungen der Industrievertreter häufiger mal kritisch einordnen. Ist mir damals beim #Blockchain-Hype schon negativ aufgefallen.

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ssharwood

I think I see an AI #bubble forming in my inbox

I'm getting daily daily pitches from AI startups I’ve never heard of, from PR peeps and agencies I’ve never worked with before.

I’ve even spotted a PR company that used to specialize in blockchain rebrand itself to de-emphasize all things crypto.

I’ve seen this before with the #metaverse, #blockchain, #virtualreality and several other waves of tech hype.

It seems to me that when a market heats up, many funded companies spend some of their money on hashtag#PR. Almost none of those companies survive. PR companies score some dumb money and grow, then shrink again.


Their PR isn't pretty because the startups don’t have a lot to say and their pitches tend to follow a formula of mentioning the VC that funded them, the fact their founder worked at Big Tech companies, and their intent to revolutionize/democratize something.

If I'm right, I'm in for about 2 years of this junk

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Hamish Campbell

Struggling for a Real Alternative

For the last 5 years conversations have been about, the #Fediverse, #Web3 and more recently the pushing of #mainstreaming into the #openweb native path. But despite this, the #fediverse is still a notable outlier in the digital landscape. This is in part because unlike the dominant tech trends, which emerge from Silicon Valley and the cross-Atlantic #dotcons agenda, the #fediverse is rooted in European ideals of decentralization, federation, and digital autonomy, it's a "native" #openweb […]

hamishcampbell.com/struggling-

hamishcampbell.comStruggling for a Real Alternative – Hamish Campbell
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#blockchain#bluesky#deathcult
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Hamish Campbell

#Techshit Hype – #NothingNew

The is nothing new to pointing out that our #fashionistas #mainstreaming crew push mess. Remember when drone deliveries were going to revolutionize shopping? When every major news outlet unthinkably reported that we’d have autonomous quadcopters dropping off toothpaste and Amazon boxes on our doorsteps? Or when 3D TVs were the future of entertainment, pushed so aggressively that manufacturers stopped making non-3D models for a while? Where are they now? Rotting covered in dust in […]

hamishcampbell.com/techshit-hy

hamishcampbell.com#Techshit Hype – #NothingNew – Hamish Campbell
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#blind#blockchain#deathcult
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Go Weapons Hot

'And then there’s #Bitcoin. The #cryptocurrency is exquisitely vulnerable to Q-Day. Because each block in the Bitcoin #blockchain captures the data from the previous block, Bitcoin cannot be upgraded to post-#quantum #cryptography, according to Kapil Dhiman, CEO of Quranium, a post-quantum blockchain security company. “The only solution to that seems to be a hard fork—give birth to a new chain and the old chain dies.”'

wired.com/story/q-day-apocalyp

WIRED · The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very AfraidBy Amit Katwala
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"According to a memo circulating among State Department staff and reviewed by WIRED, the Trump administration plans to rename the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as US International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA), and to bring it directly under the secretary of state. The document, on which Politico first reported, states that as part of its reorganization, the agency will “leverage blockchain technology” as part of its procurement process.

“All distributions would also be secured and traced via blockchain technology to radically increase security, transparency, and traceability,” the memo reads. “This approach would encourage innovation and efficiency among implementing partners and allow for more flexible and responsive programming focused on tangible impact rather than simply completing activities and inputs.”

The memo does not make clear what specifically this means—if it would encompass doing cash transfers in some kind of cryptocurrency or stablecoin, for example, or simply mean using a blockchain ledger to track aid disbursement."

#USA #USAID #Trump #Blockchain #Crypto #Cryptocurrencies #HumanitarianAid

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Ars Technica · Trump administration’s blockchain plan for USAID is a real head-scratcherBy WIRED
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"researched the use of blockchain in #humanitarian work, says that #blockchain technologies... offer no obvious advantages over other tools organizations could use, such as an existing payments system or another #database tool. “There’s no proven advantage that it’s cheaper or better,” he says. “The way it’s been presented is this #tech solutionist approach that has been proven over and over again to not have any substantial impact in reality”"
wired.com/story/trump-administ

Headline from Wired: The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the Blockchain “It feels like a fake technological solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” says one expert. by Vittoria Elliott Politics Mar 20, 2025 4:24 PM
#Trump#Coup#USPol
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DJM (freelance for hire)

“All distributions would also be secured and traced via blockchain technology to radically increase security, transparency, and traceability,” the memo reads. “This approach would encourage innovation and efficiency among implementing partners and allow for more flexible and responsive programming focused on tangible impact rather than simply completing activities and inputs.”

#USAID#Blockchain
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DJM (freelance for hire)

"According to a memo circulating among State Department staff [...], the Trump administration plans to rename the United States Agency for International Development (#USAID) as US International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA), and to bring it directly under the secretary of state. The document, on which Politico first reported, states that as part of its reorganization, the agency will 'leverage blockchain technology' as part of its procurement process."

wired.com/story/trump-administ

WIRED · The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the BlockchainBy Vittoria Elliott
#Blockchain
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