"Burnham has appointed a minister for AI"Unless her name is Sarah Connor, you can get fucked.

canleaf@mastodon.social

@Richard_Littler "From Sarah with love" and "Let's get back to bed boy"

spanghero@ioc.exchange

@Richard_Littler Why not an Engineering and Science Minister that includes AI? Almost like they’ve swallowed the tech bro narrative that AI will fix everything, save us all, and allow football to finally come home (wherever home is).

basefortify@infosec.exchange

@Richard_Littler Yeah it should be Minister against AI, or wipe out AI.... anyway, AI is here to stay, I think we need to make the most of it, let it be as much a benefit as possible for as many people as possible. As Clemenceau famously said "AI is too important to be left to the hyperscalers".

martinhowitt@urbanists.social

@Richard_Littler she’s written a good book on it

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462159/we-are-not-machines-by-oconnor-sarah/9780241704226

kaneel@mas.to

@spanghero @Richard_Littler yes, what's that supposed to do if/once the bubble collapse anyway… Minister For The Redistriction of Datacenters?

spanghero@ioc.exchange

@kaneel @Richard_Littler Minister for super-sized indoor activity centres?

kaneel@mas.to

@spanghero @Richard_Littler sold!

nini@oldbytes.space

@BaseFortify @Richard_Littler Nah, it's like saying "asbestos is here to stay" or even "Covid is here to stay"... oh wait.

Well, anyway the idea that it is inevitable and should be tweaked a bit to work better is like pretending the Nazis won't come for you if you can somehow cajole them to not come for you.

basefortify@infosec.exchange

@nini @Richard_Littler Ooh dear, if that is the way you tackle every problem, by saying "its like with the Nazi's..." then we are properly screwed.

Though I am thoroughly entertained in the meantime

kneoghau@mastodon.social

@Richard_Littler
“Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. The Terminator would never stop. It would never leave him. It would never hurt him, never shout at him, or get drunk and hit him, or say it was too busy to spend time with him. It would always be there. And it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers who came and went over the years, this thing, this machine was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.”