TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale
Article URL: https://www.afterbabel.com/p/industrial-scale-harm-tiktok
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43716665
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Ten Disturbing News Stories Involving Chatbots
Artificial intelligence has changed the world as we know it, for better and worse. With so many new developments, disturbing stories are sadly arising all around the globe. These range from vicious cyberstalking to chatbots encouraging users to harm themselves or others. AI has a dark underbelly. With the growth of platforms like ChatGPT and […]
The post [Ten Disturbing News Stories Involving Chatbots](https://listverse.com/2025/04/02/ten … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Hegemon and the Masters of… 🚫 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/30/patriarchy.html #womenshistorymonth #harm #politics #rant
Private struct fields considered harmful. ⌘ Read more
Musk’s Tesla warns Trump’s tariffs and trade wars will harm Tesla
Elon Musk’s Tesla is waving a red flag, warning that Donald Trump’s trade war risks dooming US electric vehicle makers, triggering job losses, and hurting the economy. In an unsigned letter to the US Trade Representative (USTR), Tesla cautioned that Trump’s tariffs could increase costs of manufacturing EVs in the US and forecast that any retaliatory tariffs from other nations could spike costs of export … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Who Belongs https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/16/dei.html #blackhistorymonth #harm #politics #rant
On my blog: Stop Doing Their Work for Them https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/09/resist.html #harm #politics #rant
antichainalysis creates Monero churner tool ‘moneroc’
antichainalysis1 has created moneroc 2 - a tool that automates the process of distributing funds between multiple XMR accounts, apparently in order to facilitate proper Monero churning:
We all know XMR churning is very controversial topic, some say churning benefits your privacy and others say it significantly harms your privacy even more. Hence why I wrote moneroc tool and this writeup to help explain why XMR churn … ⌘ Read more
I hope to ignore US politics as much as I can in the next few years – it can really bring you down. Let’s also hope Trump and his oligarch friends don’t cause too much harm until then. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Grappling with AI Usage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/19/ai-usage.html #artificialintelligence #harm #rant
On my blog: Devils, in Detail https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/15/devils-detail.html #ethics #harm #media #rant
The “Code of Conduct” Must Die
The “CoC” concept has done more harm than good, weaponized against people in Linux, NixOS, Python, C++, openSUSE, Godot, and many other organizations. ⌘ Read more
As the fallout from the tomato virus outbreak continues, how could it affect prices at the checkout?
The outbreak has already led some states to impose bans on SA tomatoes and fanned growers’ fears the restrictions could cause more harm than the virus itself. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Weird Enough? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/01/weird.html #harm #politics #rant
Yeah, though sometimes the most clever devs aren’t always the best to deal with on a personal level. I seem to remember the (former?) lead dev on GrapheneOS (IIRC) was an ass hat and threw tantrums at the smallest things and would get stalkery and weird if someone criticised him, but he’s undeniably a brilliant coder and problem solver. Some people need to be more self aware of how their efforts might be harmed with their behaviour though.
On my blog: Ruining Chivalry and Other Fun Diversions https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/03/17/chivalry.html #harm #quora #rant #sexism
On my blog: The Rise and (Likely) Fall of Anti-AI Licenses https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/03/03/ai-licenses.html #art #harm #rant #technology
On my blog: AI Doom Sounds So Familiar https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/02/25/ai-doom.html #art #harm #rant #technology
On my blog: The Return of AI Antics https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/01/21/paid-ai.html #art #harm #rant #technology
Intellectual property considered harmful. ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net Horseshit hype:
- AI that we have today cannot think–there is no cognitive capacity
- AI that we have today cannot be interviewed–“inter” “viewing” is two minds interacting, but AI of today has no mind, which means this is a puppet show
- AI today is not free–it’s a tool, a machine, hardly different from a hammer. It does what a human directs it to do and has no drives, desires, or autonomy. What you’re seeing here is a fancy Mechnical Turk
This shit is probably paid for by AI companies who desperately want us to think of the AI as far more capable than it actually is, because that juices sales and gives them a way to argue they aren’t responsible for any harms it causes.
‘That ground is full of bacteria and not all of them are nice to you’: How to avoid consuming parasites from your fresh fruit and vege
An expert in food microbiology says washing with water may be enough to dislodge any harmful bacteria, but it’s all in the process ⌘ Read more
‘We just take the good with the bad’: Farmers and rural communities optimistic as dry El Niño weather looms
Queensland farmer “Sno” Harm has seen many El Niño weather patterns in his 50 years of growing cotton. He says he “can’t really prepare” for the next drought and remains hopeful for rain. ⌘ Read more
Defining Harm for Ai Systems - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Affirmative Action in Gentle Terms https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/09/affirmative.html #harm #politics #quora #rant
On my blog: Unraveling Universality https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/18/universality.html #rant #harm
Why this expert says we’ll always drink, even when we know it’s harmful for us
Australians aren’t drinking like we used to. Yet, despite parallels to tobacco use, some experts say alcohol’s history and place in society mean it’ll remain indefinitely. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Modern Social Media Etiquette https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/26/etiquette.html #rant #socialmedia #harm
On my blog: Pejoratives and Specificity https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/04/specificity.html #blog #harm #rant #terminology
What if We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows?
The bicycle and the bow are both highly efficient, human-powered technologies that could substitute for two very harmful alternatives: the car and the firearm. Why do we promote one but not the other? ⌘ Read more
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Responding could be harmful
@prologic@twtxt.net I think those are fine because its just sharing someone elses post to people who follow you. Those people who follow you might not follow the orginal person and in return might never see that post unless its retoos/retweets. The thing that is harmful is likes.
Hong Kong conservationists call for protection of old Chinese banyan tree, historical dispensary in Kowloon City
Conservancy Association calls for Urban Renewal Authority to avoid transplanting 12-metre-tall Chinese Banyan, says efforts could harm its ability to absorb nutrients. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong national security police arrest 2 more suspected to be linked to possible bomb plots involving 30kg of chemicals
Two men, aged 27 and 29, detained for manufacture of explosives and inciting others to cause grievous bodily harm. ⌘ Read more
Global Discussions on Sustainable Solutions for the Future of Food
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The current food system relies heavily on intensive farming which is unsustainable and harmful to both our planet and our health. Although industrial farming provides us affordable food prices and high crop yield, it is also believed that factory-farmed animals are invariably stressed and riddled with disease from cramped and unhealthy living con … ⌘ Read more
Singapore seeks ‘online safety’ rules to remove or block harmful social media content
Examples of content that could be blocked reportedly include live-streamed videos of mass shootings and viral social media challenges that encourage young people to perform dangerous stunts. ⌘ Read more
Therapist: “Do you harm yourself in any way?”, Me: “I eat a lot of sweets..?”
On the blog: Women Deserve Better Than Roe, Anyway https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/05/roe.html #rant #harm
Vague infringement allegations considered harmful
Ensuring that software copyright allegations are specific and actionable benefits the entire developer ecosystem. That’s why GitHub submitted a “friend of the court” brief in the SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. case before a Federal Court of Appeals. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Media and Imposed Morality https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/11/mmedia.html #harm #ethics #safety #media
On the blog: Content Advisories https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/04/advisory.html #harm #ethics #safety
“considered harmful” is not about harm: an opinionated review is all you need
On the blog: Do the Work https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/06/06/do-work.html #rant #personal #ally #harm
On the blog: Asian Women in Fiction https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/03/21/asian.html #politics #harm #media
The Citizens - @facebook is trying to censor/takedown “the real #Facebook Oversight Board” - We have to stop @finkd from harming the Internet. ⌘ https://the-citizens.com/real-facebook-oversight/
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: We Are What We Do https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/03/08/are-do.html #label #ally #harm #representation #rant
Banner Ads Considered Harmful (Here) - Gwern.net https://www.gwern.net/Ads
Notes on structured concurrency, or: Go statement considered harmful — njs blog https://vorpus.org/blog/notes-on-structured-concurrency-or-go-statement-considered-harmful/
Band name of the day: body harm revenge & property destruction
Reidl on that export control on AI tech I talked about a couple weeks ago: https://medium.com/@mark_riedl/us-export-control-of-artificial-intelligence-research-considered-harmful-fb2986fb3f14