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@news.abc.net.auReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialQueensland coroner begins probe to examine whether system failures led to death of Elizabeth Struhs
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@news.abc.net.auReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social@letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social‘At the time the ACNC announced its investigation, the regulator said it would "act firmly where vulnerable people or significant charity assets are at risk".’
@simonrosenberg.bsky.socialReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social"It should not go unnoticed that whenever the inflation conversation takes hold, profits never enter the chat. The usual suspects are happy to talk further cuts – to services and jobs – but never actually raising funds from those businesses that benefit from our pain." #RBA #inequality #auspol
@parismarx.comReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialMany people don’t realize that many people in the tech industry, especially in its upper echelons, have developed a deeply harmful and delusional worldview they’re trying to impose on everyone else. That’s at the root of their misguided view of where AI is going.
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@abeba.blacksky.appReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialover the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
@joshtaylor.bsky.socialReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialIf ultimately there's no criminal responsibility for this incident here then FOI just became a lot easier if we ask AI agents to go find those documents for us. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@leroylynch.bsky.socialReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialThe Jehovah's Witnesses governing body has changed longstanding doctrine to allow followers to choose whether to accept red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma or platelets. There has been relief and anger in the wake of lives lost after transfusions were refused.
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@perrybaconjr.bsky.socialReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social"It is perfectly honest to say, 'I chose a private school because I want the best for my kid, but it is also true that private schools are bad for society and do more to reproduce inequality than to remedy it." Great @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social piece. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/private-sc...
@letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social‘Many adherents believe humans must merge with AI to become a new species, or even that sentient AIs should replace humanity altogether. Some want to colonise the universe with “digital beings”.’
@letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialA note on the report, which seems to be missing the most obvious intergenerational danger ahead… “What use is a report forecasting the next forty years by a government failing to tackle the greatest challenge of our time?” - Anjali Sharma www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social“Four sources with knowledge of the sect’s secret election influence campaign said Brethren elders had shifted their attention even before the Coalition’s 2025 defeat, with church middlemen reaching out to One Nation and other smaller parties with offers to help.”
@letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialWas thinking about this earlier today when I went grocery shopping – what a wonder it is that we can go and find an array of incredible foods all there in one place, laid out before us, how our ancestors would have marvelled, and yet it still feels like a chore
@slackbastard.bsky.socialReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social@letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialFeels like the govt maybe isn’t doing enough to make the public understand that the support of an aging population lies in welcoming immigrants into the workforce
@histoftech.bsky.socialReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social“I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the US economy & our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable… that bet isn't looking good. The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more than you spend…“
@letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialVery worth reading this comprehensive overview of a lot of elements of the belief systems behind the hype that are less covered than they should be, in spite of many working to shift this
@letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialI’m hanging out for @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social’s Musk, but Going Clear (and the book, and so much more from survivors) has been available long enough now that it honestly surprises me how many people don’t have any qualms about watching TC films. Saddened that Iñárritu cast him.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialIt's a Python loop and a chatbot. The people responsible didn't accidentally create god: they created autonomous malicious software and then failed to closely monitor it, resulting in it doing something both foreseeable and bad.
@melaniemitchell.bsky.socialReposted by @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.socialI wrote down my thoughts about the last several weeks of AI hell.