JumpyWombat

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[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It is unimaginative

Can you make an example of something 100% original that was not inspired by anything that came before?

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (7 children)

The short answer is copyright theft, energy consumption, and job displacement. While all those issues are 100% correct, there is also a huge unspoken factor of "you must be against it otherwise you are a brainwashed idiot" because, let's be honest, the hive mind is real.

Most of the modern no-AI luddites fail to understand that AI has been around for decades in various forms and this is just the last, most visible incarnation. It is here to stay, and it will grow as well. At this rate of adoption, in a few years it will be as normal as having a mobile phone (they weren't around only 20 years ago).

My humble prediction is that all the concerns around AI will be addressed with time by better hardware, better cooling mechanism, better energy production, different jobs that will leverage AI instead of competing with it, and surely also the copyright will find a new balance (just like MP3, Napster, and Spotify did not kill the music industry).

By the way, AI doesn't spy on you. An AI model is immutable once it's trained. The software using the model is spying on you, but that's true for any scumbag-driven software you use. It is essentially the same typing your secrets in Google Docs or in ChatGPT.

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 days ago

.ml and shit talking communism.

Actually the worst appears to be hexbear that I blocked entirely.

Quite frankly I don't care much. I actually enjoy being exposed to different views, and I can ignore extremism quite easily.

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Apple has an history of resisting surveillance and that's true. However, it's subject to regulations, they lower security in some countries (see UK), it's based in the US which is definitely not encouraging, and... it may just end becoming like Google in the span of a few years.

That said, I prefer Apple to most of the other brands.

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

Maybe now they have a chance to demonstrate that these filters don't work.

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Plus: shady managing of the network connections that could lead to mass surveillance, poor E2E encryption, and now a partnership with Musk.

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Yes. It works.

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Just the regular browser. It just works.

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Google Drive alternatives that actually work well?

This is a big pain point of the iPhone. You can use Proton or other providers, but you will be stuck with iCloud for your backups.

The issue with the iPhone is that you need to trust Apple. They have a decent reputation (obviously someone will immediately say "nooo, it's baaad!!1"), and it has a good trade-off security/usability, but it's just like a top quality over-the-counter medicine. If you want the real stuff, there will be side effects (on features).

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shouldn't it be the opposite: the lower, the less identifiable?

1 in 1 means that everyone has the same, 1 in 2 means that you are the same as 50% of the population, 1 in 1.000.000 means being pretty much unique.

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Always keep in mind that Tor makes you uniquely identifiable if you are the only one using it on a particular website.

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