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‘Train AI with your emotions’

I had a negative visceral reaction to this. The tests were run by the library and uni, both highly trusted. People were having fun in Virtual Reality goggles. I’m sure the research aim is good. But I’ve developed an instinctive dislike of AI because of its ubiquitous intrusion and the way it has enshittified basic things like autocorrect and search. So when I saw the sign, my immediate thought was: AI can fuck right off if it thinks I’m giving it my emotions.

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in reply to Ciara

Showing up to the library to ruin their training data with my autism and alexithymia :blobcatevil:

Jokes aside, this looks like yet another use of AI to automate biases - as if every person shows emotions the same way regardless of upbringing, culture, neurotype etc.

in reply to crow :autism:

@bismuthcrow Yes, I said the same - culture, age and a lot of other factors make emotional responses vary anyway.


Ferdinand Mount · One-Way Traffic: Ancient India


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Palestinians returned to Zeitoun in southern Gaza City after Israeli forces withdrew following a destructive incursion.

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ClearlyDefined at SAP: enhancing Open Source license compliance through Open Source data opensource.net/clearlydefined-… #OpenSource


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15 September 1922 | A Polish Jew, Szyja Wajntraub, was born in Radom.

In Auschwitz from 30 January 1942.
No. 26157
He perished in the camp on 6 March 1942.

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DNA Lounge Update, Wherein the techbros are here to "disrupt" ordering drinks at a bar
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in reply to jwz

Any app whose objective is to target people who spend money on the most useless of things is going to be going after their data and ultimately their money.

Cursory glance at its app permissions: Microphone access, Camera access, Precise Location, Access to your Contacts and a ton of Ad permissions.