The article is much more interesting and relevant than the click bait headline Which totally illustrates @Meredith Whittaker point about algorithms

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Signal's Meredith Whittaker on the Telegram security clash and the 'edgelords' at OpenAI  | TechCrunch

Among other things, Whittaker is concerned about the concentration of power in the five main social media platforms.

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🤔 There is only minor evidence of low birth rates and only in the late Republic - early Empire and only among the aristocracy, before the Empire reached it's peak power "Low" implying below replacement level Replacement level is determined by infant and child mortality rates Correlation between birth rates and population decline does not imply causation Mortality due to plagues, famines and wars cause * population decline and * reduced birth rates due to reduced life expectancy of women of child-bearing age and * increased infant and child mortality and * increase the replacement level Plagues, famines and wars also cause political instability, economic and military decline In the modern world low birth rates are correlated with stronger economies, military power and political stability The men of X need to think more about the Roman Empire

Sometimes I marvel at how much better nostr already is than corporate social media Socially better Freedomy better Technologically better in many aspects As long as corporate social media rely on closed protocols they will stagnate While open protocols will accelerate Credit to Meta for realizing this

Sure it's a promotional gimmick but there's an interesting angle Doomers have been warning about AGI taking control by force, what if it/they went the conventional route? Would ppl vote for humans or potentially smarter and incorruptible AI? #ai https://m.slashdot.org/story/429597