10% of a billion us dollars? That’s power not fit for a single human, distinct from a simple million dollars.

Nice username. I remember when they got away with using that name (minus the numbers) for the handshake to WPA3, and were deeply suspicion-inducing about whether the mathematician who authored that was on the NSA payroll or not.

Because nobody actually “earns” that much, they plunder it through unfortunately-legal abuse.

You don’t need GPUs to do traffic analysis you just need more Five Eyes, TIA, room 641A stuff.

Oh, entirely. But that also theoretically benefits from AI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1546221824004636

Hence things like: https://mullvad.net/en/vpn/daita

But further? I’d encourage you to explore what Gospel and Lavender are.

The only way the AI bubble won’t burst will be its complete integration into the military industrial complex and surveillance state, which is already underway.

AI traffic correlation for deanonymizing VPN users, ai tracking of all cellphone users across the US carrier networks, tracking of all people across all security cameras,…

This is just the beginning. And its all propped up by military spending from the US government.

“Data is the new oil” and all that? Is about undermining any 4th amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure. And AI is the latest (glitchy) tool to automate all of this.

But consumer facing side? Yeah, that’s gonna burst.

But where is Palantir on this? Because they’re discernibly connected to several of these orgs, and that displays the character of what this is actually about.

You know how the US government has 3 branches that are supposed to check and balance each other? We should teach that Corporations, Government, and Individuals/Unions operate similarly.

Corporate terms of service check individuals against abusing others. So do government laws.

Government is supposed to check corporations from abusing their customers. And customer boycotts moderate corporate behavior.

And corporations… Apparently moderate the flow of information to individuals so the companies always manufacture consent. And lobby for their own advantage.

If nothing else, by describing how it is, we can have a real conversation about how fucked/okay all of this is, and examine what parts of this framework are actually functioning.

And in that, we can explore where Unions fit - as 3rd party bosses steeped in corruption, or as genuine representatives of their people. And explore how to rebound in just the one context, because we are good citizens. 😇😅😉

Easy to say when you have choices in where to shop. Lack of transportation and odd work schedules destroy that Real Quick. As does rural life, or life in an urban food desert.

There is more to poverty than lack of money - there is also frequently a lack of time away from work for serious food preparation. And idk if you’ve looked at vegan processed food lately but uh… The opposite holds true about their price.

No one can survive on crock pot beans alone.

Once again, 100 companies are responsible for how much of the emissions? Your consumer choices are not a Revolution that will save the world. Consumer choice is a poor substitute for activism that has been sold to you by your Masters.

Most serious vegans understand something about the differential in agency that comes with even relative poverty. The books that sort of founded the movement take this into account.

And there is a LOT of relative poverty in places you don’t normally expect, especially with housing costs as they are around most of the Capitalist world.

Are they hoping for Jupiter, or Repo the Genetic Opera? Because this isn’t even close to Gattaca.

Either way, this has been a Science Fiction Movie.

Is there a broadcom firmware package you need to install? I have NEVER gotten away with neglecting that step on a broadcom card.