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What could possibly go wrong?!

Also, it’s really cool how everything is going straight to hell. /s

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The anti-woke campaigner brought legal action against Meta – owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – after the company’s artificial intelligence chatbot falsely stated he took part in the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January, 2021, seeking $5 million in damages.

As part of the settlement, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, Starbuck will advise Meta on how to prevent political bias in its AI.

What the actual...? I've never heard that someone gets hired as part of a settlement where both parties were opponents.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Also, you can make an LLM say anything you want it to say. I didn’t realize I could be suing tech companies over it.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Normally I’d say they agreed to the advisory role as a simple get out of lawsuit play. They have to hear him, but not actually act on what he says.

But looking at where we are in 2025, they will likely do everything he says.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago

Always wondered what happened to this guy after he gave up on stealing Pee Wee Herman's bicycle.

[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 51 points 2 days ago

Government and Big Tech looking for the worst candidate possible to appoint to an extremely important position

Is that (person in photo) a guy or a girl?

[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

There's no way that's his real, Christian name.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 62 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

That's the most non-binary bigot I've ever seen.

$10 his legal name is Robin and he's still deeply ashamed of briefly exploring his homosexuality as a teen. And he 100% has a briefcase full of skirts and stockings.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They look entirely queer, and Robby, Robin, Rob or Ruby has always been gender neutral/multiversive in my community.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The last name doesn't help his case either lol

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Hey, stop gendertyping. With that surname, it’s surely ”their”, not ”his”.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

That's the most non-binary bigot I've ever seen.

Lmao. I clicked on this post to find out who's this new Marjorie Taylor Greene.

[–] Beefsquints@discuss.online 15 points 2 days ago

My bet would be he is a Battlestar Galactica nerd and somehow missed all of the shows actual messaging.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Who says you have to be a christian to be a hate-monger?

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Facebook: at least we didn’t go with our first choice, David Duke.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Give it a year at max. I have a feeling that by the end of this year, a lot of GOP members will publicly call black people "N****rs" while shaming those who don't, and a PragerU video titled "You're just a N****r, deal with it" featuring Matt Walsh will drop onto YouTube. Any backlash will be deboosted by most social media, which also stop moderating the word all across the globe.

[–] OmgItBurns@discuss.online 3 points 2 days ago

It's already here. I know someone who drank the Flavor-Aid and within the past year he's starting using the T-slur and blamed Somalis when I offhandedly asked why traffic was so bad in a certain part of town (while there is a high Somali population here, the traffic problem is 100% poor city planning).

So fucking weird hearing that come out of the mouth of the Commie artist I used to go to punk shows with.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well, who else knows more about bias?

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

“No, no, NO! The chatbot needs a more comprehensive lexicon of slurs! Did you feed it the entirety of stand up comedy by white men from 1960-1988 like I told you to?”

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

There it is! I knew there had to be a reason.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Man that is going to make giving up these fascist platforms so much harder.