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Brazil! Football, Soccer, Goal, Goal!

I don’t think being afraid of it is the right way to go. But that is really convenient for Big Tech isn’t it? At least as of now, being online (or a digital being) means you only see what Google or the LLMs want you too. There is a complete detachment of local culture to give in to this global vision, but as envisioned by Big Tech.

I’ve searched for local newspapers using Google Maps localization, which is far from perfect, just to see if my local culture is still there. If people actually live like they lived 10-15 years ago. And they’re the same. It’s just that, as incredible as it may seem, the local physical culture of the city is getting superseded by digital realities. The people are the same, but they’re more or less invisible now.

It’s crazy the way things are going, but I think the response should be technological also and not avoiding knowledge or the effort necessary for it.

This is very interesting. And what kind of platform wouldn’t process citizen data on the EU, I wonder?

Just put me through 4 years of a paid training position instead of University already. Finding a job has been shit because of lack of experience.

If everything goes right (no Lula, no Bolsonaro), Brazil will move towards the Center in 2026.

I think that if the algorithm is so broken to the point of only listing things that are interesting to Google, the search is beyond redemption.

Television lose their hold on opinion, librarians become dangerous.

Crawling the web is an important right for access of information. I think big crawlers shouldn’t dominate the market. Especially since Google isn’t up to par to find anything that is wanted anymore.

You see this on GitHub already. People publish paper results and manuals, along with a few files, and treat that as if it were open source. And this isn’t limited to LLMs, people with CNN papers or crawlers and other results publish a few files and the results on GitHub as if it were open source. I think this is a clash between current scientific community thinking + Big Tech vs Free Software + Free Culture initiatives.

Additionally, you can’t expect something Microsoft/Meta touches to remain untainted for long.

I can ask AI things and then check if it is correct somewhere else. It’s very good at guiding you towards knowing things. Sometimes it will avoid giving information, but it is always useful at answering things. It’s like someone you can bother without having to resort to forums or other boards. It advanced my knowledge a lot. I already read a lot, but you can’t ask a book to clarify things.

I learn a lot using AI. In a way I wouldn’t be able to learn on my own.

I completely get that someone used to monopolies can’t understand Mastodon. I don’t think it has anything to do with understanding technology, though.

I also think that reading “A Vampire in my room” with a sexy Chad on the cover isn’t much better than using Instagram, so…

I would blame the Big Tech social networks. My mom uses Instagram all the time and always claims she is getting “a lot of information”. I think that’s to blame. But also reading books isn’t something you force into people, it will make them hate it. It’s just a hobby, either you do it or you don’t. It makes people dumb? Ok. But you can’t force soul-searching (or any other reason to read a book) into someone.

I think that maybe events and other gatherings for readers would be good, people who are searching for something to fill their emptyness but don’t know what yet may get into books (or any other thing).

I agree. Commercials get in, you get what happened to the Internet. We need something new.

Being horrible at what you do is the first step to greatness.