Oh man I was just repeating what I read from an article, but there’s so much more in that list.

racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs; union membership; genetic data; unique biometric information; citizenship or immigration status; contents of certain mail, emails, and text messages; or health, sex life or sexual orientation information.

Surely none of this could be used for nefarious purposes, right?

Unfortunately I think the ICE cars are just as stalkerish at this point (if the EV=creepy implication is intended). Kia and nissan even have bits in their privacy policies about monitoring sexual activity somehow.

The car listening to everything you say is absolutely not ok.

I get that’s not what this article is about, but I hate how they’re getting creepier and creepier things normalized.

I’m not sure we should put much faith in these scores.

I see Canada looking pretty yellow here, but we just had a provincial government call an early election and send out $200 bribe cheques. Sure they don’t call it a bribe, but I haven’t gotten a paper cheque from the government in years (direct deposit, yay) and now I have a paper cheque and a voter card showing up in my mailbox just days apart. It’s getting pretty obvious over here.

This looks suspiciously like a map of whiteness.

Oh yes, calling people dimwits will totally win them over.

Wow I’m glad I don’t watch MSNBC, that does sound truly sickening.

I’m not sure the incessant chorus of 'I told you so’s is really helping the cause.

Personally, I’m watching the dumpster fire from up on your hat, without any option to participate in your elections either way, but it’s still getting pretty grating. Surely, there’s a better strategy.

The word “terrorist” has an incredible power to shut off people’s brains.

Copilot seemed to be a bit better tuned, but I’ve now confused it by misspelling strawberry. Such fun.

One time they told me I had 3 days left to enjoy YouTube with my ad blocker, and then I would have to buy premium, or they would just lock me out of the site. I was like “welp, it had a good run, I guess that’s it for ol’ YouTube.”

But then the 3 days went buy and nothing ever came of it.

That tactic probably did get them some preemptive subscriptions though, unfortunately.

Yeh, if I ever see my TV’s OS I’m like “fuck off! HDMI4!”

The consequences of dangerous driving should be borne by the people driving dangerously, and no one else.

I’ve always been a nerd, always enjoyed cool new technology, but the industry has become so drenched in assholery that this “grimy residue” has become its main feature.

I’m sure they’ll find something even more problematic to dump money into sooner or later.

Of course it’s not only ai, but the article’s subhead: “Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets”

Can we just cancel the whole “ai” thing? It was fun for a bit, now it’s just problems.

It’s not just remote places that can get evacuated.

I don’t live in the north, don’t own a car, and don’t worry about it, but if something catastrophic were to happen here, I hope there would be options for the many non-car-having people.