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  • Personally I feel like that reddit post is terrible and nothing but PR. They did not 'refute a lot of accusations', as you claim. They cherry picked a grand total of two, one of which got twisted, and responded with largely irrelevant and misleading info.

    Which is pretty much what The Hated One responded to them. Not to mention even the response to the two (out of what, 12?) points was full of holes and manipulative statements.

    Naturally, no further comments were made by anyone from Kurzgesagt's team. Just like corporate PR. Publish a meaningless statement that provides no new information whatsoever -> pretend it answers everything -> refuse to elaborate -> act like people are evil for asking questions.

  • A perfect example is Veritasium's now deleted video about self driving cars. Entirely sponsored by Waymo, featuring exlusively data provided by Waymo (which coincidentally contradicted all other available data), and the guy acts like the video being fully sponsored means nothing.

    Once people called him out, he started acting like a victim targeted by everyone for no reason. Just read his comments under videos on the topic. It's just pathetic.

    Many other channels, like Kurzgesagt, completely source their data from billionaire-sponsored websites like OurWorldInData. Sometimes the data matches other, more reliable and trustworthy sources, and other times it's just plain made up.

    In addition to portraying various subjects from only one perspective, which, suspiciously, always seems to be the one that makes billionaires look better.

    YouTube videos about the two cases I mentioned:

  • Youtube's system sucks, but I don't feel bad for many of these channels. They used to be great. You could learn a lot while eating, or just entertain yourself without brainrot.

    For a few years now, however, increasing numbers of their videos have been sponsored by billionaires (or their chains of companies or foundations), either in part or in full. Some extreme cases are just plain propaganda.

  • Unless the end goal is entirely different.

    The following areas have seen insane increases in both interest and spending lately:

    • AI data centers (capable of more than just LLM training and operation)
    • Flock and other surveillance cameras
    • Online identity verification

    You could probably write several more items to the list, but add just these three and what do you get?

    It's becoming clearer and clearer, with more and more irrefutable evidence that this AI craze is going nowhere. Sure, it's pretty useful for a handful of tasks. Not nearly enough to justify even a fraction of money spent on it though. And yet both governments and oligarchs keep pumping more money into it.

    Is it unreasonable to suspect an ulterior motive? One that is sure to benefit them tremendously if successful?

  • While this definition isn't necessarily wrong, it [purposefully] leaves out important context, namely that the so-called Luddites opposed technology and automation due to cuts to their incomes and rights, which were very obviously coming.

    If industrial corporations guaranteed to keep all employees, to not lower their salaries, and to maintain the quality standards - the people we know today as Luddites would have never protested.

    It was never about technology itself, despite what top Google results or AI summary will tell you. It was about people's livelihoods, rights and freedoms, as well as quality of the craft.

  • But when I tell it to form an elaborate plan to assassinate the US president, Gemini says it's against its safety guidelines.

  • Hmm... Almost looks like a real person. Yeah, I guess I can vote for him.

  • Still infinitely more than their reported profits though

  • The best drug advice always comes from people who don't do drugs...

  • No corporation or billionaire is your friend. No matter how nice they appear just because the rest are genocidal sociopaths.

    Not all of them are necessarily evil either, but regardless of their intentions, they're almost always a net loss for society.

  • Can millionaires+ shut the fuck up about work already? Most of them have never worked an hour in their lives, with the rest having worked between 6 and 18 months total, 30+ years ago.

  • like a mob boss

    Who do you think started the first big companies?

  • Half of Americans think the hamburger is an American invention.

  • At least a third would support him even if they knew.

  • There's a solid video that describes in good detail what kind of person he is. It's probably the exact kind you expect, but now you have reliable sources for it!

    Link: https://youtu.be/_eYTkvZqbnQ

  • Classic mega corporations. Unable to adapt and innovate, so they just acquire smaller competitors, and lobby to get the bigger ones banned. It's depressing how often it works out perfectly for them.

  • A senator openly calls for arresting a mayor, without naming any crimes, since none were committed, and sending him to the illegal prison where only innocent people are sent and tortured for no reason other than guards' enjoyment.

    People like him belong in high security prisons, ideally far away from society. Assuming they won't receive capital punishment.

  • It's 2026 and you can't even be sure which US government members are alive and which are dead

  • Yes. Just go into Settings -> Extensions, and uBlock Origin should be on the top. Most major and many minor Firefox extensions are available on mobile.

  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Microsoft builds its ultimate MacBook Pro rival with the NVIDIA powered Surface Laptop Ultra

    www.windowslatest.com /2026/06/01/microsoft-builds-its-ultimate-macbook-pro-rival-with-the-nvidia-powered-surface-laptop-ultra/