[…] "Im Moment wird der Einsatz von KI in erster Linie von Geschäftsmodellen, Investitionen und Profit getrieben – vom Kapitalismus. KI ist ein Werkzeug unter vielen, um kapitalistische Strukturen zu stärken. Dabei geht es nicht um Gerechtigkeit, Fairness oder Gleichheit, sondern eine Welt der Ungleichheit." […]
🧵 …wenn dies nicht die oberen Meinung weiter bestätigt, dass die KI für das erweitern der Macht durch Unterdrückung genutzt wird ohne einer Schuld geständig zu sein?!
»Gesichtserkennung in Großbritannien – Unschuldige verdächtigt:
In London und Manchester wurden zwei Personen aufgrund einer Gesichtserkennungs-KI zu Unrecht wie Kriminelle behandelt. Das zieht Klagen nach sich.«
Austerity, Brexit, Covid Lockdown Parties, PPE Scandal, Raw Sewage in UK Waterways & Coastal Areas, Economic Crash, Record Inflation, Record Interest Rates, Cost of Living Crisis, Pensions Decimated, Mortgage Rises, NHS in Crisis, Schools Crumbling, Housing Crisis...
The #Manchester Bee may have been obvious to you, but I was never taught about it at school, & many people didn't know. Again, does that make me less qualified to represent my City?
If not, why would a lack of local knowledge minutiae stop a good representative from #England from representing a #Scottish constituency?
I was ready to vote for John Smith until his untimely passing. He or Gordon Brown being #Scottish had no bearing on my political allegiance.
The Trees Not Cars campaign is making a renewed push for some much needed green space in central Manchester. They've been pushing for the former Central Retail Park in Ancoats (on Great Ancoats Street, right next to a Primary School) to be made into a park. The council thinks we need new offices and don't care about the extra pollution or the quality of life for those living nearby.
#Manchester trams are lively enough during football matches, but having a Barry Manilow concert next door to it at the same time will make them 'interesting' - I guess they'll be tram fulls of drunks singing Copacabanaaaaaaaaa.
Most of the gigs we go to are 12 people watching a folk singer in a pub backroom - so it was a little different 🤣 They're probably the only band that I could be bothered to go to an arena to see.
It was a huge amount of fun and great musical performances too. The support act (Dave Hill) was really funny too.
Gertrude Bell was an archaeologist, travel writer, explorer and political administrator, responsible laying the foundations of the modern state of Iraq.
She made important contributions to archaeology and her books have provided a greater understanding of the cultures of Mesopotamia and ancient Persia.
> Co-operators will work together to develop tech for good at the event – and there’s still time to register to take part using your digital skills on one of the teams.
Good news! Manchester has finished building the world's largest PlayStation 2. Reports are they used an unofficial 256mb memory card for some whopping huge capacity, so some games might not work.
18 Apr 1580: 14 priests, many future martyrs, leave #Rome#otd for the mission of #England. Led by Thomas Goldwell Bishop of St Asaph & last of the Marian hierarchy, along with Lawrence Vaux last Warden of the collegiate Church of #Manchester (BM)