Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @kauer@aus.social @jzb@hachyderm.io @bagder@mastodon.social @arstechnica@mastodon.social The article claiming Mythos found things was written by Anthropic. This company routinely lies, is run by a person that routinely lies, produces products that routinely lie, very likely used a product that routinely lies to produce this article, and has a strong vested interest in this new product's success. I suggest waiting until an independent review of Mythos is available from a reputable reviewer before believing one single word of it. Davi Ottenheimer's article would be a good start. @kauer@aus.social @jzb@hachyderm.io @bagder@mastodon.social @arstechnica@mastodon.social Ed Zitron on Anthropic https://www.wheresyoured.at/four-horsemen-of-the-aipocalypse/ Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At Four Horsemen of the AIpocalypse If you liked this piece, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of NVIDIA, Anthropic and OpenAI’s finances,
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @TJ1001@mastodonapp.uk I can’t believe this crack team of idiots couldn’t get a deal. J.D couch fucker, a man the secret service call Steve Witless and the corrupt property developer, son of a jailed fraudster and son in law of a rapist nonce…… #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #Europe #israel #iran #iranwar #trump #DonaldTrump #TrumpIsAPedo #operationepsteinfury #sendbarron #netanyahuwarcriminal #IsraelTerroristState #FuckTrump #nokings #ceasefire @TJ1001 already wrapped up!!!? So let's blow the negociations to cover Bibi's ass was he plan....Somehow no surprise.
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 6mo ago Replying to @protonprivacy@mastodon.social <p>Control your own future with a suite of business tools that don’t exploit your data. </p><p>Today, we’re launching Proton Workspace, helping you collaborate securely and privately.</p><p><a href="https://proton.me/business/blog/proton-workspace" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proton.me/business/blog/proton</span><span class="invisible">-workspace</span></a></p> @protonprivacy@mastodon.social drive client for linux is like a mirage...
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @mycrowgirl@flipping.rocks OK, brace yourself. I don’t know if you can handle the cute levels in this picture. 🖤🦇🖤 #Baturday #BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry @mycrowgirl veeery cute!
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @didgebaba@c.im <p>‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director | AI | The Guardian<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/22/actors-ai-la-haine-director-mathieu-kassovitz" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/</span><span class="invisible">22/actors-ai-la-haine-director-mathieu-kassovitz</span></a></p> @didgebaba@c.im He was a cool guy once...afraid that time is long gone.
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @AnastasiaE@mstdn.ca <p>I don't understand the Age Verification issue. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> knows sooooooo much about us. If they can tell my age well enough to send me ads for wrinkle creams and to suggest that I follow pelvic floor therapists on social media, surely they can tell who is under 13. </p><p>Why is an additional verification method needed? </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ageverification</span></a></p> @AnastasiaE@mstdn.ca faster, cleaner, more accurate profiling?
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 6mo ago Replying to @muddle@infosec.exchange @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Was disgusted to read about how they're going down this route in Japan, of all places, which has always had a great privacy culture: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/japan_privacy_law_changes_ai/ #Privacy #Japan #StopGenAI @muddle@infosec.exchange @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange insane... and for what!? To push support for a technology that pretty much never delivered anything usefull..? Lobbying must be pretty strong in Japan...
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @jesuisgavroche@mamot.fr @Shibanarchiste Grâce à Freetube, on peut s'abonner à la chaîne de Charles Villa, et voir toutes ses vidéos. Et sans se connecter à YT. @jesuisgavroche @Shibanarchiste but not this one... 🤔...doesn't work on Free Tube (been pasting the yt link in the searchbox... )
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @Shibanarchiste@piaille.fr <p>"From Gaza with love"</p><p>C'est tout frais et c'est du <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/CharlesVilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharlesVilla</span></a>, qui a déjà fait un magnifique travail à propos de la guerre au <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Liban" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liban</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> </p><p>Voici maintenant un reportage de 1h49 sur <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/GazaStrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GazaStrip</span></a> avec <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/SuhailNassar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SuhailNassar</span></a>. Bon visionnage à toustes !</p><p>Sous-titres disponibles.</p><p>Partagez le plus possible svp, leur voix doit être entendue, la documentation est indispensable, le monde doit savoir. Ne restons pas impassibles, iels ont besoin de nous, qu'on sache, se mobilise. :boost_request: </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/VW7_StRzk30" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/VW7_StRzk30</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/EndToWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndToWar</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/EndGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/HelpGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HelpGaza</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/RememberGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RememberGaza</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/GazaVerified" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GazaVerified</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/StopGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/StopIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/GazaHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GazaHelp</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a></p> @Shibanarchiste eventually logged in, unavailable video
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @matiu_bidule@mamot.fr <p class="quote-inline">RE: <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116395778447572916" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11639577</span><span class="invisible">8447572916</span></a></p><p>« Je m'inquiète de la psychose liée à l'IA. Plus précisément, je m'inquiète de cette psychose qui pousse les « décideurs en matière d'allocation de capitaux » à dépenser *1 400 milliards de dollars* dans la technologie la plus déficitaire de l'histoire de l'humanité, dans l'espoir fantaisiste que si l'on enseigne suffisamment de mots à un programme capable de deviner des mots, celui-ci finira par nous voler tous nos emplois. » </p><p>- Cory Doctorow, toujours impeccable</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ia</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ai</span></a><br /><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/NightmareOnLLMstreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NightmareOnLLMstreet</span></a></p> @matiu_bidule 1,4 trilliards de $!!
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 3mo ago Replying to @catileptic@chaos.social <p>listening to the same familiar album on repeat is the only way i can listen to music these days </p><p>(burnout sucks)</p><p>(overwhelm sucks)</p><p>now listening to the Bastion OST <3 <a href="https://supergiantgames.bandcamp.com/album/bastion-original-soundtrack/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">supergiantgames.bandcamp.com/a</span><span class="invisible">lbum/bastion-original-soundtrack/</span></a> Darren Korb makes such gorgeous music</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bastion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bastion</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DarrenKorb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DarrenKorb</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gamemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gamemusic</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>burnout</span></a></p> @catileptic@chaos.social great soundtrack!
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 3mo ago Replying to @ketanjoshi85@ketanjoshi.co Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from Google’s latest climate report, but holy hell, I did not expect this. The company’s total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025. This is very easily the biggest increase in their electricity consumption ever, and it puts them way ahead of Microsoft. It is almost certainly a reflection of the obscene energy hunger of their ever-expanding bloated generative AI systems, and a vindication of the warnings we’ve been raising for several years now. I’ve updated all the report figures in my data tracking page, here. For the first time, I’ve compiled Google’s electricity consumption back to 2011, to give a historical view of what is happening here, because my description does not do this justice: Amazon stopped disclosing their data a few years ago To give you some sense of scale here, this is what Google’s current consumption looks like, relative to the energy consumption of a bunch of country’s power grids: Google’s power consumption rose by 7 TWh between 2023 and 2024. That was bad. But it rose by a whopping 12 TWh between 2024 and 2025, almost double last year’s increase. Google’s power consumption isn’t just growing – the rate at which it is growing is growing. We have a word for this: exponential growth. Every time I look at this chart I have to go and double check every single Google number, because it just looks so ridiculous The power grids that Google’s data centres are plugged into have to increase generation to match this new demand – and that includes rising use of coal and gas, and as a consequence, worse climate disasters like deadly heatwaves. Google’s consumption is rising way faster than the grids are being cleaned up with renewables, and that means their emissions number is going up fast, too. It’s the steepest rise on record: Read Google’s report, and they sort of mumble through this problem: “While we remain deeply committed to sustainability, reaching our climate moonshot is getting harder. Growing our data center footprint to build out the infrastructure needed to make AI as helpful as possible to everyone requires energy and resources” “While the path to achieving our climate ambitions will not be linear—given our AI infrastructure buildout is currently accelerating faster than the grid is decarbonizing—we remain focused on scaling abundant and affordable clean power globally and progressing technological innovations that drive down emissions across our operations and the broader industry” They’re not wrong here. The path to ‘achieving their climate ambitions’ is not linear. It is looking more like an exponential, going in the exact wrong direction: This all of Google’s emissions, compared to their target. “Raw” is just the unadjusted numbers, and “claimed” shows exclusions from their supply chain and renewable energy procurement claims, which I go into a bit below. If “AI infrastructure buildout is currently accelerating faster than the grid is decarbonising” then Google shouldn’t be building AI infrastructure. If they are breaching the boundaries of safe operation on a planet that can only take so much, they should stop and consider whether all of this is worth it. Think about what Google’s AI services have done for you. Does it seem worth it? Are you getting a deadly heatwave’s worth of use, out of PDF summaries and AI overviews? While Google have clearly toned down the “net benefit to AI” language we criticised in a report earlier this year, they’ve invented some absurd new AI ‘benefit ‘avoided emissions’ claims that don’t hold up to scrutiny. They’ve ramped up their ‘efficiency-washing’ a few notches: a tactic that badly downplays the real, absolute impact of their decisions. They’ve written up substantial clean energy deals, but those deals lack critical information for us to know how meaningful they really are. Despite this greenwashing bonanza, Google doesn’t even bother to pretend to be on track for its climate goals. Mix the foolish decision-making of FOMO-ridden executives with the most stunningly inefficient software tool big tech has ever created and you end up with a formerly efficient company turned into a blunt Bitcoin-style climate bomb, weirdly still convinced they’re saving the planet. AI solutionism – toned down but still a problem In ‘The AI Climate Hoax‘, we (a group of accountability, anti-disinformation and climate groups) told the story of how Google could not stop claiming that “AI” could reduce global emissions by 5 to 10% by 2030 (including in their 2024 sustainability report). That statement didn’t come from a study or an analysis, but from a consulting group’s sloppy guesstimate extrapolated from a random conversation. This was a claim that was a headline statement Google used in policy recommendations for the European Union! Google’s head of sustainability, Kate Brandt, has claimed multiple times that AI could reduce global emissions between 5 to 10% We also found Google was among many companies smooshing together old, low-energy forms of AI (like wind forecasting) with the generative slop tsunami: falsely coupling them to pretend you can’t have one without the other. Essentially, justifying their private jet sales because they also sold a bicycle. In this new report, Google have stopped claiming “AI” is destined to have a ‘net benefit’ to society, and notably, they stopped making the 5-10% claim after our report launched. Before (red, 2024) and after (green, 2025). Note the change in wording. This is good. But there is still a strong focus on tactically vague AI solutionism throughout the new report, trying to more subtly present non-generative AI as if it somehow neutralises or offsets the massive, unstoppable harm of generative AI: Everything presented here is ‘traditional’ AI, ie, the old, low energy machine learning systems. Nowhere do Google explain these technologies are wildly different to generative AI. Google’s total claim for emissions reductions “enabled” by their products is a whopping 41 million megatonnes of CO2-e, more than the company’s entire footprint by a good margin. Most of this comes from the extremely absurd claim that Google Earth (!) enables the siting of clean energy projects – and so Google claims credit for the entire emissions reductions of all those projects for the full year of 2025: I mean. Come on. There are so many satellite imagery programs out there. They could do the same thing for Google Docs or Gmail and get similarly huge numbers. This is such weak logic, and it’s the bulk of this headline number. These are very, very significant claims from one of the world’s biggest companies, but the entire space of ‘avoided emissions’ statements like these is totally unregulated. Every single claims comes with the footnote “The data and claims have not been independently verified”. And Google doesn’t share enough information for anyone to do even try do an independent verification for things like ‘fuel efficient routing in Google maps’ or thermostat energy efficiency savings. Efficiency-washing As I wrote here last year, Google’s key tactic has been hyper-focusing on the energy consumption of a single, simple query to a chatbot, and highlighting how that has decreased over time, to mask how their absolute energy consumption has completely flipped out beyond belief. In this report they really ramp up that nonsense. First they calculate what their emissions may have been had they performed no energy efficiency actions at all, and then present those emissions against their claimed total: Above, Google claims nearly 41 MTCO2-e of avoided emissions thanks to machine hardware and software / computing efficiencies. Again, this is more than their entire emissions footprint. And again, this hasn’t been independently verified and we cannot even begin to try, because Google don’t release all the information we would need to figure if this number is being juiced by dodgy assumptions. It is actually pretty likely that it was Google’s efficiency actions that enabled their total energy consumption to increase. It’s well known that, in this type of context, efficiency just gets eaten up by capitalistic greed, enabling even worse expansion. The International Energy Agency has said as much: Whatever the dynamic here, Google is still ultimately seeing a massive, unprecedented rise in their emissions and energy consumption, seemingly for little reward. Their energy consumption per $m of revenue earned has grown 1.5x: Google also repeat the tactically narrow focus on single queries, intended to present a clearly misleading visual of reduced impact: Cool! Every chatbot query is only 9 seconds of TV! Let’s just compare this number to their total energy consumption….. Let’s very conservatively assume only 15% of Google’s 2025 energy consumption was for AI. The company would have to receive 74.6 billion prompts a day, according to the 0.24 watt hour number above, to explain their energy hunger. ChatGPT, which is several times more popular than Google Gemini, claimed to receive 2.5bn prompts a day, in 2025. If we assume 25% of their 2025 energy was generative AI, they’d need 124bn a day to explain the energy consumption. If 50%, they’d need 248bn (every single human being alive, including babies, sending 30 Gemini prompts per day). Obviously, this is not happening. What is happening is that GenAI’s climate harm comes from the system design, such as Google’s AI overview triggering constantly whether users want it or not, in addition to significantly worse digital bloat tools dominating overconsumption. The International Energy Agency explained this nicely, as well: As they say above, the real problem lies in automated and recursive chatbot use, video generation and enterprise use (see: tokenmaxxing). https://bsky.app/profile/ketanjoshi.co/post/3mkjwukvdpw2d Google are painting a shockingly misleadingly picture by focusing narrowly on their ‘efficiency’ metrics, whether that’s per-prompt or highly suspicious gargantuan avoided emissions figures. Both hide the fact the company is simply choosing the climate-wrecking road, consciously. Other bits and pieces Google claim to have brought 12 gigawatts of “net-new” clean energy online in 2025. If that’s true, it’s great. But the details are scarce and the caveats are ominous. These could be long-term power purchasing deals that have a strong effect of bringing new clean energy online, but they could also be comprised of weaker certificate trading. Why is there a “net” before “new”? It’s never explained. These are important questions with unclear answers. Google’s headline emissions figure includes the various power deals and certificate purchases, and the difference is stark: Google have been far less bad than many other technology companies, supporting large-scale clean energy projects and long-duration energy storage. They also support greater efforts to more closely match power consumption to renewable generation. On the flipside, Google has been pouring cash into gas and blatantly-not-going-to-happen CCS and fusion projects. Ultimately, their power consumption emissions are rising whether you include these projects or not. Even their deep pockets can’t keep pace with their rising energy hunger. This is the first time Google have disclosed water consumption for individual data centres (I think), and they weirdly include a table showing ‘golf course equivalent’ water consumption for each. I assume this was meant as a minimisation tactic following the whataboutism trope used by AI and data centre boosters, but I found the numbers pretty significant. I hate golf courses: they’re the seizure of a massive amount of land and they consume an ongoing massive amount of public resource, all for the private enjoyment of a wealthy few. What a perfect metaphor for generative AI. If you have golf courses, you should hate data centres at least just as much, and usually, significantly more so. Lean into whataboutism. They’ve got a point.Turns out climate activists have consistent ideologies, who knew The huge gap between “raw” and “claimed” total emissions comes from Google’s use of renewable energy deals and certificates, but a good chunk also comes from Google simply excluding a giant chunk of the emissions in their supply chain (“scope 3”). I’ve presented both below. Amusingly, they call the smaller number “ambition-based” emissions. They exclude much of the good and services they purchase from third parties on the grounds they can’t influence them. But they don’t disclose exactly what these are, so we can’t really check. Google also blend Category 2 (capital goods) and Category 11 (use of sold products). This blended figure dominates their scope 3 emissions, and they also notably don’t exclude it from their headline numbers. Of course, this includes the stuff needed to build data centres, so that must be driving much of the rise in scope 3 in total. @ketanjoshi85 remembers the plastic recycling con...
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 6mo ago Replying to @Climatehistories__dup_44950@mastodon.social <p>Sam Altman: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”</p><p>Meaning: We stole all your knowledge , writing, and art, and now we’re gonna put a meter on it and sell it back to you. You’re welcome.”</p> @Climatehistories@mastodon.social one wonders what would be his take on the #deadinternettheory...
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 2mo ago Replying to @Rachelburch@mastodon.social Reflections in the river Walkham at Ward bridge yesterday, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography @Rachelburch@mastodon.social really beautyfull, enjoy!
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @apilsetas@mastodon.social <p>Russian Pavilion at Venice Biennale Art Exhibition.<br />There has been concern over Russia's reinstatement ever since it was announced by Moscow earlier this year.<br />The European Commission has "strongly condemned" the move and threatened to pull €2 million in funding for the Biennale. It argues that "Allowing the aggressor, Russia, to shine" on such a platform is against ethical standards linked to the grant.</p> @apilsetas@mastodon.social I mean you could close the entire thing...If we don't want Russia exhibiting, what about Israel and USA? Problem is if 'ethics' criteria is used and we start digging, few of the participating countries might pass...
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 3mo ago Replying to @sundogplanets@mastodon.social FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NOOOOO https://ca.pcmag.com/news/16760/fcc-approves-reflect-orbitals-giant-mirror-satellite-that-astronomers-hate @sundogplanets@mastodon.social why?
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 7mo ago Replying to @faraiwe@mstdn.social on mstdn.social @faraiwe@mstdn.social this is the way
Open post Disreputable_Craftsman @Disreputable_Craftsman@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt If you are having a hard day or simply want a cheer up, just remember there are dogs - 🐶 #Dogs #dogsofmastodon @nf3xn@mastodon.social @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt hmm kind of hard to keep them off the sticks even when you have the best toys...