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ActivityPub, the protocol that powers much of the fediverse and allows the various fediverse platforms and servers to talk to each other, has become an official W3C standard 8 years ago!
https://www.w3.org/news/2018/activitypub-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/
#fediverse #activitypub #standards #OpenWeb #W3C #anniversary #OTD #OnThisDay
ActivityPub, the protocol that powers much of the fediverse and allows the various fediverse platforms and servers to talk to each other, has become an official W3C standard 8 years ago!
https://www.w3.org/news/2018/activitypub-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/
#fediverse #activitypub #standards #OpenWeb #W3C #anniversary #OTD #OnThisDay
ActivityPub, the protocol that powers much of the fediverse and allows the various fediverse platforms and servers to talk to each other, has become an official W3C standard 8 years ago!
https://www.w3.org/news/2018/activitypub-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/
#fediverse #activitypub #standards #OpenWeb #W3C #anniversary #OTD #OnThisDay
(3/6) AI hype is a mirror of market fundamentalism
#LLMs are the perfect microcosm of capitalism. These systems mask the vast amounts of labor needed to run them, allowing commodity fetishism to form around #AImodels.
This mirrors the fetishism #neoliberal #economists display around markets, detached from understanding the influence of #capitalist institutions and #politics on markets.
(5/6) The tension at the heart of market #capitalism
Markets under capitalism face four paradoxes managing the balance of power in the system:
1. Property rights limit competition.
2. Property rights enforcement invites exploitation.
3. Markets reward secrecy but need transparency to function well.
4. Market success undermines market competition.
(6/6) #Capitalism runs like a computer (and it's being hacked)
Markets under capitalism are an open system whose norms and protocols can be hijacked to create permanent structural advantages. Very similar to #exploits #vulnerabilities in #cybersecurity.
Because #capitalists institutions determine what can be bought and sold in market capitalism they are often targets of hijacking.
(4/6) The lethal economics of corporate kung fu
Market failure = firm success. To understand #economic reality, we have to understand that companies are competing over ways to avoid economic competition. Even if it comes at consumers' expense. Corporate kung fu are the insane tactics companies pursue that screw over consumers.
(5/6) The tension at the heart of market #capitalism
Markets under capitalism face four paradoxes managing the balance of power in the system:
1. Property rights limit competition.
2. Property rights enforcement invites exploitation.
3. Markets reward secrecy but need transparency to function well.
4. Market success undermines market competition.
(3/6) AI hype is a mirror of market fundamentalism
#LLMs are the perfect microcosm of capitalism. These systems mask the vast amounts of labor needed to run them, allowing commodity fetishism to form around #AImodels.
This mirrors the fetishism #neoliberal #economists display around markets, detached from understanding the influence of #capitalist institutions and #politics on markets.
(4/6) The lethal economics of corporate kung fu
Market failure = firm success. To understand #economic reality, we have to understand that companies are competing over ways to avoid economic competition. Even if it comes at consumers' expense. Corporate kung fu are the insane tactics companies pursue that screw over consumers.
(3/6) AI hype is a mirror of market fundamentalism
#LLMs are the perfect microcosm of capitalism. These systems mask the vast amounts of labor needed to run them, allowing commodity fetishism to form around #AImodels.
This mirrors the fetishism #neoliberal #economists display around markets, detached from understanding the influence of #capitalist institutions and #politics on markets.
(2/6) #LLM “intelligence” is a #darkpattern. I argue that the defining feature of LLMs is that they’re a structured “dark pattern” meant to launder the idea that a mind’s on the other side.
To that end, unlike any good technology, there’s no affordance that promotes any intended use. That doesn't make LLMs useless, but it makes them extremely dangerous from a user safety standpoint. Like a hammer without a handle.
#blog #anniversary #misalignedmarkets #longthread
https://misaligned.markets/llm-intelligence-is-a-dark-pattern/
(1/6) My blog #MisalignedMarkets turns one! I spent the year blogging about lots of topics: optimization, information asymmetry, risk, #AI but here are my most popular posts
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