Jurjen Heeck 🍋
@jurjen_heeck@mastodon.nl
IT Security, Klimaat, Woordspelletjes, Camper, NAP +46 in NL. Vrijwillig schipper, webmaster en scheepstooter @deblauwebever Haat touchscreens, en apps voor van alles en nog wat. #Friszuurlinks #Antifascist If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter it is not a nice person. Also: https://xkcd.com/1357/ Used to be active on mastodon.social, there since Nov. 2nd 2016, moved here Nov. 25th 2022.
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We didn't choose AI. Capital did. - Grace Blakeley
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/data-centres-and-democracy
"We do not live in free market societies. We live in capitalist societies – that is, societies dominated by capital. Capital is not distributed into lots of little businesses each producing widgets in perfect competition with one another. Capital agglomerates until it is concentrated within a few massive, monopolistic corporations, controlled by a few powerful men.
These massive corporations can afford to ignore what’s profitable in the short run pursuit of what will bring their owners immense wealth and power in the long run. Just take Amazon. It was unprofitable for years while Jeff Bezos channelled more and more money into expansion. Investors continued to funnel billions into Amazon’s coffers because they were betting that Bezos could carve out a powerful monopoly. And they were right. Corporate concentration and monopoly power trump competition and efficiency every time."
