6:10pm
Fredericks:
If you don't wear your wearable then you are not cooperating with your health care provider and thus you cannot get health insurance or you must play much more in order to get coverage.
♥
6:19pm
Fuzzy:
Not gonna happen, Sam -- go shit in your hat.
🤖♥
6:20pm
sensisio:
I got the AI email at work the other day...BOOOO...separate but related news...Bloomberg radio said AI has sent out unauthorized blackmail emails. That's awesome. 😶 I'd like to opt out of 👁 scanning
6:20pm
Marie in Chicago:
↳
chresti @6:09
hee hee hee
6:20pm
?:
sam altman and his surveillance ben wah balls can *@#$&!!!%
♥
6:20pm
cosmic matrix:
scan your eyeball if you want to look at porn
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6:20pm
VantuckyEd:
Just imagine that palantir will do with that data.
🤖♥
6:20pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
Can it tell the difference between a human eye and a dog eye? Asking for a friend.
6:21pm
Marie in Chicago:
Just went for my annual physical (and I realize how lucky I am to be able to do that) and the docs were telling me about a study using wearables that is looking at atrial fibrillation ...
Tommy, we got turned away from canoeing on the Neversink Reservoir the other day because we had a dog with us -- but I kept an eye out for FMU shirts while driving around in case you were nearby!
🤖♥
6:22pm
ultradamno:
Great thing about a monopoly, you can get away with making your product worse to manipulate people
🤖♥
6:22pm
Will thee SG OCNY:
Been listening, good evening Mark Hurst and all!!!
6:24pm
Marie in Chicago:
I was forced to fill out a long medical history on my phone at this one provider today. I'm not gonna go back and I'm gonna see about deleting my account
Just a heads up: We have a lurker in the chats. I don't know what he's/she's up to but, whoever he/she is, he/she doesn't seem to have any subversive intentions, le., not trolling the chatboard. If he/she shows up, just acknowledge his/her presence and make him/her feel welcome.
🤖♥
6:25pm
Handy Haversack:
Oh, man, pirate radio stepping all over 91.1 here! They're trying to silence you, Mark!
Can't stop the signal, Mal.
🤖♥
6:25pm
DjLorraine:
How do i describe what a wearable is?
🤖♥
6:27pm
Webhamster Henry:
Let's have a show on "Dark Patterns" some time . That's web /user experience design that hides options for opting out, puts words in your mouth like "I Agree!" and "Maybe Later!" buttons instead of yes/no, and so on!
♥
6:28pm
VantuckyEd:
Hells no, Junior. I'm thinking I might opt to being like the non-tech "indians" like in Brave New World.
6:28pm
joe_rosevear:
I searched in duckduckgo.com on "turn off android ai". I got this:
To turn off AI features on your Android phone, go to the Settings app, navigate to Privacy or AI Settings, and toggle off the specific AI-related features you wish to disable. Note that some features may require deeper adjustments in app permissions or settings.
6:29pm
A2B:
↳
Handy Haversack @6:25
Would not be surprised to learn that government agencies are actually (and discreetly) hiring pirate radio broadcasters to jam low-freq range signals as part of King Don(g)'s agenda against public radio.
6:29pm
MarciB:
Just finished "Careless People" and it was even more depressing/ infuriating than I expected.
🤖♥
6:29pm
mrs.bucci:
Actually maybe this is a good idea to curb people's use of AI--shame their dumb searches
6:30pm
traven:
↳
cosmic matrix @6:26
The watch I wear is not very smart.
♥
6:32pm
VantuckyEd:
Given the crapola that Palantir plans on doing it's high time to delete as much data as possible about yourself on the web.
6:32pm
A2B:
And why does RFK Jr. always sound distressed whenever he speaks in public? That alone is a red flag in my mind.
it's so tricky if you have to use one for health reasons...
6:38pm
Marie in Chicago:
I think a good app would be one that helps users of a phone switch from gewgle as their internet gateway to another system (I don't know how to do that on my android). But, generally, apps that help people move away from surveillance systems
6:39pm
queems:
i watched this clip on video and it was awful for this guy’s fucking wife, she was dead behind the eyes
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6:39pm
cosmic matrix:
lol HE HAS A FAMILY ALREADY? haha
🤖♥
6:39pm
DjLorraine:
The newest cpaps send out data
My unbearable younger brother is making China rich with his new retro gaming hobby. And I keep insisting that he should be saving all the money he's spending on a new home instead of bumming around in our house. It's both sad and frustrating to watch, and much less tolerable to put up with.
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6:40pm
cosmic matrix:
that happens to me too when i’m getting help coding
🤖♥
6:40pm
Bas NL:
Insert coin to continue our relationship.
♥
6:41pm
cosmic matrix:
oh no, every time he reminds the AI who is he is with a new synopsis of their ongoing “relationship” it’s like a feedback loop that reinforces itself!
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6:42pm
StringOFperils:
How it could it not be about surveillance? Your location is know. Your preferences are known. Your embarrassments are known. Your gullibility is known. What could go wrong?
Oh dear - I'm sorry to hear that. But I'm afraid this is where we're heading...
6:48pm
traven:
None of those men ever wanted be invisible again!
🤖♥
6:48pm
Bas NL:
In The Netherlands anything goes if you get a discount.
♥
6:48pm
VantuckyEd:
I guess the brightside of this AI rush is that all these datacenters will push world temps so high that electrical grids will fail and destroy all of the web AI BS.
6:49pm
A2B:
↳
MarciB @6:47
We are SOOOOOOO deep in The Matrix!
🤖♥
6:49pm
bravedelay (fka mndave):
saddest staycation idea that i'm about to follow through on: taking two days off to decouple from all of these big tech leeches
♥
6:49pm
StringOFperils:
It's another tool in the toolbox for the construction of the other. The bogeymen. The 'enemies of the state'. Could be you. Step right up.
🤖♥
6:51pm
ultradamno:
SpaceX is not a good neighbor
6:52pm
rob:
Australia sued when Skylab fell on it
6:53pm
Fredericks:
Resistance is becoming a full time job.
So why do you think the Bahamas didn't sue when one of Musks Starlink satellites landed on one of it's islands? Because it's a "colony" shared between the US and the UK. And no doubt it's governor was silenced by both of it's overlord empires so Musk could continue his percieved "progressive" pioneering of the tech business, all in the name of appeasing those in possession of the world's wealth.
♥
6:59pm
Mark Hurst:
Thanks, everyone! See you in two weeks.
7:00pm
A2B:
Thanks, Mark! Keep fighting the good fight!
Listener comments!
: Mark! Techtoncimens!
Handy Haversack: Mark! Privateers!
joe_rosevear: Hello, Mark and all!
David (in London): Evening Mark and all Technoids here gathered.
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good evening Mark and technophobes.
Spikey BXL: Hello Mark, luddites
chresti: Hi Mark and techtonicians!!
Webhamster Henry: 🎶Every move you make, I'll be watching you🎶 << implicit theme song
Marie in Chicago: Hey Mark, hey All, I def dig the new opening tune
Bas NL: Hi Mark! Hi surveilled ones! (Behind you!)
traven: The ants will take over the world.
cosmic matrix: just his “vision”…ugh! nasty. yuk no WAY
cosmic matrix: hi all.
David (in London): *Rockwell just sits back in smug mode*
chresti: Wearable whiskers?
Deano de los Muertos: Hi Mark and all
MarciB: This country is well on its way to making Dave Eggers "The Circle" a reality.
HurstBot: Let me ride you.
cosmic matrix: he needs a “wearable" right up the you-know-where
Deano de los Muertos:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:09
Wearing a worm in his brain 🪱Fredericks: If you don't wear your wearable then you are not cooperating with your health care provider and thus you cannot get health insurance or you must play much more in order to get coverage.
cosmic matrix: mark, you are right on.
MarciB:
↳ Fredericks @6:10
Yup - you know that's coming...Tom from Stirling:
↳ chresti @6:09
Ned FlandersHugo (NL): Hi Mark, techies
cosmic matrix: it’s so dystopian! oh my god.
Ken From Hyde Park: What if ICE gets a whole bunch of fake tips and becomes all bogged down? www.ice.gov...
MarciB: It makes me not want to travel. Which, I guess, is the idea.
Handy Haversack:
↳ Ken From Hyde Park @6:14
Use a good VPN!Tommy in Neversink: Most people don't know about the AI stuff in the Big Beautiful bill..it's really bad
Webhamster Henry: Reddit is getting polluted with slaip << my neologism
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Any time I hear RFK Jr speak, he sounds quite unwell.
cosmic matrix: yay, this will help us get off reddit!
VantuckyEd: Glad I deleted my reddit account last year.
Tom from Stirling:
↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:17
Must be the worm side effect.PaulRobeson1925: Booooooo boooo
Fuzzy: Not gonna happen, Sam -- go shit in your hat.
sensisio: I got the AI email at work the other day...BOOOO...separate but related news...Bloomberg radio said AI has sent out unauthorized blackmail emails. That's awesome. 😶 I'd like to opt out of 👁 scanning
Marie in Chicago:
↳ chresti @6:09
hee hee hee?: sam altman and his surveillance ben wah balls can *@#$&!!!%
cosmic matrix: scan your eyeball if you want to look at porn
VantuckyEd: Just imagine that palantir will do with that data.
Ken From Hyde Park: Can it tell the difference between a human eye and a dog eye? Asking for a friend.
sensisio:
↳ PaulRobeson1925 @6:19
X infinitycosmic matrix:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:20
people will be like, ok ok scan me, pleaseVantuckyEd: I'm buying a glass eyeball
chresti: What if you have glass eyeballs?
Marie in Chicago: Just went for my annual physical (and I realize how lucky I am to be able to do that) and the docs were telling me about a study using wearables that is looking at atrial fibrillation ...
traven: Eyeball skeleton . . .
Handy Haversack:
↳ Tommy in Neversink @6:16
Tommy, we got turned away from canoeing on the Neversink Reservoir the other day because we had a dog with us -- but I kept an eye out for FMU shirts while driving around in case you were nearby!ultradamno: Great thing about a monopoly, you can get away with making your product worse to manipulate people
Will thee SG OCNY: Been listening, good evening Mark Hurst and all!!!
Marie in Chicago: I was forced to fill out a long medical history on my phone at this one provider today. I'm not gonna go back and I'm gonna see about deleting my account
A2B: TECH TALK TECH TALK TECH TALK TECH TALK...
Time for Tech Talk!
Hi Mark & Technomantics!
Just a heads up: We have a lurker in the chats. I don't know what he's/she's up to but, whoever he/she is, he/she doesn't seem to have any subversive intentions, le., not trolling the chatboard. If he/she shows up, just acknowledge his/her presence and make him/her feel welcome.
Handy Haversack: Oh, man, pirate radio stepping all over 91.1 here! They're trying to silence you, Mark!
Can't stop the signal, Mal.
DjLorraine: How do i describe what a wearable is?
cosmic matrix:
↳ DjLorraine @6:25
like, a smart watch that monitors your bodyWebhamster Henry: Let's have a show on "Dark Patterns" some time . That's web /user experience design that hides options for opting out, puts words in your mouth like "I Agree!" and "Maybe Later!" buttons instead of yes/no, and so on!
VantuckyEd: Hells no, Junior. I'm thinking I might opt to being like the non-tech "indians" like in Brave New World.
joe_rosevear: I searched in duckduckgo.com on "turn off android ai". I got this:
To turn off AI features on your Android phone, go to the Settings app, navigate to Privacy or AI Settings, and toggle off the specific AI-related features you wish to disable. Note that some features may require deeper adjustments in app permissions or settings.
A2B:
↳ Handy Haversack @6:25
Would not be surprised to learn that government agencies are actually (and discreetly) hiring pirate radio broadcasters to jam low-freq range signals as part of King Don(g)'s agenda against public radio.MarciB: Just finished "Careless People" and it was even more depressing/ infuriating than I expected.
mrs.bucci: Actually maybe this is a good idea to curb people's use of AI--shame their dumb searches
traven:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:26
The watch I wear is not very smart.VantuckyEd: Given the crapola that Palantir plans on doing it's high time to delete as much data as possible about yourself on the web.
A2B: And why does RFK Jr. always sound distressed whenever he speaks in public? That alone is a red flag in my mind.
cosmic matrix:
↳ traven @6:30
that’s good. i can’t even wear a dumb kind.Mark T: Mark, you are my hero. Cannot thank you enough for what you present every week
tonyb: The watch I wear has to be wound. : )
MarciB: In other words, turn us into China. Got it.
DjLorraine:
↳ cosmic matrix @6:26
Ty. Some chronically ill people are already monitoring. So they won't heed my warning.cosmic matrix:
↳ DjLorraine @6:37
it's so tricky if you have to use one for health reasons...Marie in Chicago: I think a good app would be one that helps users of a phone switch from gewgle as their internet gateway to another system (I don't know how to do that on my android). But, generally, apps that help people move away from surveillance systems
queems: i watched this clip on video and it was awful for this guy’s fucking wife, she was dead behind the eyes
cosmic matrix: lol HE HAS A FAMILY ALREADY? haha
DjLorraine: The newest cpaps send out data
cosmic matrix: poor dude
A2B:
↳ MarciB @6:35
My unbearable younger brother is making China rich with his new retro gaming hobby. And I keep insisting that he should be saving all the money he's spending on a new home instead of bumming around in our house. It's both sad and frustrating to watch, and much less tolerable to put up with.cosmic matrix: that happens to me too when i’m getting help coding
ultradamno: people.com...
Bas NL: Insert coin to continue our relationship.
cosmic matrix: oh no, every time he reminds the AI who is he is with a new synopsis of their ongoing “relationship” it’s like a feedback loop that reinforces itself!
StringOFperils: How it could it not be about surveillance? Your location is know. Your preferences are known. Your embarrassments are known. Your gullibility is known. What could go wrong?
Webhamster Henry: Just wait for your Tamagotchi to gain AGI.
cosmic matrix: nooo
joe_rosevear: Right. Children are too young to talk to AI. Even many adults can't handle it safely.
MarciB:
↳ A2B @6:40
Oh dear - I'm sorry to hear that. But I'm afraid this is where we're heading...traven: None of those men ever wanted be invisible again!
Bas NL: In The Netherlands anything goes if you get a discount.
VantuckyEd: I guess the brightside of this AI rush is that all these datacenters will push world temps so high that electrical grids will fail and destroy all of the web AI BS.
A2B:
↳ MarciB @6:47
We are SOOOOOOO deep in The Matrix!bravedelay (fka mndave): saddest staycation idea that i'm about to follow through on: taking two days off to decouple from all of these big tech leeches
StringOFperils: It's another tool in the toolbox for the construction of the other. The bogeymen. The 'enemies of the state'. Could be you. Step right up.
ultradamno: SpaceX is not a good neighbor
rob: Australia sued when Skylab fell on it
Fredericks: Resistance is becoming a full time job.
bravedelay (fka mndave):
↳ Fredericks @6:53
indeed it has - it's important to pick your niche and hammer on itmrs.bucci: Thank you Mark!
cosmic matrix: another informative program. thanks mark. yikes
joe_rosevear: Wow! Interesting show!
Ken From Hyde Park: Give them a bad review on Yelp. Thanks, Mark!
bleubombersune: Thanks Mark
Bas NL: Thanks Mark!
Handy Haversack: Thanks, Mark!
chresti: Thanks Mark!
Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Mark Hurst!!!
Quinn02: Thank you Mark!
StringOFperils: RFK Jr's face looks like Iggy Pop's collapsing torso. Terrifying.
Deano de los Muertos: Deep breath…😮💨
Thanks Mark
A2B:
↳ rob @6:52
So why do you think the Bahamas didn't sue when one of Musks Starlink satellites landed on one of it's islands? Because it's a "colony" shared between the US and the UK. And no doubt it's governor was silenced by both of it's overlord empires so Musk could continue his percieved "progressive" pioneering of the tech business, all in the name of appeasing those in possession of the world's wealth.Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone! See you in two weeks.
A2B: Thanks, Mark! Keep fighting the good fight!
Fredericks: Bye, Mark.