Bits

“just because it’s new and shiny doesn’t necessarily mean that it is actually better.” https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/all-you-need-for-artificial-intelligence-is-a-commodore-64/

There is a course worth of cultural critique here that is #ds106 worthy https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-luddite-horror

tracks the energy consumption and environmental impacts of using #generative #ai models through APIs https://ecologits.ai/latest/

Sound & Music

Love brought joy and life brought pain
The emptiness of money and a name
After that things got a little rough
In the American dream
https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=145334&archive=260792&starttime=2:36:1

Politics & Economics

“Fascism is might over right, conspiracy over reality, fiction over fact, pain over law, blood over love, doom over hope.” https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/05/What-Is-Fascism/