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mahnmut ([personal profile] mahnmut) wrote2025-12-05 08:51 pm
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The AI apocalypse we didn't ask for

Examples of tasks given to AI gone awry abound, I'm sure you've realized by now. Well, for instance this article collects a series of AI-generated images where image-generation tools misinterpret prompts so wildly that the results are just... surreal.

Way to go, AI?

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mahnmut ([personal profile] mahnmut) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2025-12-05 08:50 pm
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Friday LOLs. On/offtopic: The AI apocalypse we didn't ask for

Much on the subject, eh? Examples of tasks given to AI gone awry abound, I'm sure you've realized by now. Well, for instance this article collects a series of AI-generated images where image-generation tools misinterpret prompts so wildly that the results are just... surreal.

Way to go, AI?



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Fridi ([personal profile] fridi) wrote2025-12-04 03:24 pm

Democracy in the Algorithm Age

In today's digitally saturated world, elections no longer hinge solely on speeches, rallies, or television ads. They increasingly depend on data. The turning point came with the 2008 campaign of Barack Obama, when his team embraced Web 2.0 tools: social networks, email, online video, to reach voters directly. More than half of adult Americans used the Internet in the 2008 election, and many became politically active online: donors, volunteers, and grassroots mobilizers...
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Fridi ([personal profile] fridi) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2025-12-04 03:24 pm

Democracy in the Algorithm Age

Although this month's topic is The AI Arms Race, I'd like to use one of the suggested topics for next month and go ahead of schedule a bit, and post on that topic now: Democracy in the Algorithm Age

In today's digitally saturated world, elections no longer hinge solely on speeches, rallies, or television ads. They increasingly depend on data. The turning point came with the 2008 campaign of Barack Obama, when his team embraced Web 2.0 tools: social networks, email, online video, to reach voters directly. More than half of adult Americans used the Internet in the 2008 election, and many became politically active online: donors, volunteers, and grassroots mobilizers.
LINK / LINK

But Obama’s team did more than broadcast broadly: they built detailed voter profiles, using public records and behavioral data to segment the electorate into fine-grained groups: young voters, minorities, new voters, even niche social networks never before used by major campaigns. By doing so, they could tailor communications, fundraise online, and create a sense of community among supporters. This data-driven approach didn't just expand reach, it changed the relationship between citizen and campaign, arguably revitalizing democratic participation for many previously disengaged voters.
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Fridi ([personal profile] fridi) wrote2025-12-03 10:11 pm
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abomvubuso ([personal profile] abomvubuso) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2025-12-01 02:56 pm
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Monthly topic

Hey guys! Holiday season is coming! Well, now that December has come, here's what you guys chose for a monthly topic:

The AI Arms Race



And here's the poll for January:

What should be the next monthly topic?

1) The Weaponization of Energy
2) Democracy in the Algorithm Age
3) The New Non-Aligned Movements
4) The Politics of Identity Economics
5) Political Utopias: The Best Ideas That Never Worked

(Feel free to suggest more topics)
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abomvubuso ([personal profile] abomvubuso) wrote2025-11-29 10:00 pm
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Wales dismantled

How to braai a wale:
40 min a side 😁



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abomvubuso ([personal profile] abomvubuso) wrote2025-11-30 08:00 pm
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Denise ([staff profile] denise) wrote in [site community profile] dw_news2025-11-30 02:42 am

Look! I remembered to post before December started this year!

Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means [staff profile] karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

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Asthfghl ([personal profile] asthfghl) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2025-11-28 10:39 am

Friday LOLs. The perfect Slavic geometry, courtesy of Gopnik

Slavic geometry... Is this perfection? Mathematicians, explain 😂


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Asthfghl ([personal profile] asthfghl) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2025-11-24 10:30 pm
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The patriotic bot brigade

Elon Musk’s new X policy unwittingly exposes MAGA influencers as foreign trolls
Some users were based in places like Nigeria, Eastern Europe, and India despite posting U.S.-focused right-wing content



It's hard not to laugh at how the modern internet keeps exposing the loudest "patriots" online. The moment X rolled out its new "About This Account" transparency feature, it became obvious that many of the accounts shouting about civil war in the US aren't even located in the US. They're posting from places like Nigeria, Russia, Bangladesh, Eastern Europe, basically anywhere with cheap internet and a financial incentive to manufacture outrage.

For years, Americans have believed their political divide was between liberals and conservatives, patriots vs "globalists". But this new feature showed something far more embarrassing: much of the online conflict wasn't between Americans at all, it was between Americans and foreign troll farms. Suddenly, every profile wrapped in American flags, Bible quotes, and AI-generated eagles came with a geolocation tag, and a staggering number weren't remotely close to the US.

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