Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario

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Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario businessinsider.com \| points: 711 \| comments: 760

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EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram reuters.com \| points: 667 \| comments: 676

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Last Chance to fix eIDAS: Secret EU law threatens Internet security last-chance-for-eidas.org \| points: 469 \| comments: 268

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Confusing Git Terminology jvns.ca \| points: 363 \| comments: 187

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Big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC lawsuit says arstechnica.com \| points: 350 \| comments: 309

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Tracking SQLite Database Changes in Git garrit.xyz \| points: 321 \| comments: 100

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4th edition of Physically Based Rendering is now freely available online pbr-book.org \| points: 278 \| comments: 45

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macOS Sonoma Broke Grep developer.apple.com \| points: 276 \| comments: 180

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Home Assistant 2023.11 home-assistant.io \| points: 263 \| comments: 172

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Silicon Valley doesn’t understand the concept of fun fastcompany.com \| points: 255 \| comments: 186

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Raspberry Pi receives strategic investment from Arm newsroom.arm.com \| points: 242 \| comments: 136

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Window-swap – open a new window somewhere in the world window-swap.com \| points: 232 \| comments: 60

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Joint Statement on AI Safety and Openness open.mozilla.org \| points: 205 \| comments: 123

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How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer [video] ycombinator.com \| points: 197 \| comments: 196

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Who invented file extensions in file names? retrocomputing.stackexchange.com \| points: 193 \| comments: 168

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Help Wanted at LWN lwn.net \| points: 189 \| comments: 25

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