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Babu Menos 🎵 #NoAIA little over a year ago, I released a song about the resurgence of right-wing, fascist ideology all across Europe, the US, and the world. Its lyrics keep repeating, ‘Humans are much better than that’. One year, several elections, and a coup in the White House later, I am not so sure anymore.<a href="https://mirlo.space/babumenos/release/not-again" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mirlo.space/babumenos/release/not-again</a><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ProtestSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtestSong</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Antifa</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/TechBroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechBroFascism</a>

DoomsdaysCWFrom 2017: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> has finally found a buyer for its amazing, scary robot companies, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BostonDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BostonDynamics</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Schaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Schaft</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SoftBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftBank</a>The companies are not disclosing a price.by April Glaser Updated Jun 8, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT"Japan’s big-betting holding firm SoftBank is buying Boston Dynamics, one of the most highly regarded robotics labs in the world, from Google’s parent company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alphabet</a> for an undisclosed price."Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013 under the leadership of Andy Rubin, the co-inventor of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a>, who was leading a wave of acquisitions of robotics companies under the search giant."Boston Dynamics’ robots routinely make headlines, including a high-profile demo at this year’s TED conference. The company, led by CEO Marc Raibert, has made a robotic cheetah that can run 28 miles per hour, a robotic dog that it recently used to deliver packages to doorsteps in Boston, and most recently a massive legged and wheeled robot that can clear hurdles and walk down stairs."The firm has been hailed by other roboticists for its ability to blend hardware and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> to make machines capable of dynamic, agile movements. Its most recent wheeled robot, Handle, can manipulate objects that are comparable to its own weight, and its four-legged, animal-like robots can maneuver over different types of terrain."One industry source said earlier this year that Boston Dynamics’ most recent machine 'changes the whole ballgame.'"SoftBank is also buying Schaft, a Japan-based robotics firm that unveiled a bipedal walking robot last year, from Alphabet. A source close to the matter said Schaft, which was part of Google, never fully integrated into the company and operated as a sort of separate entity taking a different approach to robotics than the rest of Google."The deal makes sense for SoftBank, which has been working in robotics for years, having acquired a majority stake in the robotics company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aldebaran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aldebaran</a> in 2012. Aldebaran makes the humanoid robot Pepper, which is being used in retail and customer service settings throughout Japan, and increasingly in the U.S. SoftBank has also invested in related technologies, including buying chip design firm <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ARMHoldings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ARMHoldings</a> last year for more than $30 billion. SoftBank also led a $20 million investment round in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FetchRobotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FetchRobotics</a>, a company that makes warehouse logistics robots, in 2015."Rubin left Google in 2014 after driving a string of robotics acquisitions, which, sources have told Recode, left a number of the companies without much direction about what their role at Google would be."Prior to being acquired by Google, Boston Dynamics largely operated on military research contracts. Its humanoid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Atlas</a> robot was used in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DARPA</a>’s robotics challenge in 2015." <a href="https://www.vox.com/2017/6/8/15766440/softbank-alphabet-google-robotics-boston-dynamics-schaft" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/2017/6/8/15766440/softbank-alphabet-google-robotics-boston-dynamics-schaft</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Terminator</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechBroFascism</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@caseynewton</a> This does not surprise me. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alphabet</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a>'s parent company) was in bed with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DARPA</a> for many, many years... <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillerRobots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KillerRobots</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Terminator</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechBroFascism</a>

DoomsdaysCWMusk, Trump Prosecutor Targeting People Who Divulge Identities of DOGE StaffThe self-described free speech champion is not pleased that the public has learned the identities of his young henchmen<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-prosecutor-identities-doge-staff-1235255556/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-prosecutor-identities-doge-staff-1235255556/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechBroFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechBoys</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PresidentElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentElonMusk</a> says he and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> are shutting down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> Musk announced the planned closure of the foreign assistance agency early Monday on social media. by David Ingraham, February 3, 2025"Tech billionaire [and self-appointed President] Elon Musk said Monday that he and President [in name only] Donald Trump were in the process of shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development, escalating their war on the federal bureaucracy and defying the constitutional power of Congress to determine how money is spent."<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-says-trump-are-shutting-usaid-rcna190388?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-says-trump-are-shutting-usaid-rcna190388?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechBroFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuthoritarianRule</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Omnipresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Omnipresent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> cameras will ensure good behavior, says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LarryEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LarryEllison</a>"We’re going to have supervision," says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#billionaire</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oracle</a> co-founder Ellison. Benj Edwards – Sep 16, 2024<a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OrwellQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OrwellQuotes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenEightyFour</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigBrother</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuthoritarianRule</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechBro</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechBroFascism</a>

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