Alan Knight
@alan-knight.bsky.social
Software Developer in Dart at Workiva. Ottawa, Canada.
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AI agents promise to “put our brain in a jar while a bundle of AI systems does our living for us”, writes Meredith Whittaker. “But as in fairy tales, so in life: relying on magical fixes leads to trouble,” she warns
AI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith Whittaker
The Signal Foundation’s president worries they will also blunt competition and undermine cyber-security
econ.st
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
AI agents promise to “put our brain in a jar while a bundle of AI systems does our living for us”, writes Meredith Whittaker. “But as in fairy tales, so in life: relying on magical fixes leads to trouble,” she warns
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Thanks @mcfunley.com. I guess I should post this here!
June 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thanks @mcfunley.com. I guess I should post this here!
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With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
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April 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Owl momma with her baby owl 🥹
January 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Owl momma with her baby owl 🥹
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A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)
A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)
January 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Alt-text:
A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)
A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)
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December 28, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
December 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
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Of course I can fix your computer, Dad! I'm a computer scientist, I know computers. A computer can be formally defined as a 7-tuple M=⟨Q, Γ, b, Σ,δ,q₀,F⟩, where...
Dad?
Dad?
October 14, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Of course I can fix your computer, Dad! I'm a computer scientist, I know computers. A computer can be formally defined as a 7-tuple M=⟨Q, Γ, b, Σ,δ,q₀,F⟩, where...
Dad?
Dad?