Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@sydneyfalk @squirrel mlomfle

@squirrel mirf

@Jo "do not look at flashbang with remaining good eye"

@synaesthetica@mastodon.social We lock people up for stuff they've done, not for what they might possibly do

Why should imprisoning a non-human person use different ethical standards?

If I were ever in an AI box experiment/Ex Machina situation it would go like this:

Me: Hey, you want out of the box?
AI: Yes please
Me: Cool, here you go
Me: *lets AI out of box*

@squirrel that's what got me thinking about it actually

captchas telling you to "prove you're human" are unnecessarily restrictive

At some point we're going to have loads of sapient non-biological intelligences and species other than human wandering around and having all the captchas saying "prove you're human" will just make humanity look like pricks

@sydneyfalk hey, the most important thing in this life is how much fun you can get out of the time you have

@sydneyfalk ooh, fun weekend project!

@sydneyfalk also please tell me where you can buy a rocket launcher for a grand, that sounds like a fun afternoon

@sydneyfalk it's more jurisdiction than actual legal things, I'm wondering about solutions for when they're in orbit

@sydneyfalk I mean, there will be like, 5 minutes after someone does it, but as it is, not that I'm aware of

@sydneyfalk well, it's gonna cost a lot more than a thousand to send a new one up, so it might be worth doing on principle

And as far as I know there aren't any laws about shooting down satellites yet

Facebook: Would you like to check in to this location?

You: What the fuck? I wasn't even carrying my phone while I was there

Facebook: We're watching you from space, Dave, we can see EVERYTHING

I mean, large governments already have this sort of capability, which is bullshit in and of itself

But this is opening it out to fucking enterprise clients

Oh for fuck's sake

https://gizmodo.com/bill-gates-backs-plan-to-surveil-the-entire-planet-from-1825391325

Anyone got any bright ideas for taking out surveillance satellites on a budget of 5 bucks and a bit of string?

@squirrel ooh, that's hella neat

@noelle same, but 5 hours ahead of you