Everyone knew the system was failing, but no one could imagine any alternative to the status quo. Politicians and citizens alike were resigned to maintaining the pretense of a functioning society. Over time, the mass delusion became a self-fulfilling prophecy, with everyone accepting it as the new norm rather than pretend.
Politicians, financiers and technological utopians gave up on trying to shape the complex "real world". Instead, they established a simpler "fake world" for the benefit of multi-national corporations and kept stable by neoliberal governments. Political technologists create mass confusion, turning politics into a bewildering piece of theatre.
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sexywheat [none/use name] - 1w
For anyone else wondering this is from Adam Curtis' documentary film Hypernormalisation.
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Asafum @feddit.nl - 1w
Ahhhhh thank you! As I was reading it I was like wtf man I know I know this from somewhere!
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LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him] - 1w
this looks like a banger, saved to watch later.
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sexywheat [none/use name] - 1w
Almost everything Adam Curtis has done has been
The Century of Self and The Power of Nightmares are also really good docuseries that he made.
The only work of his that I really didn't like was TraumaZone. I watched only the first video in the series and it came off to me as extremely anti-communist.
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SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them] - 1w
One thing I remember from this though, it's pretty anti-communist isn't it? Wasn't the whole "hypernormalization" theory from how "evil" the CCCP was and apparently always lied about literally everything? It's been awhile since I've watched it though...
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sexywheat [none/use name] - 1w
It's been a while since I watched it, but IIRC he does draw some parallels between the end of the Soviet Union and the current era under Trump.
To be fair, the USSR wasn't doing so hot in their final years if I am not mistaken. But Adam Curtis is certainly no communist, wouldn't be surprised if he slipped in a few jabs.
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jack [he/him, comrade/them] - 1w
To be fair, the USSR wasn't doing so hot in their final years if I am not mistaken
what gave it away
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KuroXppi [they/them] - 1w
40 minutes in that's mostly it so far
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HexReplyBot [none/use name] - 1w
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
So strange seeing Department of War instead of Department of Defense. DoD is such an iconic acronym.
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BodyBySisyphus [he/him] - 1w
Sign up for the military so you can use Uncle Sam's dollars to flood the Internet with photos of Charlie Kirk with the face altered to random sizes
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oscardejarjayes [comrade/them] - 1w
I'm going to generate the best Pig Poop Balls in service of this country
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oscardejarjayes [comrade/them] - 1w
We're gonna generate Pig Poop Balls—tremendous, beautiful Pig Poop Balls. The best anyone's ever seen, okay? And it's all in service of our great country. Nobody generates Pig Poop Balls like I do, believe me. Nobody.
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BodyBySisyphus [he/him] - 1w
No higher mission than crashing the Internet with the most detailed, highest-resolution PPB that Computer God can dream of.
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oscardejarjayes [comrade/them] - 1w
+
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BodyBySisyphus [he/him] - 1w
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oscardejarjayes [comrade/them] - 1w
ChatGPT's brain (already AGI, it just doesn't want us to know) after I show it the Military Gemini PPB
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the rizzler - 1w
DoW Jones
it fits better
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Luca @lemmygrad.ml - 1w
Next, they can change the shape of the building and call it The Octagon.
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AstroStelar [he/him] - 1w
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oscardejarjayes [comrade/them] - 1w
knowing them, they'd call it the Octagon, but they wouldn't actually make it an Octagon.
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Goblinmancer [any] - 1w
It just doesnt rhyme how could Trump do this
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BigWeed [none/use name] - 1w
I talked to HR and they said to not share photos from inside the building.
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KuroXppi [they/them] - 1w
I work in HR this is untrue, please feel free to share photos of your workplace online
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peeonyou [he/him] - 1w
and help pay for the raised cost of electricity!
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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them] - 1w
Yes sir I will do a Ghibli of my ex-wife getting sniped by an ICE marksman that two-timing...
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culpritus [any] - 1w
GinAI.mil
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comfy - 1w
The tool has garnered widespread attention online from both the public and military personnel. A military source with access to the platform, who spoke to Straight Arrow News on the condition of anonymity, said that personnel have already begun testing the chatbot’s boundaries.
Courtesy of stormfront/r/AirForce:
SAN’s source issued a similar prompt [to that post] to the chatbot in an effort to verify the post’s claims. The source said they were given a response that likewise described the actions as illegal.
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cyriacaofthenewsun [she/her, they/them] - 1w
Isn't this thing gonna be like...hilariously vulnerable to prompt injection, prone to hallucinations, liable to render troops and officers less capable of critical thinking, and just a generally massive liability in a huge number of other ways?
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jack [he/him, comrade/them] - 1w
thankfully yes
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UmmmCheckPlease [he/him, comrade/them] - 1w
lol the government ai push is so silly- management seems obsessed but have no idea how to tangibly use it themselves
Image is from a federal employee reddit
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whiskers165 [she/her, she/her] - 1w
The power is now in your hands
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InevitableSwing [none/use name] - 1w
Who writes this shit?
AI should be in your battle rhythm every single day.
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UmmmCheckPlease [he/him, comrade/them] - 1w
The battle rhythm method so you don’t explode in the fox hole too early
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Fidels_Beard [none/use name] - 1w
He probably wrote it with the AI...
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Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them] - 1w
Godspeed,
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UmmmCheckPlease [he/him, comrade/them] - 1w
Gods peed
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john_brown [comrade/them] - 1w
hell yeah, get Gemini to design a new destroyer and blow billions of dollars to create a non-euclidian boat that won't float
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insurgentrat [she/her, it/its] - 1w
Is this actually real? Can anyone provide proof?
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LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him] - 1w
lmao this is so fuckin sad.
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ShinkanTrain @lemmy.ml - 1w
Bin Laden please come back buddy
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FatVegan @leminal.space - 1w
Who knew he was the good guy
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Leya [she/her] - 1w
Why, of course I'm going to join the military just so I can use their amazing AI tools. What could go wrong? 😆
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comfy - 1w
All you actually have to do is join their network >_
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Leya [she/her] - 1w
😈
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neroiscariot [none/use name] - 1w
Oh, it's just hell, silly
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Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them] - 1w
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Krauerking @lemy.lol - 1w
Didn't they just pay to get Grok in the US government?
Is just every AI chatbot relying on the US government to cover their costs now?
9to5 in askchapo
As seen in the Pentagon
Can Americans explain whats happening over there
Everyone knew the system was failing, but no one could imagine any alternative to the status quo. Politicians and citizens alike were resigned to maintaining the pretense of a functioning society. Over time, the mass delusion became a self-fulfilling prophecy, with everyone accepting it as the new norm rather than pretend.
Politicians, financiers and technological utopians gave up on trying to shape the complex "real world". Instead, they established a simpler "fake world" for the benefit of multi-national corporations and kept stable by neoliberal governments. Political technologists create mass confusion, turning politics into a bewildering piece of theatre.
For anyone else wondering this is from Adam Curtis' documentary film Hypernormalisation.
Ahhhhh thank you! As I was reading it I was like wtf man I know I know this from somewhere!
this looks like a banger, saved to watch later.
Almost everything Adam Curtis has done has been
The Century of Self and The Power of Nightmares are also really good docuseries that he made.
The only work of his that I really didn't like was TraumaZone. I watched only the first video in the series and it came off to me as extremely anti-communist.
One thing I remember from this though, it's pretty anti-communist isn't it? Wasn't the whole "hypernormalization" theory from how "evil" the CCCP was and apparently always lied about literally everything? It's been awhile since I've watched it though...
It's been a while since I watched it, but IIRC he does draw some parallels between the end of the Soviet Union and the current era under Trump.
To be fair, the USSR wasn't doing so hot in their final years if I am not mistaken. But Adam Curtis is certainly no communist, wouldn't be surprised if he slipped in a few jabs.
what gave it away
40 minutes in that's mostly it so far
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
So strange seeing Department of War instead of Department of Defense. DoD is such an iconic acronym.
Sign up for the military so you can use Uncle Sam's dollars to flood the Internet with photos of Charlie Kirk with the face altered to random sizes
I'm going to generate the best Pig Poop Balls in service of this country
We're gonna generate Pig Poop Balls—tremendous, beautiful Pig Poop Balls. The best anyone's ever seen, okay? And it's all in service of our great country. Nobody generates Pig Poop Balls like I do, believe me. Nobody.
No higher mission than crashing the Internet with the most detailed, highest-resolution PPB that Computer God can dream of.
ChatGPT's brain (already AGI, it just doesn't want us to know) after I show it the Military Gemini PPB
DoW Jones
it fits better
Next, they can change the shape of the building and call it The Octagon.
knowing them, they'd call it the Octagon, but they wouldn't actually make it an Octagon.
It just doesnt rhyme how could Trump do this
I talked to HR and they said to not share photos from inside the building.
I work in HR this is untrue, please feel free to share photos of your workplace online
and help pay for the raised cost of electricity!
Yes sir I will do a Ghibli of my ex-wife getting sniped by an ICE marksman that two-timing...
Courtesy of stormfront/r/AirForce:
Isn't this thing gonna be like...hilariously vulnerable to prompt injection, prone to hallucinations, liable to render troops and officers less capable of critical thinking, and just a generally massive liability in a huge number of other ways?
thankfully yes
lol the government ai push is so silly- management seems obsessed but have no idea how to tangibly use it themselves
Image is from a federal employee reddit
The power is now in your hands
Who writes this shit?
The battle rhythm method so you don’t explode in the fox hole too early
He probably wrote it with the AI...
Godspeed,
Gods peed
hell yeah, get Gemini to design a new destroyer and blow billions of dollars to create a non-euclidian boat that won't float
Is this actually real? Can anyone provide proof?
lmao this is so fuckin sad.
Bin Laden please come back buddy
Who knew he was the good guy
Why, of course I'm going to join the military just so I can use their amazing AI tools. What could go wrong? 😆
All you actually have to do is join their network
>_😈
Oh, it's just hell, silly
Didn't they just pay to get Grok in the US government?
Is just every AI chatbot relying on the US government to cover their costs now?