“Thus, this article marks our [TidBITS] final post to X/Twitter and Facebook. I [Adam Engst] can no longer ethically provide material support to platforms whose leadership so actively undermines civil society.”

A person/publication that understands ethics.

#tidbits #ethics #enshittification

https://tidbits.com/2025/04/25/why-tidbits-will-no-longer-post-to-x-twitter-or-facebook/

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Il dito e la luna
Anche qui guardano il dito e non la luna:

Ubuntu Dice Addio a GNU/Linux: Una Svolta Epocale tra Timori e Opportunità | Tutto Quello che Devi Sapere"

Ubuntu, una delle distribuzioni Linux più popolari al mondo, sta per compiere una svolta epocale: abbandonare GNU/Linux per abbracciare tecnologie moderne,

Non è una questione di "evoluzione tecnolo
https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/04/27/il-dito-e-la-luna/
#Ethics #ProprietarySoftware #Software #SoftwareLibero

Sen. Chris Murphy: "Trump has set up a new club where CEOs, tech bros, and foreign oligarchs can pay $500,000 to join in order to get access to the Trump Cabinet who will all be there regularly. Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history":
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/26/donald-trump-washington-club-00311720
#ethics #politics #TheBestPresidentMoneyCanBuy

Meta's 'Digital Companions' Will Talk Sex with Users–Even Children

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbots-sex-a25311bf

Someone from U Zurich did an undisclosed persuasion experiment on Reddit users in r/ChangeMyView using #LLM bots. This kind of social media research is absolutely unethical and the "results" should not be published.
Additional shame on the ethics committee for arguing *for* publication. In my view, this is outrageous scientific misconduct. #nlproc #academia #ethics #socialMedia
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1k8b2hj/comment/mp4vgcm/

PewDiePie's Linux video. It's good, ánd it's funny. So much so that I'm jealous.

With this potential critical mass combined with the gaming community it's all downhill for Windoze from here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0

U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/25/autism-registry-privacy-rfk-research/

This is how science loses credibility. What a disgrace.

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/unauthorized-experiment-on-cmv/

It seems like someone stole a book about #ethics in #archaeology at the #saa2025 exhibition room.

I guess they really needed it?

🜄 Acceleration into Chaos? 🜄

Acceleration fuels collapse.
Risk grows where feedback fails.

X^∞ rejects sector-neutral tech-boost narratives.
Responsibility replaces control.

EN: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15265785
DE: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15265760

🜄

#XInfinity #AISafety #AI #KI #AIEthics #FeedbackNotControl #ethics #BeyondAlignment
#BeyondAlignment #EthicsAsArchitecture
@ACM_Ethics

What is 'ethical non-monogamy' and why are more Australians considering it?
By Siobhan Marin

Can one partner meet all of our emotional and sexual needs? Meet the polyamorous Australians questioning relationship norms, and redefining what love and loyalty looks like.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-27/inside-lives-polyamory-ethical-non-monogamy-enm-ethics/105216136

A #review by Cory Doctorow of the (damning for #Facebook) #book “Careless People” by Sarah Wynn-Williams:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/zuckerstreisand/

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43780363

I just watched the Queensland floods special of #ABC #Landline and a few things stood out.

First, there were no perspectives from Aboriginal people or communities in western Queensland. I understand the show is primarily focused on farming, but you would think they could offer at least the same amount of airtime that they gave to the women rescuing her cats.

Second, half a million livestock are estimated to be drowned or starved as a consequence of the flooding, and there is an inevitability that future floods will occur. Should we be having a discussion about the ethics and viability of keeping livestock in western Queensland where flood and drought are so prevalent?

#Academic, #science, and #medical #editors can find materials on the website of the Committee of #Publication #Ethics ( #COPE ) to help them keep current about #political, #ethical, and #publishing changes. https://publicationethics.org/ Here are some of COPE's helpful #resources: (1/4)

A good overview of the #AI-vs-#art landscape associated #ethics, but my take is that by flooding the zone with garbage, #ArtificialIntelligence is going to make genuine human #creativity even more valuable.

"Made by humans" is going to be the equivalent of "Made with organic ingredients" from food #marketing.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/in-the-age-of-ai-we-must-protect-human-creativity-as-a-natural-resource/

who gave the #ethics clearance for #tattooing #tardigrades?

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1081415 #science #nanoworld