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You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] 10 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

Thinking all of that can be controlled would fall under hubris IMO. The powers have done nothing but stoke resistance and rebellion against their hierarchies, or perhaps I'm just taking the bait...?

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Reading too much into it. It is simply their self-interest (the wealthy) conflicts with your self-interest. They are just grabbing as much money as they can and creating as many distractions along the way to confuse and obfuscate.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I think you over-estimate the wealthy. These aren’t terribly intelligent people, they just have enough money to force what they want. The other commenter is correct, it’s largely just hubris and them believing they’re gods because they had the money things that aren’t terribly complicated but are otherwise out of reach for normal people. Everything they do that’s a trick is only clever to to those who are easily fooled. No one intelligent is confused, they just lack power to do anything especially with so many of the aforementioned fools supporting the rich.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I think this is it.

    I think, for example, that a lot of the conspiracy theories that exist around 9/11 being planned from the "inside" are the actual conspiracy that's meant to mask the fallibility of the ruling class by creating stories about them being all powerful in the wake of a weakening attack.The one complex thing the rich do have the power to control is the stories we're told. The stories we internalize establish our place in the world and convince us of our rolls. They project a virtual reality of illusions around us, through algorithms and media, because "control is an illusion" is a double entedre.

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