☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoRevealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampmentswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10cross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmy.worldus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.worldprivacyguides@lemmy.onenews@lemmy.world
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkRevealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampmentswww.theguardian.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmy.worldus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.worldprivacyguides@lemmy.onenews@lemmy.world
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoComrades in the tech industry, is there anything even worthwhile about the industry? I’m starting to get the feeling I should just go back to college after no luck finding work, but if tech is like this I think I might want to F off.
minus-squareChronicon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agovery little. I lucked into work that isn’t actively evil but its not exactly meaningful. I do like using my skills outside of work for side projects though
minus-squareZvyozdochka [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYep, I’d hate to get a job in this industry but I do like contributing to open-source things and working on random projects in my free time.
minus-squareGaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoNo The worst part is that all your coworkers are largely happy bootlickers so good luck doing any sort of unionizing or push back against anything
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agono, it’s all about fucking people over in whatever twisted ways you can dream up
Comrades in the tech industry, is there anything even worthwhile about the industry?
I’m starting to get the feeling I should just go back to college after no luck finding work, but if tech is like this I think I might want to F off.
very little. I lucked into work that isn’t actively evil but its not exactly meaningful. I do like using my skills outside of work for side projects though
Yep, I’d hate to get a job in this industry but I do like contributing to open-source things and working on random projects in my free time.
No
The worst part is that all your coworkers are largely happy bootlickers so good luck doing any sort of unionizing or push back against anything
no, it’s all about fucking people over in whatever twisted ways you can dream up