Stopthatgirl7
Hey, y’all! Just another random, loudmouthed, opinionated, Southern-fried nerdy American living abroad.
This is my lemmy account because I got sick of how unstable kbin dot social was.
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Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British | Technology | The GuardianEnglish28·7 months agoI’ve got to admit, I’ve wanted to do one of those tests just because my family is such a mix of “lol we don’t know.” Like, no really, what IS my maternal grandma? She does not look like the rest of her family and had a different family name from her siblings. And ok really, where DID my paternal great-grandmother who lied about her race so she could marry my great-grandfather back when “miscegenation” was illegal, come from? And WAS that great-grandpa biracial himself?
There’s a reason I call myself an ethnic Rorschach test, and I’d love to know why it is I am. But the rest of my family is against the idea of finding out because “it doesn’t matter” plus who knows how just data might be used one day.
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British | Technology | The GuardianEnglish18·7 months agoI read the headline and went, “…I mean, what were you expecting?”
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Ex-Google CEO warns that 'perfect' AI girlfriends could spell trouble for young menEnglish81·7 months agoIf real women don’t like you, that’s a You issue. Make yourself a better person that other people - aka women - want to be around.
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen’s SuicideEnglish21·9 months agoThe chatbot was actually pretty irresponsible about a lot of things, looks like. As in, it doesn’t respond the right way to mentions of suicide and tries to convince the person using it that it’s a real person.
This guy made an account to try it out for himself, and yikes: https://youtu.be/FExnXCEAe6k?si=oxqoZ02uhsOKbbSF
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screensEnglish1·1 year agoI am just so, so tired of being constantly inundated with being told to CONSUME.
That’s the other big reason I’m hesitant - different tests can give totally different results, so who knows what’s “right”?