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Adolfo Neto

@adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com
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Software Engineering researcher; Associate Professor at UTFPR, Curitiba, Brazil. adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com Posts mostly in English. #ElixirLang enthusiast (I also love #LeanLang, #LuaLang, #Erlang). Podcaster.

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 4h
FYI if you're interested: the AI Skeptics reading group is starting "The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence" by Matteo Pasquinelli This week we're reading the Intro & chapter 1. next week we're reading Part I. the week after that we're reading Part II, finishing the book
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The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
A social history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industrial factories and the surveillance of collective behaviour.What is AI? A dominant view describes it as the qu...
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 24m
their "guardrails". Read Chapter 9: Disaster Capitalism in @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 24m
Content moderation for LLM companies is even worse than content moderation for social networks. At least, in the second case, the data workers might find some meaning in what they do ("I see it so that nobody else sees it"). But in the first case the companies generate harmful content to train
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 29m
👏👏👏
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Ian Ramjohn @iramjohn.bsky.social · 2h
You can say AI is "just a tool" as much as you want, but the people using it don't understand it's (massive) limitations. In part because the people pushing AI don't disclose these product flaws. (The fact that Copilot is "for entertainment purposes only" is buried deep in the TOS.)
“It's little comfort to know that my stupidity is what brings us together this afternoon,” New Mexico attorney Stephen D. Aarons said in a hearing last month before five judges. He “assumed” ChatGPT would generate a “bulletproof summary of proceedings.” Instead, ChatGPT generated false testimony from “wholly fabricated witnesses,” according to an order of direct contempt from the New Mexico Supreme Court. Aarons was representing a man who was found guilty of killing his wife earlier this year; Aarons said he hadn’t told his client directly that he was caught using ChatGPT on the case because he’s currently serving life in prison.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2h
Probably relevant to today's US permitting reform news "Red states are more permissive when it comes to approving large-scale infrastructure projects of all kinds" hence, the preponderance of data centres there (and all the rising GHGs that come with them) lnkd.in/p/ecXC5Jkg
Before the launch of ChatGPT, most data centers were built in blue states. Today tech companies are building most data centers in red states. For our latest report, our team at Cleanview did research to find out why:

Red states are more permissive when it comes to approving large-scale infrastructure projects of all kinds. 

Mississippi, for example, passed a bill in 2024 that allowed utilities to build gas plants for data centers without any public or regulatory review, as we wrote about in our last newsletter. By comparison, Oregon has banned new gas plants and offers more opportunity for public input.

Another factor is the price of electricity. Red states like Texas, Ohio, and Louisiana have lower power prices than most blue states. Electricity is the largest operating cost for a data center. 

We found that states with below-median industrial electricity prices have 62% of the capacity currently under construction.

But the most important reason is population density. Data center developers are increasingly seeking sites in remote places like West Texas. These places tend to be conservative.

Before the generative AI era, data centers were built near population centers. That’s because most of them served internet activities that required low latency, like video calls and Netflix videos.

Today’s data centers don’t need to be sited as close to people. Many of the largest data centers are dedicated to AI training, which can be done in remote places.

We used Cleanview data to plot data center construction sites over a map of America’s population density, and the results were striking. 

At the end of 2023, the typical data center had 3.1 million people living within 50 miles of it. Today, the typical data center under construction has 1.8 million people living within 50 miles. Looking ahead, we found that planned projects that aren’t yet under construction would have 1 million people living within 50 miles.

These trends could change, however. Few political issu…
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 2h
Essas pessoas precisam de algum contato com o mundo real. Eu recebo dezenas de emails e mesmo assim não quero nenhum "agente" mexendo neles. Vê se vou querer um "filme personalizado"...
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Alfred Reinold Baudisch @alfredbaudisch.com · 2h
You can now compose scenes with models from the Pardall Games library, and you can share these scenes with a link. The arena has gizmos now: position, scale, rotate models. Open this link you are not going to regret it library.pardallgames.com/scene?p0=ids... #FinalFantasy #RetroGames #PS1 #PSX
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 2h
Eu conheci uma pessoa que me confessou ter feito a prática certa vez. Já morreu.
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 4h
Under "Governance & Ethics" Algorithmic auditing, compliance with protection and security regulations, technical transparency, and active mitigation of sociotechnical biases.
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 4h
Topics for a Summer School on AI Engineering: "AI Systems Specification Software Development Testing & Quality (QA) Testing & Quality (QA) Uncertainty in AI Human–AI Interaction Governance & Ethics"
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 4h
IA deve ajudar a escrever artigos? adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com/blog/posts/2...
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IA deve ajudar a escrever artigos?
Li num post de um colega a seguinte pergunta: “se a IA pode escrever os artigos, quem está decidindo o que merece ser pesquisado e publicado?” Em resposta, acrescentei: se a ‘IA’ pode escrever os arti...
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Emma Strubell @strubell.bsky.social · 5h
CMU Miami will be built from the ground up as a politically conservative institution, a response to the lack of "viewpoint diversity" (representation of conservative viewpoints) in higher ed that the ("center") right has been complaining about for years.
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 5h
SESoS 2027 - 15th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems and Software Ecosystems in conjunction with the 49th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2027) sesos-workshop.github.io/2027/
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SESoS 2027
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 5h
Zoom: Tommorrow
Lampedusa Keeps Happening: Refugees and the Power of Tech to Harm or Heal 

Date & Time 	Oct 1, 2026 06:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna 
Webinar ID 	812 8479 9762 
Description 	On October 3, 2013, 368 people, mostly Eritrean refugees, lost their lives in the Lampedusa shipwreck. On the 13th anniversary of the tragedy, join DAIR’s "Refugees, Migrants, and AI" project for an event that commemorates those who died and asks why, more than a decade later, Lampedusa keeps happening.

Bringing together refugee advocates and experts in international law, psychology, and forced migration, the conversation will connect the human consequences of contemporary border regimes with the growing use of surveillance, data and AI in migration control. We will ask what accountability looks like. What would it take for technology to protect people on the move rather than deepen the risks they already face?

The event will include: 

- Keynote by Meron Estefanos, Researcher at DAIR, journalist, and activist who played a key part in documenting the identities of all the victims of the Lampedusa shipwreck.

Panel and Q&A with:
- Dr. Omer Shatz — Lecturer in International Law, Sciences Po Paris; Co-founder and Co-director, front-LEX
- Dr. Selam Kidane — Lecturer in Psychology & Systemic Psychotherapist, University of West London
- Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes — Lecturer in Forced Migration & Decolonial Education, UNESCO Chair, School of Education, University of Glasgow
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 6h
The use case you mentioned will not bother Spotify
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 7h
Oh, no, sorry. It was @anthonymoser.com
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 7h
This was great! Follow @dreamingagainstthemachine.com
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Barbara Fantechi @barbarafantechi.bsky.social · 9h
Those who haven't yet read it, it's still timely
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
Esclarecimento sobre caráter presencial do curso e da oferta de disciplinas www.utfpr.edu.br/cursos/coord...
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Esclarecimento sobre caráter presencial do curso e da oferta de disciplinas
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
É uma mulher
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
A Brazilian researcher wrote: "if AI can write scientific papers, who is deciding what deserves to be researched and published?" I replied: if AI can write scientific papers, who is suffering to make that happen?
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
Conheço a pessoa que está oferecendo a bolsa. Se alguém realmente quiser, coloco em contato
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
14 mil pra estudar isso aí. Tanto tema legal pra estudar.
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
🚀 VAGA DE PÓS-DOUTORADO | IA + ENGENHARIA DE SOFTWARE ah, desculpa, não vou divulgar
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
Concurso professor efetivo campus UFC/Quixadá - 8 vagas www.quixada.ufc.br/2026/09/25/u...
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UFC oferta oito vagas para professor efetivo no Campus de Quixadá | UFC Campus Quixadá
As vagas são destinadas às seguintes áreas:
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
"Don't believe self-serving lies about technologies being "inevitable" or "here to stay". You don't have to just go along with the dominant narrative. You can make deliberate choices and help others to do the same." ozark.hendrix.edu/~yorgey/fore...
Brent Yorgey
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
"On bad days, I find myself feeling more like Anthony Moser." 😀 cc @anthonybecker.bsky.social ozark.hendrix.edu/~yorgey/fore...
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
Faz sentido
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
"INFINITE PERSONALIZED MUSIC"
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Julian Doherty @madlep.bsky.social · 21h
Elixir Melbourne is on tomorrow - Patrick Smith on WebAssembly in Elixir: Zig, C, new component system QIP, and Plug integration - Xavier Maruff talking - Regular hiring pitches Thu 1 Oct, 6pm Rialto, 525 Collins St, Melbourne meetup.com/elixir-melbourne/events/316760241/ #MyElixirStatus #Elixir
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Elixir Melbourne meetup, Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Welcome to Elixir Melbourne's monthly meetup. Where we go over Elixir ecosystem news, listen to great talks, and socialise with other Elixir developers of all levels. **Ag
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 9h
Bem disfarçado, duvido que os mesários percebam Mas quem tem este tipo de óculos é mais provável que compre voto.
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 11h
Poste algo aleatório, ou você terá um péssimo Outubro!
Imagem da gravação do Emílias Podcast com Nina da Hora
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 11h
Processo Seletivo - Mestrado em Engenharia de Sistemas e Automação/UFLA Edital: sigaa.ufla.br/sigaa/verPro... Página do processo seletivo: sigaa.ufla.br/sigaa/public...
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 11h
Tem algo mais no frame: eu O vídeo original ocupa mais da metade da tela. Quis deixar grande para as pessoas verem as legendas em português
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 11h
Her book has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese: Algoritmos de destruição em massa: Como o Big Data aumenta a desigualdade e ameaça a democracia link.amazon/B0iv02Nyh
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Algoritmos de destruição em massa: Como o Big Data aumenta a desigualdade e ameaça a democracia | Amazon.com.br
Compre online Algoritmos de destruição em massa: Como o Big Data aumenta a desigualdade e ameaça a democracia, de O'Neil, Cathy, Abraham, Rafael na Amazon. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o A...
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 11h
O YouTube não deixou eu publicar este vídeo. Faz sentido, pois mostra a imagem de outro vídeo É sobre data workers drive.google.com/file/d/1tOyM...
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O que fazem os 'data workers' (trabalhadores ou rotuladores de dados)_.mp4
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 11h
O preço de aceitar a IA generativa www.youtube.com/shorts/D7qm-...
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O preço de aceitar a IA generativa
YouTube video by Adolfo Neto
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 11h
RPG Educacional para ensino de programação: da concepção à sala de aula Rayssa Santana (IFPR) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu-Q...
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RPG Educacional para ensino de programação: da concepção à sala de aula
YouTube video by Forum da Pós-Graduação em Computação do Paraná
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 12h
Eu nem sabia que a palavra Piá existia antes de vir morar aqui em Curitiba
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 12h
I have read Cathy O'Neil's book, Weapons of Math Destruction, many years ago pca.st/episode/adb4...
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Episode 17: Weapons of Math Destruction, with Cathy O’Neil
This week, Adam’s guest is mathematician, algorithmic auditor, and author Cathy O’Neil. They talk about the uses and misuses of math and computer science, and what led both of them away from academic…
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Raquel @raqnery.bsky.social · 20h
Gente me desculpa mas eles detestam o Brasil e o povo brasileiro, eles fazem isso até de graça se possivel pagam pra fazer inclusive.
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 13h
Brent Yorgey Hendrix College Arkansas USA Good guy, I think
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 13h
Thanks!
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 13h
"Statement on LLMs [009L] I do not and will not use LLMs, in any form, for any purpose. (...) I refuse to participate in or contribute to such systems that are built on massive exploitation of human labor (...)"
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 13h
The luddites were badasses www.instagram.com/reel/DdaE-7n...
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kingavriel on Instagram: "AI is like the industrial revolution (in a good way) ❌AI is like the industrial revolution (in a bad way) ✅AI critics are the new l…"
AI is like the industrial revolution (in a good way) ❌AI is like the industrial revolution (in a bad way) ✅AI critics are the new luddites (in a bad way) ❌AI critics are the new luddites (in a good way) ✅
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 21h
He has servants that come from the religion!?
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 23h
So, the minute these two giants have good models they can just dump Anthropic!?
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 23h
Listen to Iris
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 23h
Is this (about Tom Cruise) real? mas.to/@Lazarou@mas...
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