Show threadCory DoctorowJan 29, 2024

If your *boss* thinks an AI can do your job, and AI critics are all running around with their hair on fire, shouting about the coming AI jobpocalypse, then maybe the AI really *can* do your job?

https://locusmag.com/2020/07/cory-doctorow-full-employment/

There's a name for this kind of criticism: #CritiHype, coined by #LeeVinsel, who points to many reasons for its persistence, including the fact that it constitutes an "academic business-model":

https://sts-news.medium.com/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype-18b08b4307e5

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Cory Doctorow: Full Employment

I am an AI skeptic. I am baffled by anyone who isn’t. I don’t see any path from continuous improvements to the (admittedly impressive) ”machine learning” field that leads to…

Locus Online
StrypeyApr 3, 2023

It's not a "claim", Lee, it's a proven fact that they can influence emotions, which are known to influence behaviour:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds

"Some of the clearest examples of criti-hype today center on the role of social media in our lives, especially the claim that its designers can directly and effectively influence our behavior."

#LeeVinsel, 2021

https://scribe.rip/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype-18b08b4307e5

Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions

Protests over secret study involving 689,000 users in which friends' postings were moved to influence moods

The Guardian