Slop machines are the antithesis to consent.

Our information is used to build them - without our consent.

They are pushed into our lives - mostly without our consent.

People use them on each other - without consent.

Boosters, try and convince me that your favorite tech hype isn't just a violation of people's right to self-determination!
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#LLMs #StopTheSlop #Slopposition

What the slop machines are really good for: offloading the costs of suppressing skilled labor onto society.

Nothing new. Nothing unprecedented. Just the newest phase of unchecked capitalism.
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Claims that running a slop machine locally is privacy-friendly are wrong unless the person running it has a concept of privacy that is limited to them alone.

But the technology is still built on massive theft of personal information, no matter where it's running. Arguing that running it locally makes everything okay is nothing but an admission of egocentrism.

That's why reading praises for the slop machines with the privacy hashtag makes me angry!
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To all the LLM bros who are invading my precious feed,

I really don't care if your slop machine runs locally. The technology is still built on utter disrespect for humans, their dignity, their environment, and their privacy. Running it on your hardware doesn't make it ethical!

And please stop using the privacy hashtag to brag about it. You're just wrong there!
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Does this sound familiar?

"Someone previously unfamiliar with the trade could use a wide frame to churn out stockings roughly six times as fast as a framework knitter, though the product was of obviously inferior quality."
(from Brian Merchant's "Blood in the Machine - The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech", page 33)
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