Silicon Valley wants us to believe ChatGPT and other AI tools will usher in a wonderful tech utopia (unless it destroys the human species).
But those narratives distract us from the truth that generative AI isn’t about making the world a better place. Its goal is to enrich investors and reduce the power of everyone else, and we need to recognize that before it’s too late.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-chatgpt-revolution-is-another
@cranky_tapir hey Pat, as you're fresh in from a fallen over grave marker marking a big bird carcass, first up, GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE!
Now, have you already been able to find your footing here? For instance, have you already found that you can follow hashtags in your main feed? And for interesting suggestions on following, @FediFollows suggests daily follows in specific interests.
@ErikBB Cheers Erik! Always good to hear from you 😄 I did not know about the hashtags! That's really useful for putting together a feed of stuff I actually want to see! I'm going to dive into that!
I've mostly been treating it like the dead bird, but I'm starting to get a feel for some of the differences. How long have you been here? Are you enjoying it?
Just after Elmo announced he'd be buying/trashing the platform, I made this account. Really liked the idea of mastodon, as it's a decentralised 0 billionaire space, but I was aware I couldn't just expect a 100% switch right off the bat. So I have been working to find the nice people here while still actively using Twatter from the start.
Enjoying it a lot. The vibe is infinitely better, I don't get rage buildup while scrolling, and NO ADS
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