Leni Kadali
Nowhere GirlLLM people think I'm hurting for story ideas. That's never the problem. I have lots of ideas. I know these stories better than my own flesh and blood body. It's coming up with an angle, plotting, time, energy, and creativity to write that's the problem. I don't need "AI". I need UBI.
SpudHead (unfunny) (cool??) [0528]@gwynnion stop wasting money on systems that cant even give accurate information!!! spend money on the people!!! (this is directed at corporations)
Faith, Purple haired feminist 🧋 
@gwynnion There are so many places this applies besides writing. I'm an engineer (not usually considered a "creative" and I very easily tie most of my lack of ability to get things done to various unrelated life stressors.
It's almost like if people really cared about the economy, they'd try taking care of people instead of just sucking them dry.
@faithisleaping Seriously, if it were just the economy, the economy does better when people are better paid and have more free time and the ability to spend it. The return on investment is amazing. It's just the tyranny of the bosses, from the small business asshole to the corporate boardroom to the politicians they pay for.
Luke (Shiv)@faithisleaping @gwynnion Want actual innovation? Make it so people have time to experiment and work on their projects...
Our economy is so inefficient at anything other than siphoning wealth upwards.
Stephen Elliott~Buckley@Shivaekul @faithisleaping @gwynnion
And the economy is usually measured in real GDP, so capitalists have figured out how to grow it, along with massive income and wealth inequality.
#cdnpoli #canada #gdp #broligarchs #fascism #antifa #elbowsup
Orange Lantern 
@gwynnion And even if, it's not like the LLM can come with anything original or halfways decent without spoonfeeding it first to it. Yeah, UBI would actually fix most problems artists have. Everyone, actually.
@orangelantern I don't know why people assume creativity and intelligence from these things. I've seen the banal shit they produce.
Nerviest Initial@gwynnion @orangelantern
Because the people doing the assuming have no idea what creativity or intelligence are? That sounds nasty, but I think there's a little truth to it at least: these non-artist types have no arts education, so they don't know what good is. They've been spoonfed pablum by mass media for so long that they really don't have the vocabulary to appreciate art, so when they're able to see "their work" on the page or screen or whatever, the fact that it's not creative doesn't matter as much as the ability to produce it without the effort they don't realize is required. We've devalued art as a society to the point where people don't understand paying for it, and thus think it requires no effort or skill, just some raw talent or something.
I confess that I've fallen prey to that line of thinking myself. I all too often admire the talent shown by an artist, the native ability, without acknowledging the labor that went into honing that talent into a skill. If that makes any sense at all, using imprecise words.
@intransitivelie @gwynnion well, that probably plays a part. another is magical thinking where they attribute abilities to the robot it just doesn’t have, *can’t* have.
Aurani Casts Fireball@gwynnion I dont know what I'd do with myself, if I didnt have to spend half the day worrying about what I didn't do in the other half.
Brendan Jones@gwynnion @RhinosWorryMe And UBS! You want UBS in place otherwise UBI has to be spent on basic human needs that should’ve been provided cost-free by society.
Together they form the foundation for a society with dignity for all. A society with no bullshit jobs because nobody has to work simply to survive. With reduced unnecessary production and environmental impact.
For anyone who needs a primer on universal basic services: https://jasonhickel.substack.com #ubi #ubs
a fish named dog ✡️♾️@gwynnion those last two sentences are just...spot-on.