tobi is writing bugs Jun 24

have The Talk with your friends:

  • no, artificial intelligence isn't real now, nor is it just around the corner
  • we need laws to prevent capitalists using LLMs to try to circumvent labor laws; we don't need laws to stop "rogue AI" because that's sci-fi bullshit with absolutely no bearing on reality
  • no, "ai" is not "inevitable" -- the bullshit word extruders that are being positioned as the next big thing right now are snake oil garbage, and not even profitable snake oil garbage, and there's no path to develop them into anything else because that's just how they work
  • if you hear someone talking about how "ai" is going to change everything, treat them the same way you'd treat a scientologist talking about whatever the fuck scientologists believe in: it is bullshit cult nonsense for marks and rubes
  • remind them to ponder the question of "cui bono" -- who benefits from the narrative that "ai" is the "next big thing"? the answer: mostly filthy rich american fascists, filthy rich chip manufacturers, filthy rich data center operators, and filthy rich silicon valley entrepreneurs

do your part to counter bullshit fucking propaganda from capitalist scumbags 👍

Edit: this seems to have resonated with a lot of people and I've rejected a lot of nonsense replies or people being contrarian and annoying  I don't care if you disagree! Write your own post about it! :')

Show threadKay Ohtie

@dumpsterqueer God the mention of 'inevitable' had me realizing that that's been said about several things...and industries crop up in the wake of those every time to profit on undoing it. Biggest that comes to mind is "insourcing" (barf), the industry of domestic callcenter outsourcing that took over in the wake of how cheap companies were getting with overseas call center outsourcing. Like plenty still do but a LOT of companies returned to domestic call centers after in the wake of the negativity.

If anything is inevitable it's an entire industry around undoing the holes companies got themselves into foot-gunning on AI garbage, whether that's through artists to do new art, talent firms hiring developers to replace generative "coders", and probably many more.

Jun 24 at 4:44pmWeb