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 threadKirinn B.

@dumpsterqueer Sure, full AI isn't real now, but I wouldn't be so confident that it's not close. At this rate of technical innovation we will reach full AI in time; how much time? Hard to say for sure, but the trajectory is foreboding.

A rogue AI is one of extremely few things that could literally extinct the entire human race. Nearly everything else will leave behind some survivors. It really isn't something to just blithely dismiss as "sci-fi bullshit". Even if you or I don't see how to build a full AI, sooner or later someone will; and if it does go rogue, the impact can be terminal. To be absolutely confident this is impossible is a failure of imagination, or the mark of a genius far beyond the average tech researcher.

Forcing the current breed of LLMs on unhappy users regardless of the human, social, and environmental cost is of course deplorable. At the same time, marketing propaganda for that stuff should not be confused with the actual capabilities and risks of the AI field.

Jun 24 at 4:56pmWeb