On top of that:

- viciously punishes people who refuse to pretend they're eager to participate
- creates incredible suffering wherever it goes
- cannot exist without exploiting the global South
- is subsidized by governments at the expense of social programs
- makes up most of the "data" it presents to the public

@johnzajac My blog’s name/purpose comes from the fact that everything AI doomers fear about the tech is more true of market capitalism. It’s a runaway optimization process whose criteria for “solving” problems often excludes human lives (externalities).

We’ve created a system where we reward people who know more than others, even if that includes knowing how to deceive the public.

https://misaligned.markets/capitalism-ai-alignment/

#ai #capitalism #economics #philosophy

@johnzajac As I'm not that smart, I had to look it up:

"Neoliberalism is a political and economic ideology that emphasizes free-market capitalism and limited government intervention. It generally advocates for deregulation, privatization, and reduced social spending, with the belief that free markets are the most efficient way to allocate resources and promote individual liberty."

@johnzajac AI is ecocide ;
Neoliberalism is ecocide

https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/AI_is_ecocide

@johnzajac
- doesn't work and never has
Depends on what you mean by "doesn't work." Those of us who are blind aare, for the first time, able to paarticipate the same as our sighted peers so far as pictures are concerned.
Oh sure there mightt be a few hallucinations, decreasing with more and more blind users) but it's a helluva lot better than asking a million and one questions of our sighted friends.
- steals everything around it
I can't speak for this as the services we use allow us to opt in to whether or not our data is used to train the models.
- produces nothing of value
See above. We value our independence. AI is now part of that. Especially where the smartt glasses are concerned, and scene descriptions, etc.
- destroys all things with actual value
Is this your opinion, or an objective reality?
- lies
This is why, at least with our resources, there is an option to have it verified by a human, and the programs being tested are being supervised by humans.
- creates the illusion of efficiency while vastly increasing both monetary and social costs
Having the sky described to VIP's and butterflies...I'll take the chance of hallucinations for that efficiency, thanks.
- is supported by militant zealots with tiny minds and hearts
Not true. If this were true, then I guess the blindness orgs using this emerging technology (And ourselves as users( now have a tiny mind and heart. Which could not be further from the truth.
- enriches a tiny group of individuals at the cost of destroying Earth
1.5 million folks isn't small. I'll give you that the energy cost is vast and ruinous at the moment. But perhaps if folks like us users (And you who are criticizing it) would get together, we might be able to lessen it. Maybe not significantly at first, but over time, perhaps.

PS: you can choose to hate and/or block uss, but this is our breakdown for what it's worthh.

Thankfully the other inddividual on my masto followers list makes an exception for use cases like those of the blindness and low vision communities.