"Asking enslaved people if they actually want to work the plantations for free would kill the cotton industry."

-- Nick Clegg

#AI #AIcon #exploitation #BigTech

@ilumium ouufff. Taking someone's work against their will is wrong and deplorable but owning people (their bodies, minds, families, culture, ...) is WAY worse.
This is NOT a good comparison!
@gim It's not supposed to be a comparison. It's meant to show how generally dumb the argument "we need to keep doing this bad thing because otherwise our industry dies" is. Of course slavery is a lot worse than AI.

@ilumium doubling down on a shit take is obviously always an option 😮‍💨

not a good look for @edri btw.

@gim Sorry you feel that way but no need to lash out against my employer. This is my private account.
@ilumium it wasn't me who put their employer as the third word in their profile while downplaying slavery to make a related political point
@gim I was not "downplaying slavery" and I never would.