Amelia RochkoFeb 4

The deliberate conscious effort that we humans require to do anything, like make art or write an academic paper, has been belittled and glossed over.

Instead results are glamorously prized as the product of success, and the amount of effort that it took to get there is hidden away in shame.

AI is the obscene extreme to that mentality: not more thinking, effort, work, anything— get the result now. While it was that exact effort that made us human in the first place.

Show threadNeil MoffattFeb 4
@Ameboid The very notion of meritocracy is even more complex. And sometimes counter intuitive - should we reward A better than B as A has a better work ethic? What if B was trying harder?
Show threadDarwin Woodka

@NicelyManifest @Ameboid

What if B did the work and A took the credit and money for it and got rich and bought an election and... yeah, that's the world we live in huh

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Show threadNeil MoffattFeb 4

@darwinwoodka @Ameboid Sadly, yes. As for the billions that J K Rowling received because they could replicate efforts - multiply what she did with zero further effort by her ....

My brother created a mainframe system to help with his work with IBM. They made much money selling it. A colleague took the credit as my brother just did not seek gain. Or status.