JWcph, Radicalized By DecencyFeb 22

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@drikanis/116107120926277506

I'd like to comment on the common "AI is just a tool" thing: I'm a woodworker by training & that means a lot of machines - but almost every craftsperson knows how to do their job with hand tools, or "lesser" machines.

Similarly, a writer can write without a text editor - just as well, only slower.

If loss of a tool = loss of your skill & knowledge, then that tool isn't an asset, it's a liability. You're signing over your ability to do business to whoever sells & maintains that tool.

#AI

Show threadKeen GraspFeb 22
@jwcph the employee who focuses on making himself indispensable and irreplaceable is one you must terminate.
Show threadJWcph, Radicalized By Decency
@keengrasp So... people are tools to you?
Feb 23 at 6:02amWeb
Show threadKeen GraspFeb 26
@jwcph no, I’m saying it’s very on-brand absurdist hypocrisy for capitalists to seek out the exact same behaviors from their AI tools that they define as immediate grounds for termination when it’s detected in their human servants. Holy shit - Did you think I’ve ever had employees?? I’m a fucking librarian my guy
Show threadJWcph, Radicalized By DecencyFeb 26

@keengrasp Well, in my defense, your OP was pretty terse 😝 thank you for clarifying & I agree.

Of course the reason they want from their AI what they don't want from their employees is that they literally own the AI - what they want, and again I'm not in any way being facetious or hyperbolic, is slaves; all the capability & cognition of humans, none of the freedom, up to & including the freedom to exist.