[object Object]Mar 12
“I’m just so exhausted by both sides of the AI argument” imagine being the kind of piss baby that sees a mass of people who are righteously furious at a system designed from the top down to fuck them over, and decides the anger is just as much of a problem as the exploitation
Show thread[object Object]Mar 14

oh cool yet another “I’m exhausted by all the anti-AI anger” post got boosted onto my feed

please don’t let anyone gatekeep your own anger away from you, especially when your ability to exist and to make a living are both under active attack. if you’re angry because of LLM-enabled war crimes, the loss of our software commons, or any of the other wrongs the AI industry has started that never stopped, you aren’t wrong. you don’t owe the people enabling and forgiving this stuff your kindness.

Show threadJPMar 14
@zzt there's a certain mindset that wants to always classify anger as noise, muddying signal and making it harder to "see clearly", and if you do otherwise then you're intellectually/epistemically compromised and "letting anger drive you". but really anger is information, it's social and emotional feedback. and if enough people are angry about something that's a sign that something important is happening and deserves a non-dismissive response.
Show threadNeil Moffatt

@jplebreton @zzt As a mechanism for driving resolution of injustice or dangerous situation, anger really really has a vital role to play.

That it can descend into an emotional storm that misses that role is not something that should stop us seeing that it can be meritorious.

I am angry with people walking with thick headphones on looking at their phones in the middle of the road as a car approaches.

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Show thread🏴🏳‍⚧🏴‍☠Mar 14

@NicelyManifest @jplebreton @zzt

if you are out of control while angry, that is literally a skill issue. not all of us lose control while angry. the anger helps us focus

Show threadNeil MoffattMar 15

@coolcalmcollected @jplebreton @zzt Yes, very well put.

Many tarnish the anger emotion with that twin factor combination default.