@cwebber But is it that, though?

Or are people still looking at it from a reactionary point of view?

Are people using this technology in ways that it shouldn’t have been intended because it was sold to them by people who wanted to maximize profit by any means necessary.

This is like saying that HTML is the devel because Palantir uses it to code their websites.

It’s like saying the compass is evil because that’s how the slave ships navigated the Atlantic Ocean.

@majorlinux @cwebber I don't think so...

Some love AI and yes, I see people sing 'use AI against itself!' but frankly that still makes AI users dependent on it and less intelligent and critically-minded.

I just don't think you can build an activist rights-reclamation on the bones of grift, stolen rights and climate destruction.

@john Does it, though?

For some, you can’t lose what you didn’t have in the first place.

Now, I’m not saying (as I have mentioned before) that all of a sudden everyone is an artist. If you can’t draw, you can’t draw. Accept it!

But what I’m saying is that some people do have executive function or other cognitive function issues that have been solved through AI tools.

I use it to help take notes, document work I’ve done, and for reference of said notes.

@john I’ve used it to automate complex tasks that n8n or Ansible can’t really do reliably based on copious amounts of notes that I have.

There are tools out there that can help people and I feel that gets swept under the rug thanks to reactionary forces at play.

Nobody stops to think critically about the tools and what a future with them could look like that doesn’t involve the exploitative nature of capitalism.

That’s because we’re all too busy to stop and imagine a better world, period.

@Garonenur @john Or, and here me out, we create new tools that can leverage existing technologies that could help.

You make it seem like the exploitative way was the only way.

Again, this is where I say people lack imagination when it comes to seeing a society free of exploitation.

Just because OpenAI created something that destroys the planet doesn’t mean the people would have.

We have to build with intention, it profit.

@majorlinux @Garonenur I agree as someone with tourettes and serious ADHD there is a need for ethical software to assist those needing help with executive function, note-taking and scheduling, as well as critical reasoning FOR EVERY human.

I hear you but...

Neuroplasticity, habit forming are not in any way aided by outsourcing.

Start from scratch on ethical language models.

I can't excuse or mea culpa what we have to pay for or be culpable in using.

There's too much at stake in my opinion.

@john And that’s my whole argument!

Things can be done ethically and responsibly if the forethought is put in.

I’d have seriously lost my job at this point if I hadn’t found something that could at least help me better document processes.

I understand what’s at stake and is why I argue that we can do something about it without fully demonizing those who may need a little extra help getting through the day.

Also, I’d hardly say it’s outsourcing when I still have the notes that I can refer to.