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The thing I actually wanted to say about AI today, before the whole world jumped the shark yet again.

Anyway, @zkat warned us. Talking about whether or not AI "works" was a trap, and always was. The ethical component is all that matters, and from that analysis alone, the onus is on all of us to reject and oppose AI.

Getting mired into whether or not it "works" is bad praxis in several ways: it de-emphasizes the ethics, it opens up to goalpost shifting about what it means for AI to "work," and it's easier for the boosters to Gish gallop or overwhelm with jargon.

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@xgranade @zkat we're well past the point where people have been harmed and even died by LLM-powered bureaucratic systems, medical advice etc, wherein "it doesn't work as advertised" becomes a supporting pillar of the larger moral argument. the ethical neglect of replacing human care with any kind of automated system becomes more pronounced when that system doesn't work, and they know it doesn't work. not disagreeing with your point i just think "it's broken" has an important supporting role.