Mastodawn

Got my first "AI is going to revolutionize the world" dude to that thread from yesterday.

But, I want to be very clear to anyone else thinking "I'll debate this person about AI's value because-"

Let me stop you there.

If you tried to engage me in a debate about eating my own shit, I'd also tell you to fuck off.

*Just* the *extant* externalities of this technology make it, independent of its "value", worthless. Add to that the fact that it's garbage, and again, debate is worthless.

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DavidM_yeg 4d ago

@johnzajac

In general most people really have issues with understanding scale, (ie don’t really get the vast difference between millions and billions, etc) and just don’t grasp the absolutely and relatively huge quantities of energy, water, and data involved. They quite literally can’t process the ‘externalities’ both on an individual basis and due to a system that deliberately hides them. (cf climate change)

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John

@DavidM_yeg

Yes. It's like an object permanence problem, not an education problem.