mccConvince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it
aeva@mcc the principle of "the future is here today, it is just not evenly distributed" demonstrates that many possible futures coexist in the present simultaneously, and thus it follows that we are not limited to one inevitable future. however, i conjecture that a given non-realized future is substantially less likely to come to pass if it is not first built.
Irenes (many)@aeva @mcc this is not intended as a response to mcc's original question. we don't think it's a good idea to build generative machine learning stuff right now. the future we want is one that can't be built ("it is in your spirit or it is nowhere"), so we aren't about to try to convince people to build things.
if you have build-y urges, make art. art means something. art will mean something, as long as humans are humans.
@ireneista @aeva "ignore anything i won't collaborate with, make art" *was* my plan,
then the entities i was trying to ignore forced generative machine learning features into my operating system as i was using it,
and then when i switched to a different operating system forced generative machine learning outputs into THAT operating system.
i am made a collaborator without actually *doing* anything. software auto-update makes the decisions for me
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.@mcc @ireneista @aeva I canceled my father's (RIP) credit cards, but had AI processing my voice with no consent or opt-out.
I'm trying to get therapy, but Simple Practice software won't let me into an appointment without consenting to AI processing of the notes, sessions, and/or recordings. There is a "written opt-out available" but the web interface won't let you proceed without consenting there.
Been a lot of considering (and rejecting) preventing my personal future today.