@davidgerard that's one of the things that pisses me off about the "AI Revolution."

I genuinely believe that AI and LLMs are powerful tools that could be used to better humanity. Already there's some incredible work being done in the Cybersecurity arena with AI, for example.

But all of the worst people, with the worst agendas, have been handed the reigns. So now this thing that could have been such a boon is being turned into the money machine that runs on orphan blood and I hate it.

@DemonHouser @davidgerard what if we told you that your belief is wrong and that the LLM is a not a tool, it is a weapon designed for epistemicide?
@atax1a @DemonHouser the AI is just a *tool* for making everything stupid
@davidgerard @DemonHouser tetraethyl lead, DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls, thalidomide, cesium-137, and asbestos are also "just tools", but we don't sprinkle any of that shit on our breakfast or make childrens toys out of it
@atax1a @davidgerard @DemonHouser and unlike Anthropic's completely wholesale lying about their chatbot's 'cyber' capabilities, none of those have 'destroy the world' as the primary intended effect.
@rootwyrm @davidgerard @DemonHouser tech debt accelerant by arsonists for arsonists