Kobold. Wizard. Yip yip yip *BOOOM*.
Recovering back-end developer, looking to break into web development.
RE: https://furry.engineer/@Kehvarl/116231407732521799
This.
These fucking machines are designed to play on the biases built into our wetware and require tough statistical thinking in order to evaluate with any level of objectivity whatsoever.
They are literally designed to fuck with our heads by playing with our hardware quirks, much like Twitter but far worse.
And we’re giving children classes on how to use them that don’t start with “do not fuck with the memetic super predator”.
Fuck this fucking timeline.
The number of billionaires working to undermine public transport is super weird.
Like even if they have fossil fuel interests, it’s so entirely consistent for your right wing billionaire that it’s like it’s a fetish or something.
Increasingly certain I want to take a two year sabbatical of some sort and come back when… this… everything has sorted itself out a little.
Anyone know of any good food-and-board style volunteering/working-holiday/etc opportunities that might take someone in their late thirties? Or where to start looking for such?
Had a friend try and frame my issues as “fundamentally about being automated out of a job”.
Nope. Not sure how to say “if you require a graphics card and an AI to write an email, not just require but are forced to, then you are automating humanity out of society”.
I take great pride in the basic skills of being human. creation, communication, etc.
If we lose those skills then we’re surrendering agency on a fundamental level.
And the worst part? While the second order effects wire the hyper scalers in as an irreplaceable part of our brains, the short term effects create a massive cost asymetry. The only way to fight this is cultural taboo and legislature. This needs to have the same stigma as dumping waste into rivers (looking at you UK water companies).
Can’t communicate for shit? It’s fine! No need to learn! Just feed in whatever inane drivel comes out of smacking your head against your keyboard and the robot will instantly make it sound like you’re not high on ketamine!
This is now mandatory for all company drones. The robot will now rewrite all emails or annoy you with red lines until you let it.
<insert sound of a kobold brain shaking itself apart under the pressure of all the bullshit going on>
ENDLESS FUCKING SMALL HUMILIATIONS.
Slow, continuous ablation of authenticity, replaced by the aesthetic of creativity without the core.
Removal of skills like communication that are core to being human.
“Helpful” idiots making endless small decisions that remove power from the rest of us.
Consent? What’s that? Maybe the LLM knows!
Tech bros really are a special kind of asshole.