Dr. Jacob White

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Software Engineer in Atmospheric Science and #Remotesensing working to address the #ClimateCrisis, Ex-Astrophysicist, snowboarder, disappointed #cat owner, he/him,

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anyone got the hookup for a job in a climate and/or geospatial field?
wut da heck is dis
#caturday

I love how so much of the AI debate is on things like:

* Will AI take people's jobs?
* Will AI destroy creativity?
* Will AI take over the world?
* Will AI be used to make people poorer?

And not:

* Will corporations that use AI get rid of people's jobs?
* Will corporations that use AI destroy creativity?
* Will corporations that use AI try to take over the world?
* Will corporations that use AI make people poorer?

Because these LLMs and machine learning systems and so forth aren't just wandering around randomly out there - they're owned by corporations. The corporations are the ones putting them to use. The executives that run those corporations are the ones making the decisions to pay people less, to increase their profits, to make creative people act as subeditors for LLMs.

It's the corporations, and the ethics-free systems that govern them, that cause these things. They're the ones pushing to have more AI.

The rest of us would be happy just having a bit more humanity in the world.

RIP my dev machine and the rest of my goals for this sprint
Any mutuals on blue sky? @jacobwhite.bsky.social

"I can't see anything"

- Me, when watching like any show that's come out in the last year and a half

sometimes I type "machine learning" and accidentally drop the "g" and feel like I need to put on a cowboy hat
Anyone need a hand?