Against the slop with a smile!
Interest in more free digital lives. Posting about alternative digital lifestyles and anti corporate activism.
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https://www.butlerians.org
..engrish hard some times for non-native dyslexic.
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Many people I know have taken to large-scale AI-assisted coding with no qualms, because the tech can be useful in many cases, especially when the users are already software experts. But just because a technology is USEFUL doesn’t mean it is ETHICAL to use, and it’s impossible to see AI output without also seeing the masses of creators whose works have been scraped, many of whom feel like they’ve been used and exploited.
If ever there was a time to resist this technology, it’s now. We are at an inflection point, and we can either jump in headlong and profit from AI as it stands today, or we can help put the brakes on, slow things down, and take the time to work out how (or IF it’s possible) to use this technology ethically.
Listen to the creators. They almost universally feel exploited by AI. Try to figure out why that is, and why our norms don’t account for that.
When wondering how the World can be so fucked up at the moment, remember this: many billionaires have the Dark Triad: Machiavellianism-Narcissism-Psychopathy. They manipulate for their own gain, they think they're never wrong and they lack empathy.
They should not be let to make any decisions affecting other people. The question is, why do we let people like this still get in charge? They don't deserve out praise or respect.
See normally when an algorithm requires The Entire Global Supply Of Ram, a software engineer would consider that not a good algorithm, and would try and make a better one instead of optimising the entire planet for paperclip manufacturing.
Unfortunately we accidentally gave a bad software engineer too much money
Finnish friend send me these. These are from company that delivers soil and gravel. They deliver big pile of dirt to you no problem! Murske.net, finnish for dirt i ques?
But WHY ON A UNHOLY DIRT PILE should they use shitty GenAi images on their marketing?
Marketing like this just makes you look stupid. Take some nice pictures of your dirt pile trucks or what have you and use that! Honest, relevant and dirty cheap even without GenAi!
Do better if you have your own company!
Motivational speech!...mainly to my self!
In a time of destruction lets celebrate creation!
In a time of falsehood lets celebrate honesty!
So create something to outpace the destruction and don't let GenAi to steal our right to dream! Do it!
For me it means writing. I am going to post soon..ish my "computer basic skills today" study plan for young students to my blog. i'd like to start writing fiction too...when i have time 
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AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.
https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/
Question for you to ponder:
Take a PC, download/install your favourite stuff on it. Media, games software you use etc... and then disconnect it from the internet!
How much entertaiment and or your hobbies you can continue to do? Can your most precious time and expression of your self manage without being online?
I am willing to argue that in modern hellscape of GenAi, privacy ishues and generall shityfication having an offline digital life might be an good idea.
Hmm...blog idea!
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