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Heavy statement to say to someone that would lose its life job over dystopian machines, I have friends that are in this cartoon, one with a kiddo. What to say to them ?
Same we said to typesetters, switchboard operators, elevator drivers, milkmen, travel agents, video rental employees, lamplighters, computers (the job), horse farmers, coal miners, etc. You learn a new skill, you get a new job and carry on.
Yeah, I sometimes sit in awe of the work of the milkmen of 3,000 years ago and imagine their lives and the things that must have inspired them to carry that milk.
Which milkman is your favorite?
John
I'd say vote/rebel/protest for Universal Basic Income or any other form of economy where you aren't forced to work or die.
While I wholeheartedly agree that universal basic income should be a thing, I still think it’s deeply problematic that unthinking machines replace people specifically in fields of artistic expression.
While AI can produce pretty convincing images in many styles, the actual expression of experience, feelings and general humanity is gone. Even disregarding the hardship of the artists being replaced (or assuming UBI will be a satisfying solution for them), that loss in itself is a good enough reason to be skeptical.
The main reason for the existence of art is to share human experience, and to be able to experience the world from another perspective than your own. This is a hugely important role in society that is very easily overlooked, and one that is completely lost with naïve use of AI.
I'd say: It's your boss that fired you, not the tool.
You see, it's not the internet censorship tool that prevents you from speaking your mind, it's the people that control it!
You can dislike the tool.
AI was built on stolen work, and will not create a generation of future artists that simply has a new tool available. It'll create a generation of workers that create profit for the wealthy class by generating garbage until it's somewhat presentable. Meanwhile, AI will starve out because it will run out of data to learn from.
Generative AI is the current fad of the tech bro world and it's what everyone clings onto because if everything goes well (for them), they can get future generations hooked and make stupid money. Meanwhile, media literacy will further decline, and with it the ability to look up anything on the internet, making it even more easy for the masses to be controlled.
under capitalist logic and current law, the company is legally required to maximize profit, at least if it's publicly traded. it's because the CEO has a responsibility to the shareholders, and shareholders typically demand maximization of profits.
"It wasn't the bullet that killed you, it was the gun." C'mon, dude. You're being obtuse.
"It wasn't the gun that killed you, it was the person who pulled the trigger." C'mon, dude. You're being obtuse.
Hi there, NRA. Didn't know you did small-time socmed.
Not everyone who supports gun rights are right-wing idiots.
Who was it again that said "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary"?
You're right but the right wing idiots are the ones perpetuating that kind of obviously flawed argument and not one of the armed socialist flavors.
But sure, go off
The point being made is you can't blame the tool for the operator's usage of it.
It depends on the tool.
If you're calling yourself a tool I'll concede the point.
Hilarious.
Watch me.
Guns have no use other than killing.
Yes. That doesn't give them agency or sentience or anything though.
Wow, i had no idea. Thank you for educating me on this topic.
I now support giving the tools for killing to all the irrational and emotionally driven humans.
Glad we agree the irrational and emotionally driven humans are the root problem!
More "it wasn't the gun, it was the one who pulled the trigger", which is a true statement. We don't blame guns for murder. We blame the murderer.
This is true, no one has ever thought of gun control before.
What? It was the shooter. You know? The human that makes choices. Tools and objects can't be held accountable.