• TrickDacy@lemmy.worldM
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    2 days ago

    It’s a weird argument to say “we could just stop doing popular things”. It shows a lack of awareness. And no, explaining this doesn’t mean I’m taking sides I just recognize the current reality

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      2 days ago

      The right thing isn’t always popular. Something being popular is not itself a good argument for a thing to be done.

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        2 days ago

        Why do you think I’m saying it’s the right thing? I explicitly said I wasn’t arguing for it. It’s pretty obvious I’m just pointing out what the rich fucks will do. Wishing upon a star won’t change it

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          There is an option of not doing a thing just because a rich fuck wants you to. It’s mind-blowing, I know.

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            What the fuck are you talking about? You idiots cannot fathom a world where you cannot accurately shovel words into strangers’ mouths.

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              I’m talking about just because the rich fucks want you to use a thing, that doesn’t mean you have to use the fucking thing.

              Edit: But since in this case they lose money every time you use it maybe we should just automate using it as much as possible for useless shit on free accounts to speed the collapse.

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      It’s not “popular” organically, it’s being forced on us by people who are invested in the technology. The chatbots are being shoved into everything because they want to make them profitable despite being money holes, not because people want it.

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        And even if they do succeed in producing something useful. If you become dependent on a megacorp’s AI to do your job, why shouldn’t they charge you half your salary for the privilege?

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          That’s what the boosters aren’t talking about.

          The chatbots are not profitable. They’ll need to charge way more for usage at some point to actually make money; at some point investors are going to demand returns on their investments, and that’s going to come out of user’s pockets.

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        2 days ago

        Even more of a reason it won’t happen. “All the capitalists have to do is stop caring about money”. Yeah ok.

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        Yes, fair, the existence of AI should be credited to my comments in this thread. The fact that some idiot stated on Lemmy that it’s easy to stop AI though? Almost thwarted the entire operation. Next time!

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          19 hours ago

          New legislation: grants and licenses for server farms for such and such purposes will no longer be accepted.

          Easy? Yes. As easy as eating a bag of doritos? What, do you think I’m stupid?