Sergebr

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AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

To all the AI apologists :

« I’m officially done with takes on AI beginning “Ethical concerns aside…”.

No! Stop right there.

Ethical concerns front and center. First thing. Let’s get this out of the way and then see if thre is anything left worth talking about.

Ethics is the formalisation of how we are treating one another as human beings and how we relate to the world around us.

It is impossible to put ethics aside.

What you mean is “I don’t want to apologise for my greed and selfishness.”

Say that first. »

https://narrativ.es/@janl/114566975034056419

What were you surprised to learn wasn't actually normal? in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 6 points 2 months ago

Rationality

What is your single favourite movie soundtrack? in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 1 points 3 months ago

Armarcord

What is a human behaviour you've never understood? in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 42 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Feeling some kind of national pride. You didn’t choose to be born where you were born. Borders change and move, etc. The place my grandparents were born in has changed countries at least 3 times since then.

Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All in c/[email protected]
Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Oh no, fascists won the election! Oh no, Musk is a fascist! We need to leave X! Where should we go? Mastodon? Too complicated! BS, which is financed by fascists? Count me in! 😭

Why are people preferring Blue Sky over Mastodon? in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 6 points 7 months ago

Because people will choose convenience over their vey own survival. Also, in this case, they apparently don’t see a problem with leaving Twitter because it’s MAGA to join BS which is backed by MAGA money. Convenience über alles. Ethics be damned. I’m fine with people like that not joining the fediverse.

Do any non-corpos actually like AI slop? in c/[email protected]
Do any non-corpos actually like AI slop? in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 1 points 7 months ago

I think it’s pretty clear that OP was referring to the current onslaught of LLMs.

Do any non-corpos actually like AI slop? in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Governments aren’t taking measures for a whole bunch of things that threaten lives. Infinite (exponential) growth on a finite world isn’t possible and we’re hitting or overshooting several planetary boundaries. We should be scaling things back (if we want a livable world), not pushing down harder on the gas pedal, which LLMs are doing. And Sam Altman went to the emirates asking for Trillions to scale LLMs. All of this for a little more convenience when tackling mostly mundane tasks.

Do any non-corpos actually like AI slop? in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You are not aware of the cost (which has been widely documented) if you believe that.

Do any non-corpos actually like AI slop? in c/[email protected]
[–] Sergebr 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There are plenty of specialized “AIs” that are useful and come at a reasonable environmental and societal cost. LLMs are simply an ecological nightmare that arrive at a time where we’re already on the brink of a total breakdown of the biophysical systems that keep us alive. It’s sheer madness.

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