I may regret this at some point, but I felt the need to put down in writing how I feel about this moment in the tech industry.
It is not kind. You may well be insulted by it. If you are... then you really should question yourself.
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@Crell totally what i think and we have a no ai policy in the company 🤯 #ai #planet #exploitation #cooyright
@benoitmortier What company?
@Crell that is a *really* good post! 👏
@Crell I suspect here on the Fedi it might be a bit "preaching to the choir"
But in general, I think this article joins the flotilla of people trying to push back on the hubris and insanity of the techbro-capitalist culture.
While I don't *personally* know anyone in the "oh well, it is what it is" camp, I hope maybe some of *them* do.
@Crell Thank you for quantifying the various aspects that it takes to keep AI running. It’s one of those details that is becoming increasingly apparent, but difficult to grasp the scope.
Would you care to elaborate on the “This is how societies die.” comment? Is that primarily in the sense of social apathy? In the lack of respect for others/foresight over long term consequences? The disruptive tactics of numerous tech companies that have eliminated many norms? Or something else?
@wwhitlow All of the above.
Major empires aren't destroyed from without, but by their own greed, infighting, and incompetence.
In this case, the "it is what it is" attitude is unworthy of someone in a democracy. That's how the billionaires and pedo-fascists were able to take over.
Then add short-sightedness about global warming for the last 50 years, and AI is just the latest part of it. That will kill us all. "It is what it is."
@Crell @wwhitlow I think the societal aspect goes further than that. Because we are ending up not teaching anything person to person any more.
Take StackOverflow. Although there were often simple questions (and answers) with little thought, there was also a large amount of great questions, with equally great answers — so detailed that you learned the actual basics. This is now gone due to AI.
LLMs have only learned old content from there, anything newly created projects won't even be thought.
@elduvelle @wwhitlow @Crell @derickr Not yet, but its traffic is down to its first year of existence. With less people on there, good questions and answers won’t be generated anymore.
@elduvelle @wwhitlow @Crell @derickr @toni of course, all the good past answers are still there.