<![CDATA[Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it]]>Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/50eaf4ce-0c7d-4192-8735-abfee90a90d3/convince-me-it-is-more-in-my-interests-to-help-build-the-future-than-to-try-to-prevent-itRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 05:25:37 GMTFri, 10 Apr 2026 20:00:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:38:03 GMT]]>@mcc I can't.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116382569808548413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116382569808548413Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:38:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:24:56 GMT]]>@mcc @aeva yeah. yeah, it's fucked up. we're grappling with that ourselves.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWMH8T1A4BPRZCN5QFQX9PAhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWMH8T1A4BPRZCN5QFQX9PAFri, 10 Apr 2026 21:24:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:24:18 GMT]]>@ireneista @aeva "ignore anything i won't collaborate with, make art" *was* my plan,

then the entities i was trying to ignore forced generative machine learning features into my operating system as i was using it,

and then when i switched to a different operating system forced generative machine learning outputs into THAT operating system.

i am made a collaborator without actually *doing* anything. software auto-update makes the decisions for me

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcc/statuses/116382515747865979https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcc/statuses/116382515747865979Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:24:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:20:25 GMT]]>@aeva @mcc we almost feel guilty for working on those, it's the closest thing we've ever felt to the "what if we win" feeling that we've seen people have while waiting to scratch off lottery tickets.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWM8ZS6YBV8QVPHVQC1MYJAhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWM8ZS6YBV8QVPHVQC1MYJAFri, 10 Apr 2026 21:20:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:19:44 GMT]]>@aeva @mcc we do have a couple personal research projects but they are very, very speculative and have nothing to do with statistical techniques of any kind.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWM7R0R6SSCEHHDY67W3QSJhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWM7R0R6SSCEHHDY67W3QSJFri, 10 Apr 2026 21:19:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:18:28 GMT]]>@aeva @mcc this is not intended as a response to mcc's original question. we don't think it's a good idea to build generative machine learning stuff right now. the future we want is one that can't be built ("it is in your spirit or it is nowhere"), so we aren't about to try to convince people to build things.

if you have build-y urges, make art. art means something. art will mean something, as long as humans are humans.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWM5E0K4GAKAWRWN2MMX727https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWM5E0K4GAKAWRWN2MMX727Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:18:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:16:54 GMT]]>@aeva @mcc yes. humans are the mechanism by which hypotheticals enter reality. any future that wants to come here has to claw its way through our brains to do it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWM2GM51V4DR9EVQK54BS76https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KNWM2GM51V4DR9EVQK54BS76Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:16:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:10:42 GMT]]>@emaytch @mcc There are myriad possible futures, shaping the one you want is preventing countless others from being born. (I came here to say that independently but we had the same thought so yay)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.cthos.dev/users/cthos/statuses/116382462285127446https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.cthos.dev/users/cthos/statuses/116382462285127446Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:10:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:08:24 GMT]]>@mcc If you help build a better one, Iā€™m all for it! šŸ™Œ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HeatherTX/statuses/116382453229275825https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HeatherTX/statuses/116382453229275825Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:08:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:03:22 GMT]]>@mcc the only way to prevent it is to build a different one!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/phillmv/statuses/116382433426318208https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/phillmv/statuses/116382433426318208Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:03:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:55:15 GMT]]>@phairupegiont @mcc Stanislav Petrov

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116382401522644390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116382401522644390Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:55:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:29:47 GMT]]>@mcc Name anyone who ever succeeded in preventing it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/phairupegiont/statuses/116382301393248494https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/phairupegiont/statuses/116382301393248494Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:29:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:27:16 GMT]]>@mcc The future is coming no matter what and I'd prefer someone like you have a hand in it than otherwise.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lynndotpy/statuses/116382291480961719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lynndotpy/statuses/116382291480961719Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:27:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:13:42 GMT]]>@mcc yes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/netopwibby/statuses/116382238150509763https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/netopwibby/statuses/116382238150509763Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:13:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:12:18 GMT]]>@mcc the principle of "the future is here today, it is just not evenly distributed" demonstrates that many possible futures coexist in the present simultaneously, and thus it follows that we are not limited to one inevitable future. however, i conjecture that a given non-realized future is substantially less likely to come to pass if it is not first built.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/aeva/statuses/116382232624875643https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/aeva/statuses/116382232624875643Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:12:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:12:04 GMT]]>@mcc prevent the future, as in like, end the world? Bruh thats what the fascists and techbros are doing. Dont be like them

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Irenetherogue/statuses/116382231693541819https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Irenetherogue/statuses/116382231693541819Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:12:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:07:18 GMT]]>@mcc helping to build the future is also trying to prevent it, because you're shaping the future you want to exist

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/emaytch/statuses/116382212951738829https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/emaytch/statuses/116382212951738829Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:07:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:06:07 GMT]]>@mcc but yeah. part of it *is* actually, what to help prevent, ain't it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/gureito/statuses/116382208300758859https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/gureito/statuses/116382208300758859Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:06:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:05:31 GMT]]>@mcc the way i'm managing it is thinking "i need to help build *my* future, because it sure isn't looking like they are thinking about me"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/gureito/statuses/116382205945522748https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/gureito/statuses/116382205945522748Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:05:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:02:26 GMT]]>@mcc carbon-neutral energy is the future and that seems pretty worth building to me

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/rcombs/statuses/116382193870701939https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/rcombs/statuses/116382193870701939Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Convince me it is more in my interests to help build the future than to try to prevent it on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:01:26 GMT]]>@mcc i don't think you need convincing

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116382189940797442https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116382189940797442Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:01:26 GMT