I'm so disheartened about my job.
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@dryak @VeeRat Ah yes, defaulting to old english because you'd rather not acknowledge that language changes and fascists using language as a weapon is bad
just like how random people use "triggered" as a way to describe others being upset, and call people "NPCs", as if they weren't trends and phrases adopted and spread, by nazis
@cmdr_nova @dryak @VeeRat "Slop" has been a common word since before the Nazis (original). The alt-reich even had to add a second word to it, that's how generic it is. Language changes, as you say. Now it mostly refers to the output of slop machines.
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@cmdr_nova @dryak @VeeRat I re-read it and discovered it's still confidently incorrect. I've also discovered you're the sort of person who gets aggressive at having their attempts to spread misinformation corrected, which is a great look on you.
I don't have a lot of time for toxic little shits today so I'll be muting this conversation.
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That is terrifying. And I think you're right
It would never pass muster as a science fiction novel. It's too cheesy
But speaking of cheese, it's also what we have done to the food supply, and to housing, and to all the consumer manufactured items
Everything is engineered to seem on the surface like it gives you something that you have a deep, stone age, need for
A knowledgeable friendly chatty supportive friend, abundant oils and sugars and salt (all rare in wild food), a house that looks sturdy and comfortable (but is built out of cardboard with added toxins)...
And all of it built by world destroying systems
@GeePawHill Synchronicity!
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I'm so disheartened about my job. We had a training about AI, and the person presenting just sounded so in love with it. Not as in appreciating a good tool to use, not like loving a new tool. She was actually in love with it, and even admitted to the need to stop thinking of AI as if it's a real person.
She excitedly talked about human-like responses to her prompts, as if someone she has a crush on gave her attention.
When I talk about my dislike for AI, how it can't be used ethically, how flawed it can be, I'm telling people that their crush is evil. They are reacting in a predictable way: with anger and hurt. It's an emotional topic.
Talking about a set of code shouldn't be this emotional. The data centers that are the beating hearts of their love interests get a pass from them; they would destroy the whole planet to maintain this dopamine high and in fact they are gladly doing so.
@VeeRat I'm an olde trekie. NCC-1701, In the Next Gen series there was an episode called "The Game" where Westley returns to find everyone playing an optic's game. The folks I know tech and non-tech seem to have that same kind of addiction. I agree with all who call this a feature, it's too precise to be a bug.
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