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Title text: This is how you all fucking sound

[A smug tech bro wearing a sideways cap, watch, chain around his neck stands in front of a data center by a lake with dead fish. A smoke stack blows pollution into the air]

Tech bro: AI is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a suit with cigarette in hand stands in a restaurant while two disgruntled diners cough from the smoke]

Suit: Smoking indoors is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a top hat and suit stands in a factory with two sad and dirty children]

Hat: Child labor is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug plantation owner stands in front of a field with with two angry slaves]

Plantation owner: The Atlantic Slave trade is already here, there’s no going back.

Still Vreni on Bluesky

  • canniest_tod@lemmy.world
    171·
    14 hours ago

    None of those things were new technology. The assembly line didn’t go away when people were angry about being laid off.

    If you’re talking about a specific product of AI (“art” for example), you might want to make that clearer. If you’re talking about AI in general, you’re treating this one thing like it’s a reason to try turning back the clock.

    The rational thing to do would be getting politically involved to get AI out of corporate ownership.

    • Monte_Crisco@thelemmy.club
      3·
      13 hours ago

      I think another reasonable thing is for our justice systems to tie human responsibility/culpability to the actions of AI (or whatever we may be calling these computing advancements in the future).

      • canniest_tod@lemmy.world
        3·
        12 hours ago

        Wish in one hand…

        American justice isn’t a guarantee, and until political action comes back into style we can’t expect good outcomes.