Random Rants

[goosehd]

I have zero interest in technology that is so intent on putting so many out of work. The fact that the tech giants are not even hiding it at this point is even more frightening.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde5y2x51y8o

Now on the flip side, I understand that it takes time for new jobs to be created and the workforce to catch up to those changes…but in the interim…

[goosehd]

…and I fully accept that I am being a curmudgeon and the fact that we are where we are today because of technological advancement.

[SKT]

@StarsSuck I have not…my feelings about AI are complicated so it would take a lot for me to make that jump. I could see it being a useful tool for this kind of stuff though

[GraemeE]

I could see AI being useful as a tool of revenge.
Let's say you have beef with a family of freshwater turtles - you write increasingly more complex prompts to generate sci fi versions of family portraits.

Water is used up to cool servers

Humans:1point
Turtles: 0 points

[goosehd]

@GraemeE Master Splinter is not going to be happy with you…

[sabergirl]

There is no use of AI that will ever entice me to its use. It’s completely unsustainable from an energy standpoint, and is already contributing to the death of human cognition and creativity. I want nothing to do with any of it. That doesn’t make me a curmudgeon, nor does it put me out of touch with reality. I just hope the bubble bursts on this stupid tech before some bad actor does irreparable harm to the earth or humanity, or both.

The founder of Anthropic, Dario Amodei writes a blog, and his recent post shares all of his reservations about the tech, which are horrifying. Chief among them is someone using AI to manufacture a bioweapon. Read it here: https://darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology?media_id=3851650953330117483_63409923771&media_author_id=63409923771&ranking_info_token=GCA5NTVhNjA0ZTM5MTQ0OTc1ODhjNjdiNzEzZTQzYjZkMyWGs2UVmK4HFqiin5sNGBMzODUxNjUwNzI3OTM2NjEyNTU4KANuY2cA&utm_source=ig_text_post_permalink

[goosehd]

@sabergirl bookmarked for later reading. Thank you

[Walery Smirnoff]

1000002168 (1).mp4 Denimhead Morning in Russia

[Jord]

I just had a parcel delivered today which I had no idea what it was, Evri were delivereing it and it turned out it was for my neighbour... it was quite heavy, and there were two boxes

I went down my steps outside my home to go and chap his door and ended up rolling my ankle on the last step, in future I wont be taking parcels in for anyone

[Alex]

@Jord said in Random Rants:

chap his door

not heard this one before

[Jord]

@Alex It's my Scottish side I think

"Knock his door"