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Generative A.I. a Parasitic Cancer (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by schleudersturz@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I need to step away from my PC – for a moment – because, although I have so much to write, the statements made in this video touch me too deeply and are too closely aligned to my own views and too close to the fundamental reasons underlying my own depression and disillusionment and burn-out.

Watch it.

Seriously. Watch it. If you are well briefed on the A.I. bubble and A.I. Hell, just skip to:

  • ~ 34 minutes to miss the demonstration of the tedious issue.[^1]
  • ~ 38 minutes to reach the philosophical statements
  • ~ 39 minutes to hear about deception – the universal "tell" of A.I. scammers
  • ~ 41 minutes if you're prepared for tears: to lament what we've lost, what we so nearly had, what humanity is losing, what is being stolen from artists ¬

(I need some space.)

[^1]: I assure you this video is not about content farms, SEO or the death of search but one might be mistaken for thinking that, in the first half. Don't. It is worth your patience.

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[–] NiaKitty@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Kagi has always felt suspicious to me with how many people advocate for it in any search thread. Surely any lesser-used thing that people enjoy will get talked about, but compared to others it feels like it gets way too many for the amount of users it has. Their site claims it has 35,696 paid users at the time of writing this (source), but you'd swear everyone and their cats use it every time search engines are mentioned.

I'm sure some people genuinely enjoy it enough to share it every chance they get but it just feels off to me. That paired with the CEO thing keeps me away from it.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Prob because nerdy tech people use it and lemmy is comprised of a lot of nerdy tech people.

[–] NiaKitty@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not just Lemmy, it happens on Reddit and other social medias too, if it was just Lemmy I'd just write it off as that. I do accept the possibility that I'm just tinfoil-hatting about this though since I'm just speculating.