Programmer Humor

Most arguments people make against AI are in my opinion actually arguments against capitalism. Honestly, I agree with all of them, too. Ecological impact? A result of the extractive logic of capitalism. Stagnant wages, unemployment, and economic dismay for regular working people? Gains from AI being extracted by the wealthy elite. The fear shouldn’t be in the technology itself, but in the system that puts profit at all costs over people.

Data theft? Data should be a public good where authors are guaranteed a dignified life (decoupled from the sale of their labor).

Enshittification, AI overview being shoved down all our throats? Tactics used to maximize profits tricking us into believing AI products are useful.

I hate AI because it's a waste of finite resources.

I hate it because it's supported by a system of corruption and greed that is destroying the economy.

I hate it because all major AI vendors have supported or abetted criminals in circumventing democracy worldwide.

I hate it because it isn't AI, it's a LLM.

I mean, I find the tech fascinating and probably would like it, except that I hate the way it was created, the way it is peddled, the things it is used for, the companies who use it, the way it "talks", the impact it has had on society, the impact it has on the environment, the way it is monetised, and the companies who own it.

And all that makes it difficult to "just appreciate the tech"

Por que no los dos?

I don't hate AI, in fact i think it could be very useful. But i can't help but notice that it's critics are mostly correct and it's proponents are a bunch of fucking morons.

I'm neutral-positive toward local AI, not so much toward Clawd-style agents impersonating humans on the web

I hate "AI" because it's been built of the forced exploitation of untold millions of artists and creative laborers, without even so much as consent, let alone compensation...

i was a vocal synth nerd before i was a fedi/foss nerd. we've been doing ai since before the ai bubble, and i think vocal synths are a good example of ethical ai.

vocal synths are still a creative tool where you compose the music, lyrics and expression yourself, but the ai engine makes the voice more realistic sounding. you purchase "voice banks" which are effectively training data for a single voice and this voice bank comes from a "voice provider" who is a paid singer that will record samples for the vocal synth engine. a lot of voice providers request to have the voice bank "characterized" to sound different from themselves, and the vocal synth company will do so. compare KAF to KAFU CEVIO.

this is a process based entirely on consent, something openai and the rest of them lack, they just send out an army of scrapers to take anything and everything they can get their hands on, consent be damned.

actually speaking of KAF, i was excited because KAFU was coming to synth v, since i don't have CEVIO. but unfortunately, KAFU SV was cancelled because the synth v ai engine made her sound too much like herself, and most likely they couldn't modify the voice bank to sound differently enough and they cancelled it. at least, that's the prevailing theory.

I hate "A.I." because it's not A.I. it's an if statement stapled to a dictionary.

Also because I can't write the short name of Albert without people thinking I'm talking about A.I.

why not both B)

There is no "AI".

That deception is the main ingredient in the snake oil.

please let me know if there's a more appropriate one.

!fuck_ai@lemmy.world maybe

As far as I am concerned I am going to do the opposite of anything Sam Altman says. He is the ultimate snake oil salesman. He sold this trash to Microsoft, which I guess these days is pretty on brand.