"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"
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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
The political right hates AI a little less than the left, but not by super much, and some forces from the emerging America First movement are getting ready to protest AI's invasiveness and capacity for manipulation. The org is called Humans First, and they're trying to have a 50501-style nationwide protest about it on July 18th. If both sides cooperate on this one, good things can actually happen, so this should get talked about. A lot. https://www.humansfirst.com/
This is what always gets me.
US dems will throw their leaders under the bus in a split second, or fry them over the slightest past scandal.
Even those that won't will criticize them over specific issues.
Most Republicans, no matter what, cannot blame Trump.
He is objectively, full-throated pro Tech Bro; he invited them all to Washington. He is talking about a national OpenAI stake, he is talking up data centres, he literally brought Elon Musk into his cabinet. Yet even this movement simply cannot bring themselves to say "maybe he's wrong on this one?"
Man, even when they're doing something good, they still have to frame it as "I come first!"
Conservatives categorically lack the brain capacity to consider others, never mind put them first.
We do though. The entire lexicon of racism is ripe to be repurposed for shit-talking AI, because clankers literally aren't people and they actually do make society worse. For the first time in human history, there is something out there that it is morally correct to be bigoted at. I think the slogan also carries the subtle implication that the people behind AI aren't totally human too, which is great. Fuck clankers.
"IT'S AFFECTING ME NOW!!!!"
Think they'll beat the living fuck out of some cops and attempt to murder some politicians? Seems to be the standard for their "protests".
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Anti AI, anti cops, and anti politicians is a threefer.
Me, with my broken digital clock: 🤔
Fuckin hope so tbh, it'd be amazing to see it happen for a good cause for once
We can only hope. The enemy of my enemy...
Can then fight my enemy, but that doesn't make us friends
How amazing would it be if our hatred for AI slop is what finally unites the working class against the billionaires?
In a sense, it will
There was a guy who started talking about how they used AI in their ads and noticed way less conversion rate. They decided, fuck it, like write on cardboard and do something real and human. Waaaay better results.
I think the big wigs are going to realize they're getting ripped off by AI, told it's the future and that they need to invest and adopt before anyone else, and they're now realizing they're spending millions to save thousands.
Lefties should co-opt it
Thanks for the list of targets. The enemy of my enemy isn't my friend, if they also explicitly consider me to be less than human
Your enemy is the capitalist class, not uneducated proles with a false sense of class solidarity.
Wow!! Who invited big AI to DC??
Tap for spoiler
It’s a big club and you ain’t in it
Is that the Epstein Island Sports team? Smells bad man
I wonder how many years until they find out what their legislators have been doing to promote AI?
A lot of them only recently found out that Bush admin gave Epstein a plea deal and that Reagan is largely responsible for the IRGC being sponsored by and alligned with China.
What do we want? No assholes! When do we want them? We don't!
Good! Conservatives are KNOWN to Vote for Politicians that SUPPORT their Interests INSTEAD of voting for Literally whoever has an R by their name REGARDLESS of Policy! THIS will SCARE their Representatives STRAIGHT!