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Tech companies are slashing thousands of jobs as they pivot toward AI::Technology companies are axing jobs as they pile deeper into artificial intelligence, with one expert calling it a “sobering signal.”
Look, folks. I know the hate for AI is on the rise, and I get it. But here’s the thing: you live in a capitalist system. No shot. That you’re “surprised_pikachu.png” about this is naive to say the least.
Now is the time to buy the hardware. Now is the time to make and develop your own models, run them locally. If you don’t, if you use OpenAI API or anything, as per usual, you’re getting played.
Now you’re training their models, and you’re actually paying for it. They should be paying YOU. But no. Like social media and the cloud before it, AI is set to centralise all data collection.
Then you have the self-defeatist pricks out there, who completely ignore AI because “iD iS bAd fOr sOcIeTy”. You wanna know that else is bad for society? Monopoly, duopoly, centralisation of ownership and power.
AI has a fair deal of power already, but will become even more capable. When you’ve allowed venture capitalists and other exploiters to control that technology, you’ve just shot yourself in the foot and are hopping off to a 100 meter dash, thinking you’re gonna somehow win out.
Fact is, you’re just going to become subverted by AI and AGI, simply because you ignore it, not considering the real world power it will have in the future.
Stop being a cynical (no you’re not a realiat), self-defeatist moron. No, you ain’t tough for virtue signaling, you dumb prick. Get up off your high horse and help to decentralise AI technology.
If you don’t, guess what that’s gonna lead to? Oh yay, more centralisation of ownership, more centralisation of power! Such smort! Not at all dumber than a sack of doorknobs.
Lol at all of this
You’re not wrong, but your aggressive wording will surely alienate anyone who otherwise would’ve had a chance of learning something new or changing their mind. People don’t generally respond well to snark nor a condescending tone.
And this is a real issue, because companies and fascists are good at telling relatable stories to win people to their side. If we want to have any chance at fighting back, we must utilize the same tools they’re using, instead of calling people stupid and thus driving them away.
Honest question, do you think this post will change anyone’s mind about anything? I see a lot of aggressive posts like this that will only further divide but hey at least you’ve inflated your own ego in the process right? Go get some fresh air, I think you might need the oxygen.
you’re not wrong, with one caveat: While i agree 100% with you that that AI is not bad, it is allowing very few to benefit from AI that will be bad, and that this is how capitalisim works, you then for some reason start punching down on your reader.
Check it out, this is where you dropped the ball. If there is some way for me, a 99%er with no technical knowlege and no money, to “decentralise AI technology”? Please do enlighten me and other interested parties, because if you dont, your post is just a virtue signalling tirade pushing yourself as a “tough, take no prisoners realist” while providing us with nothing but bluster for the trouble of reading it.
Can you provide me with something more than hot air? I want to help if i can
This is a moment in history like Ford releasing the Model T. The horseshoe industry took a massive hit, as did anything related to horse transportation. The winners saw it happening and pivoted themselves.
Right now, one person with AI that makes prompts replaces an art department. Gig work will dry up as many people learn to ask ChatGPT to write their excel macros, instead of hiring it out. Audio engineers can be replaced with one person doing QA in some finished products.