• amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
    122·
    1 day ago

    I feel like I’m starting to develop an actual hatred for people who hate AI. I’m not proud of it, but the feeling is there. I’ve always tried to be understanding of the visceral reactions, be diplomatic about the nuances of it, and too many times it is the same damn conversation with the same hypercharged intensity and I feel obligated to be the patient communist trying to explain in the face of people’s impotent rage and insulting stereotypes. It’s like an Eternal September but for trying to frame AI holistically in the context of systems of power instead as binary good/bad.

    • demeritum@lemmygrad.ml
      101·
      1 day ago

      It is the silesian weavers smashing the automated looms in a fit of rage come again.

      And yes- mass produced textile work was of lower quality and less aesthetically pleasing than what lacemakers, tailors, rug makers, etc… could produce- some might have even called it „slop“

      • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
        12·
        1 day ago

        Fair, though tbh, if it was more literally like that, I would at least respect the fact that they’re taking direct action to protect their livelihoods. This seems to be more so people getting mad on the internet and thinking they can cyberbully AI back into the box. At least silesian weavers smashing automated looms contains some implicit understanding of “means of production”.

          • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
            11·
            21 hours ago

            You know what, I was gonna leave this to reporting it and move on, but your ego needs to know something. You really aren’t as significant as you think you are. You’re a quantitative blip in a qualitative buildup of frustration. You think you single-handedly set me off to making a mild vent post in a way that did not directly mention you at all? Do not think so highly of your own importance. The only significant thing about your posts on AI in the past 24 hours or so is how often they blatantly violate the spirit of rule 3 and how often you go for attacks like the one in this post that are unhinged non-sequiturs. Here I am talking about the means of production and you’re like “you have AI psychosis” and “something something digital wife”(???). If you were projecting any more, you could play a full-length feature film.

            If you want to be a communist, then act like one. Look to eastern marxism where they’ve been practicing it for decades to incredible results. And guess what, those eastern marxists don’t viscerally hate AI in the way that westerners on the internet do. Why? Because they’re operating under a communist vanguard, not grifter capitalists. So, do you want to be a communist who does material analysis and figures out how to help people, or do you want to take satisfaction in believing that you being an asshole is getting a rise out of people? One of them has uplifted millions of people. The other is a forgettable internet troll.

      • SU-34@lemmygrad.mlBanned
        46·
        23 hours ago

        silesian weavers

        This metaphor doesn’t really work because the looms were not weapons systems spying on and targeting the workers, like AI is.

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      83·
      1 day ago

      I’ve started a different tactic. “AI isn’t going anywhere. You can hate it all you like but you have no power to get rid of it. Even if the majority of people hated AI (they don’t) the rich people who hold all the power love AI and would never let you take it away from them. Your dislike of AI is irrelevant because you are impotent.”