We need skeptics to push back against these insanely wealthy business people who think that we’ll just take their word for things that that they then actively undermine in favor of profits and products that will not benefit society or make up for the intellectual theft that was required to build them. Ignoring or pretending these issues don’t exist does not make them go away.
Giving blind faith and loyalty to a company that does not care about you is how we get nefarious and self-centered powerhouses like google and facebook. Companies that large, that can influence the entire world on a whim, should not exist. If more people had listened to those of us sounding the alarms about these companies years ago, we might have saved ourselves a lot of grief.
I’d just ask that you take a step back, think about the motivations of the people you hold in such high regard, and allow skeptics the space to keep conversations like this going, before it’s too late.
I agree with you! but that has (almost?) nothing to do with the premise and use of AI. That’s just capitalism/corporatism and especially: very large players = bad. Sure. Did you also try AI, LLM or Image generation, locally with open source models? Do you think using these kinds of AI tools is anti consumer, even with open software and data sets?
A good skeptic would try and paint a balanced picture so their words carry more weight.
We need skeptics to push back against these insanely wealthy business people who think that we’ll just take their word for things that that they then actively undermine in favor of profits and products that will not benefit society or make up for the intellectual theft that was required to build them. Ignoring or pretending these issues don’t exist does not make them go away.
Giving blind faith and loyalty to a company that does not care about you is how we get nefarious and self-centered powerhouses like google and facebook. Companies that large, that can influence the entire world on a whim, should not exist. If more people had listened to those of us sounding the alarms about these companies years ago, we might have saved ourselves a lot of grief.
I’d just ask that you take a step back, think about the motivations of the people you hold in such high regard, and allow skeptics the space to keep conversations like this going, before it’s too late.
I agree with you! but that has (almost?) nothing to do with the premise and use of AI. That’s just capitalism/corporatism and especially: very large players = bad. Sure. Did you also try AI, LLM or Image generation, locally with open source models? Do you think using these kinds of AI tools is anti consumer, even with open software and data sets?
A good skeptic would try and paint a balanced picture so their words carry more weight.