Goon corner

Good, multi-polarize the internet! It has been under the monopoly of the west for far too long.

The intimate atmosphere that there was here was nice, but the more the merrier. Welcome, new comrades.

I wonder if there will be more general censorship on the left online, or if Reddit was just waiting for the first excuse to ban r/TheDeprogram

Yeah, here. TW: Blood

https://xcancel.com/captainatomIDC/status/1965855262125994215

I’ve seen the video. I’m no doctor, but that is a lot of blood, especially coming from the neck. I’d be impressed if he survived to be honest

Geoffrey Hinton himself said that the solution to the downsides of AI is socialism. Based guy if you ask me.

Anyway, I wonder why so many tech-bros are against it. Outside of Lemmygrad, I see mainly right-wingers, AnCaps, and ‘enlightened centrists’ talking about tech. Wasn’t China’s progress enough of a wakeup call? Or do they really think billionaires want to give UBI to everyone? (lol!)

I seriously don’t understand how can someone see the implication of technology and AI, and not be at least anti-capitalist!

Only ones who didn’t completely buy this crap were doomers who noted how once the working class is no longer userful, they will simply kill us, since we’re like livestock to them. I wish however that instead of this defeatism they were more revolutionary and pointed out real enemy: not technology, but those who currently own it! (in capitalist society)

Greatest Marxist in the 21st century so far.

The century is still young, I wonder what great comrades we’ll witness in the future.

I know that for many disabled people, there are good days and bad days (where things feel either better or worse than usual).

Is it like that for you too? If so, is there anything in particular that makes a “good day” good?

Anytime, comrade! :)

Sure! Here: https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkYourSelf_ThinkNow

I wanted to highlight one practical use of generative AI. There’s a Russian Marxist-Leninist channel called “Думай Сам / Думай Сейчас” (“Think for Yourself / Think Now”), which in my opinion produces some of the highest-quality communist video content on YouTube.

I think they make partial use of AI to generate images for community posts or shorts, here for example:

They also use AI for showing old historical photos with some movement, like people walking or moving their hands, to keep their videos dynamic. I don’t think it’s a bad thing since it reduces the workload and adds aesthetic value. And if I have to be honest, I didn’t even notice at first that they were using it, and they still do a lot of manual work, between scripting, animating images manually, editing and doing 3D modeling and animation.

Also remember that anti-communists/reactionaries (eg. PragerU) get millions of dollar of budget and thus they can produce their shit at industrial quantities. We, on the other hand, have to be resourceful with what tools are available.

That being said, AI like everything else is weaponized under capitalism, but I think we all know that.

And I know some people usually lament about AI looking bad or removing creativity, and while I disagree with that, here I’m talking about how it can lighten labor for agitprop, not to substitue creativity or fire people or whatever. Not everyone can learn perspective, anatomy, coloring, shading, etc. just to post agitprop that looks cool online. Again, this from an agitprop point of view.

Food for thought food for thought

I was taking them more seriously when they were proposing Stephen Colbert

I know it isn’t much, but I’m sending some virtual love to you.

I hope you’ll get better, from a physical and a social standpoint. Nostalgia can be very hard to deal with, more so when you’re having a difficult time in the present. I know this sounds generic, but I would recommend finding any activity that you can do that gives you joy, for example drawing, reading, playing an instrument, watching movies or anything else. While you can’t go to the gym, might as well find another way to distract yourself, right? If that causes nausea, even something more lighthearted, like listening to some music.

Also, since I saw your post about “Being friendly doesn’t save lives”, I thought you might appreciate House M.D. if you haven’t seen it. The main character becomes disabled after a misdiagnosed blood clot, and many disabled fans say it’s one of the rare shows that portrays that experience with realism. You might like seeing a piece of media actually portray the challenges you face in a realistic and respectful way.

Let’s hope society will soon start supporting people in actual need.

Again, I wish you the best and solidarity, comrade. ❤

Oh, that’s a shame. Maybe in a few years then.

Maybe they could build one the size of a normal SSD but with something like 500 terabytes of storage, so that you don’t risk losing it, and it still uses the State Of The Art efficency

Me too! I am so glad he’s still with us!

She’s loyal to her initials

Their oss-200b model, which is open-source (something they never did before)

Is it open source? Because from what I read it’s just open weights, which from what I know is a bit more restrictive

Anyway, I agree with everything you said. In the big picture, it is favorable for us for technology to evolve, even more so long-term. Capitalists will capitalize, nothing you can do about it.

I was half of the video yesterday, didn’t finish it yet. Very interesting how anyone, as long as they use logic and critical thinking, will end up with the same conclusions as we do.