Now they have ample opportunity to fuck up in front of everyone.

Making racists openly uncomfortable without changing their minds just makes them use dog-whistles, sneakier tactics, and play martyr; and when the ruling authorities (like the government, powerful corporations, world leaders) fuck up, racists can just take advantage of that. The great irony is that “End Racism” is doing everything but actually ending racism, because actually ending racism would be a threat to a lot of people in power, namely the police who rely on fear of Black people, mega-corporations who scapegoat Jews, countless corporations who rely on prison labor, ICE agents who’d be put out of a job if immigrants were welcomed in, and so on and so forth. Racists, from 2008 to 2024, were not foreign, dangerous wolves who needed to be shoved back into the forest. They were rich, well-respected, and relied on racism for their powerful position in society.

We’re going to have to develop anti-drone tactics.

I’d say that the Overton Window is certainly weaponized by the right-wing.

They include the phrase being directed at them within schools or chanted by young boys in classes.

Young boys are following the misogynist Pied Piper and all the parents are just letting it happen. FFS

Eh, you’re welcome here.

I mean, that wouldn’t just solve the climate crisis, that would also get people to talk to each other, help people exercise, cut down on pollution…

Immeasurably great reporting. This was painful to yet, but a blessing to know.

I blame the attempt to make devices user-friendly. Convenience kills skill.

Like my second, albeit braindead, systems administrator on my shoulder

I think the more important part is that your systems administrator is braindead. I know it’s hyperbolic, but you can certainly learn coding (Link 2) and Spanish (Link 2) yourself.

I think Generative AI should just be scrapped. Nobody needs hyperrealistic photos and videos, or chatbots, or any of that shit. The main problems of the world are not technological, but legal. Too many laws are enacted for the benefit of robber-barons, and unless they are scrapped, I have no faith in my legal system.

You should look at the energy cost of AI. It’s not a miracle machine.

There are a few problems, tho. 1 2 3 4 5 6

Oh. Well then, replace “AI” with “generative AI”. I may have been a bit confused there. In that case, we are perfectly fine without generative AI, and it has guzzled resources and manpower. For such a cost, what is the return? You can look at this Hill article, or you can look at fake studies, or other ways GenAI has been harmful. Stuff like the A* search algorithm didn’t require jumbo subsidies for it to work properly, and it isn’t making the internet as it is worse.

So that’s what I’m saying. I have yet to find an argument proving, successfully, that generative AI is worth the cost.

AI has existed for less than a decade. We are fine without AI. You can’t just look at something still being built, with loads of problems, and call it irreplaceable. Nobody depends on AI for their survival, they depend on water, clean air, and other resources that AI is taking away. It’s also taking people’s jobs that, again, they need for their survival.

Stop emulating Elon Musk and get some sleep.

And what’s the point of developing this technology, anyway? What problem does destroying the veracity of photographs solve?

Oh, it didn’t actually link to 12ft.io. It’s still very useful for overcoming paywalls, tho.

Make sure to use 12ft.io to get over the paywall.

I’m should add b12 “It is used to impersonate celebrities” and b13 “It is used to sell scams” next draft. Found this thanks to Flying Squid

I mean, I doubt that an organization dedicated to shifting public perception would use AI for pornography lmao