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They will still push it onto us because it’s a way to monopolize creativity and control the public, it was always about suppression of humanity.

All the companies and execs pushing staff to embrace AI without any idea how it can be added to workflows to improve productivity and staff lives is insane. I keep hearing execs telling staff to embrace AI or be left behind is stupid

Another fad I’m eagerly waiting to disappear: cashback.

Discussing VR with my games class last week, I like to point out that claims of inevitably are claims of power--who has the power to resist & refuse the top-down imposition of a tech?

3D TVs?? I've never heard of this :o The fact that I didn't, probably explains itself lol. (reply attempt 2 because my internet is being extra crap this morning. if you see two replies I'm sorry. I couldn't even see the 1 I posted ^^")

I think the big thing is the sunk cost. They need something to pivot the hardware and real estate investments in, a lot of the companies feel like they're sniffing around hosting fascists surveillance technology but that leaves Nvidia out on a ledge (besides the very bad social effects)

Yep. And that contributes to the false perception that its "everywhere" and "everyone is using it". But the reality is that it's not being used for anything beyond novelty, and far from making money on it, companies like OpenAI are losing $ on every free user - which is the vast majority.

The rhetoric and investment does remind me a lot of early Metaverse stuff. That's encouraging.

The significant difference is the class of people the product is being sold to. LLM products are B2B. They're not consumer products. B2B is special in that B2B products don't need to work in order to keep getting sold for 30 years.

Many must die so they can use 99% of the energy to possibly cure cancer in 10-15 years. The thunderhead hangs dark and vivid, like a bruise. Centuries before, it had its place when evil concentrated and kindness fell; severing evil's head into artisan crafted basket. ❤

"But it's 'progress!" Yeah, and who gets to decide what counts as progress? We don't just have to accept the definition of those who happen to profit from it.

Oh and let's not forget VR, the "future of gaming". Everyone has it, right?

The only way it’s inevitable is if the machines have already taken over and are propagating themselves. Until then, it’s fully within human capability to stop it.

Even though I love GeForce Now, I agree with you.

Laser discs!

Just let us skip to the end so we can get back to real art when I'm looking for inspiration for D&D.

Remember when cities were going to need to be rebuilt from the ground up because everyone would be racing around on Segways?

There is also other type of AI that just abide by a set of rule and learn only from their data.

But my apes!

Blank? BLANK!? You're missing the big picture here!!!

Indeed. All of the language sounds like the same shit abusers say to their partners or kids to try and convince them not to leave. "You won't do any better than me, I'm an inevitability, you can't escape me." It's abusive scrub language, & should be treated as such.

"AI just invented a new colour. It just sort of looks like a shade of blue. Your nan's sofa was that exact colour, you're sure of it. But trust us, it's totally brand new and exciting."