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Stargirl
@thea.codes

I've started to notice that many of the most "critical"/"skeptical"/"practical" takes on AI are so steeped in pro-AI framing that they immediately give away the plot. They can't say a sideways word without first rolling out platitudes as if to calm the pro-AI before the mildest take.

Stargirl
@thea.codes

The problem is that this framing grants these platitudes validity. "AI is here to stay, but...", "AI is changing [x] industry...", "AI is useful in [x] context" & so on and it's so tired and contrite that we're bought into the framing. Most recently I saw "AI amplifies what's already there"...

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David Ross
@cdaveross.bsky.social

That last one reads like a sleek way to claim both sides. "If you get a good result, it's because you're an expert! If you get a bad result, it must've been bad to begin with. Can't blame AI for that!" Like amplifying bad patterns is somehow neutral, b/c it could've been good (excluding the world)

Stargirl
@thea.codes

And I can't help but just bark at that. Because what the fuck do you mean, amplified? It's a mediocrity machine at best, so what it adds is more *slop*. I suppose if you're already slinging slop it looks multiplicative instead of additive.

Stargirl
@thea.codes

"AI is changing the way we work", why? How? And for who's fucking benefit? Because the work output sucks and y'all are mostly just firing people so who the fuck asked for this?

Stargirl
@thea.codes

We lost the fuckin plot and ceded too much ground because it seems like we're unable to effectively argue against the very existence of frontier LLMs. The capitalists don't give a shit about water, power, productivity, or any of that shit. If we're fighting within their frame we're losing everytime.

Stargirl
@thea.codes

Like they're totally fine letting these things literally talk people into killing themselves and you think we're going to put a dent in it by talking about the fucking impact it has on the planet? You lost before you opened your mouth.

Bohdan Pavuk
@bpavuk.neocities.org

LLMs are economically unsustainable, the only two frontier AI companies are yet to turn profit, and Google even went cash-negative in one month. sure, we will have open models, e.g. DeepSeek, left as an artifact of the era, but they will become irrelevant without expensive retraining updates fast