A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
Our Goals
“Maybe the young people are stupid enough to accept it”
Bleh.
They are.
Had an argument with a more junior member of my team on Friday. I described the ethical, environmental, and CS-domain-related objections I have to LLMs. His response was that “it’s just another tool in the toolbox” (my opinion: yes and no, and I could write a doctoral thesis on the “no” part)
For a little while, the US considered using nuclear weapons for geologic purposes. It was never operationally implemented because it's an objectively horrible idea, but at the time, nuclear stuff was the hot new tool in the toolbox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare
AI is also terrible, just in a less tangible way.
Thunderbirds International Rescue had a nuclear mining episode IIRC.
Seeing posts about AI lately, I'm quite convinced the people are stupid enough to accept it, unfortunately.
I just had a guy in his early thirties gush at great length about making AI "art" and "music", literally right after talking about how he highly values artistic creation. It was gross.
Anyone who thinks they can replace real people with AI slop is in for a rude awakening. While this stuff is interesting as a novelty it always gets boring very quickly. The stochastic parrot can only regurgitate existing content, not create anything original.
why do they post taunting articles like this in their news outlets
do they understand mortality or what
Consider:
"Capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction"
vs.
"Capitalism subsumes all critique."
radio
The last desperate gasp of a dying industry putting the last nail in it's own coffin.