• thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      Hot take: what most people call AI (large language and diffusion models) is, in fact, part of peak capitalism:

      • relies on ill gotten gains (training data obtained without permission, payment or licensing)
      • aims to remove human workers from the workforce within a system that (for many) requires them to work because capitalism has removed the bulk of social safety netting
      • currently has no real route to profit at any reasonable price point
      • speculative at best
      • reinforces the concentration of power amongst a few tech firms
      • will likely also result in regulatory capture with the large firms getting legislation passed that only they can provide “AI” safely

      I could go on but hopefully that’s adequate as a PoV.

      “AI” is just one of cherries on top of late stage capitalism that embodies the worst of all it.

      So I don’t disagree - but felt compelled to share.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.au
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      9 hours ago

      Kinda like people focusing on petty crime and ignoring the fact that corporations steal billions from us.

      We as a society give capitalism such a blanket pass, that we don’t even consider what it actually is.