Then when they pass laws, we’re all primed to accept them removing whatever it is that advantageous them and disadvantageous us.
You mean laws like this? jfc.
This is why I say these articles are so similar to how right wing media covers issues about immigrants.
There’s some weird media push to convince the left to hate AI. Think of all the headlines for these issues. There are so many similarities. They’re taking jobs. They are a threat to our way of life. The headlines talk about how they will sexual assault your wife, your children, you. Threats to the environment. There’s articles like this where they take something known as twist it to make it sound nefarious to keep the story alive and avoid decay of interest.
Then when they pass laws, we’re all primed to accept them removing whatever it is that advantageous them and disadvantageous us.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Literally what I’m talking about. They have been pushing anti AI propaganda to alienate the left from embracing it while the right embraces it. You’re proving my point.
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
That depends on your assumption that the left would have anything relevant to gain by embracing AI (whatever that’s actually supposed to mean).
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What isn’t there to gain.
It’s power is literally to ingest language and produce all kinds of variance. We can give it talking points and ask to improve on our ideas or ask if the logic is sound. We can build good arguments and ask to give counter arguments to see how it stands.
We can use it to create memes. Create images. Find logical errors. Link to Research. It can be used to detect misinformation. It can act like a forced multiplier. It gives people who have great ideas a voice where they normally might not have felt confident in their ability. Like maybe someone had an idea to produce a comic but can’t draw. It can help create a framework at the very least so they can get their ideas down. It has flaws for sure. But it’s a great tool. Alienating the left from it while the right embraces it just seems so comically dumb and lacking of any common sense from the left. But given the past decade, it’s pretty typical.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Saw this earlier in the week and thought of you. These short, funny videos are popping up more and more and they’re only getting better. They’re sharp, engaging, and they spread like wildfire.
You strike me as someone who gets it what it means when one side embraces the latest tools while the other rejects them.
The left is still holed up on Lemmy, clinging to “Fuck AI” groups. But why? Go back to the beginning. Look at the early coverage of AI it was overwhelmingly targeted at left-leaning spaces, full of panic and doom. Compare that to how the right talks about immigration. The headlines are cut and pasted from each other. Same playbook, different topic. The media set out to alienate the left from these tools.
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Because it’s a fear-mongering angle that still sells. AI has been a vehicle for scifi for so long that trying to convince Boomers that of won’t kill us all is the hard part.
I’m a moderate user for code and skeptic of LLM abilities, but 5 years from now when we are leveraging ML models for groundbreaking science and haven’t been nuked by SkyNet, all of this will look quaint and silly.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
5 years from now? Or was it supposed to be 5 years ago?
Pretty sure we already have skynet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/…/israel-gaza-ai.html