Comment on Universal basic income needed to cushion blow from AI job losses, says UK minister
tetris11@feddit.uk 17 hours agoOh no, I agree that the rich have invested too much into AI to have no choice but to evangelize its usage. I just took issue with your framing that humans in general are stupid when it comes to perceived threats, and used a famous line before an invasion to punctuate it
kbal@fedia.io 16 hours ago
The madness we collectively suffer from with respect to AI comes from vastly exaggerated estimates of its powers, mainly by those who covet the power they think it will give them. That's all my original comment was intending to say.
Those who are credulous enough to shun AI because they fear that it will soon enslave humanity by the sheer force of its magnificently irresistible intellectual superpowers are also around, but although the pervasive criti-hype is exhausting, it's obviously not the cause of our current troubles. If that's what you thought I was talking about, perhaps you are among them?
Anyway I can't believe the mania hasn't burnt itself out yet. Maybe next year.
tetris11@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
Who am I, but a servant of the great powers sent to dismantle your impassable fortitude…
Jesus calm your tits, plenty of people don’t see AI itself as the problem but the way it is currently being wielded, is. The Luddites weren’t anti-machine, they were more than happy to use the new tech, but not for a loss of livelihood. That. That’s what people refer to when they say AI is bad, and I think you know that.
kbal@fedia.io 12 hours ago
Yeah — I was just trying to guess at what prompted your initial reaction. I still don't get it. Now it seems like you're saying approximately the same thing my initial comment did.
tetris11@feddit.uk 9 hours ago
I think we’re in violent agreement with each other, you tit!