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- Comment on YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them... 1 week ago:
I mean there is extensive research on the topic of incentives and how powerful they are. But sure you can go on and believe that humans aren’t subject to being manipulated that way. Have a nice day
- Comment on YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them... 1 week ago:
People following incentives blah-bkah is people being morons. See also “I was following orders” fallacy applied to army
No? It’s being smart in the system around you. It might be unethical but following the incentives is the easy and profitable option. the incentives are set by the system in which you are living. Capitalism.
Capitalism strives for something? Niice. And I thought “economic system” does not have any strivings
I’m not sure where you got this. Economic, or broader, any social system strives for some kind of goal. Otherwise society wouldn’t have implemented them. In the case of capitalism that goal is return on investments.
Anything has to be enforced because we consistently fail to produce developed and balanced humans. Whatever -ism you try to build around what kind of people we have now, it will fail. So cut the crap about capitalism already
The idea that there could be “developed and balanced” humans that would just resist the drive for profit that dominates our whole economy is just so flawed. We should try to make humans that fit the economic model. We should try to make an economic model that fits the humans we have. And the humans we have largely follow the incentives provided by the system, no matter how unethical the outcomes might be.
- Comment on YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them... 1 week ago:
It’s not people being morons it’s people following the incentives of the system and fulfilling the responsibilities given to them by the companies they work for. Both of those are directly tied to capitalism.
How exactly do you think that Wikipedia page disputes that companies are incentivised to maximize profit over everything else? It clearly says that
However, the doctrine of shareholder primacy has been criticized for being at odds with corporate social responsibility and other legal obligations.
The social responsibilities have to be enforced from the outside exactly because they are “at odds” with what companies would do without that enforcement.
- Comment on YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them... 1 week ago:
And how does capitalism have anything to do with it?
Oh that’s a rhetorical question right?
Under capitalism companies have one and only one responsibility: making the most profit from the capital invested in them. This means that the responsibilities of all employees, even/especially those deciding how the company should act, are driven by this directive. A CEO would not be fulfilling their responsibilities to the shareholders if they made decisions that lower their profits without being forced by law to make those decisions.
companies do not exist. Humans do
Companies forwards their directive of maximizing profits to the humans that are employed by these companies.
- Comment on YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them... 1 week ago:
The concept of responsibility that hard to grasp?
For companies that seems to be case yeah
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
Have you not noticed that the Windows search has become a meme for being really useful in windows seven and useless in newer versions because it started
- Searching the web and asking an ai for answers without you wanting that
- In consequence syphoning out each and every search promt
- Displaying fucking ads in the fucking search results
And that’s just one example that’s obvious enough to become a meme
- Comment on French President Emmanuel Macron announces €100 billion investments in AI 2 months ago:
Or just 10 billion into the school system? Please? Anything?
- Comment on Elon Musk vows revenge on Boston University worker who threatened his nerd army 2 months ago:
The people that get 80k aren’t the ones responsible for the fact that most make less than that. It’s the ones that own shit. You know, the rich. Antagonizing each other won’t help anyone have a better life, we can only get a better life for everyone if we recognise that.
- Comment on Elon Musk vows revenge on Boston University worker who threatened his nerd army 2 months ago:
Advocating violence because you’re a fucking edgy social justice warrior who thinks everyone should eat the rich (even tho you’re likely making more money than the average US worker anyway!) is total bullshit.
Tell me you don’t understand how class solidarity works without telling me you don’t understand how class solidarity works
- Comment on Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s popular new AI chatbot. It didn’t stop a single one. 3 months ago:
This isn’t about lack of censorship. The censorship is obviously there, it’s just implemented badly.
- Comment on But yes. 5 months ago:
Nuclear: the sky spiciness got too spicy and turned into spicy rocks
- Comment on Trump seizes control of U.S. presidential election after winning North Carolina AND Georgia 6 months ago:
Love me some victim mentality even in victory. At least you’re consistent
- Comment on Funky Little Rodents 6 months ago:
Well now I am imagining cows in silly costumes trying to trick the machine into not recognising them