ContrarianTrail
@ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee
I prioritize ethics over optics even if it means facing criticism.
Sharing my honest beliefs, welcoming constructive debates, and embracing the potential for evolving viewpoints. Independent thinker navigating through conversations without allegiance to any particular side.
- Comment on If Donald Trump was black, would he have made it this far in politics? 11 hours ago:
You think the white supermacists would vote Kamala / Hillary / Biden rather than Kanye?
- Comment on An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts 11 hours ago:
Did anyone stop to ask themselves if we even would want to watch AI videos?
Of course not.
Shitty AI videos? No. Good ones? Sure.
- Comment on Is it fair to ask individuals to make significant changes to their lifestyles to combat climate change?" 1 day ago:
Nothing wrong with asking as long as you’re also willing to accept no as an answer. If you’re going to attact them for refusing, then it wasn’t really a question in the first place but rather a demand masked as one.
Also, I’m not sure if this is the correct community to ask this.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
Well that’s not just how I see it, that’s how it is.
Also, piracy is illegal. If you think taking copyrighted work of others without permission and training your AI with it should be illegal aswell, then there’s no contradiction there. The people I do take issue with is the ones who see an issue with training AI but not with online piracy.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
But piracy saves you money which is effectively the same as making a profit. Also, it’s not just that they’re selling other people’s work for profit. You’re also paying for the insane amount of computing power it takes to train and run the AI plus salaries of the workers etc.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
Then please explain how pirating movies or games doesn’t cause harm to other people but training AI with the copyrighted work of others does.
In both cases you’re taking something for free that you’re expected to pay for. In both cases there’s someone not getting paid. The only difference between the two that I can see is the scale which is irrelevant from the point of view of the argument I’m making which is that it’s hypocritical to be against one but not the other.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
Exactly. The difference is in people’s head. Not in the act in of itself.
Thief steals a lollipop. Who cares?
Thief steals a car. We care.
Both are still thieves.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
They wouldn’t have bought all the content they have pirated if piracy was not an option but they would have bought some of it.
Piracy has saves money. Saving money means I have more money to spend on other things. Earning money means I have more money to spend on other things. There’s no practical difference between the two.
In my view, my point still stands; being against one but not the other is hypocritical.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
There’s no practical difference between the two.
If I save 100 bucks a month from my expenses it means I have an extra 100 bucks to spend on something else.
If I earn additional 100 bucks a month it means I have an extra 100 bucks to spend on something else.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
They’re saving money which is effectively the same thing.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
No, but they’re saving money which is effectively the same thing. There’s no practical difference between earning 50 bucks and getting a 50 buck discount.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
I don’t see how this addresses my question. Just because someone is causing bigger harm it doesn’t justify causing a little harm. Stealing a lollipop is less bad than stealing a car but it’s still both stealing. AI companies can afford paying for the material just like online pirate can afford paying for the movie.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
Making a copy is free. Making the original is not. I don’t expect a professional photographer to hand out their work for free because making copies of it costs nothing.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
It’s not stealing though. The original source material is still there. They just made a copy of it. Just like online pirates do.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 1 week ago:
I never fully figured out how the people who are against AI companies using copyrighted content on the training data fit that in with their general attitude towards online piracy. Seems contradictory to be against one but not another.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 1 week ago:
Thank god for hexbear and lemmygrad though. Imagine the effort needed to block them all individually if spread over all the other instances.
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations. 1 week ago:
Oh, no I totally get it. I’m well aware I’m in the tiny minority that are put off by them. It’s just the kind of illusion that once it gets broken you can no longer unsee it.
It’s the same with clickbait headlines. If it’s a question, the answer is no.
“Is this the end of Russia?”
No.
keeps on scrolling
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations. 1 week ago:
Well that’s a thumbnail I’d never click on
- Comment on Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube 2 weeks ago:
The recommendation algorithm is the reason I use YouTube. Well over half of the videos I’m watching are from channels I’m not even subscribed to. Ads can be blocked as always.
- Comment on I think I am socially ostrasized, what should I do? 2 weeks ago:
Everyone, just like you, are thinking about themselves. Nobody is thinking about you.
- Comment on Why do boomers hate squirrels so much? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I know how clickbait titles work. “Who do boomers with birdfeeders hate squirrels so much” would’ve been the accurate and non-clickbait version of this one. It’s no different from a news headline saying “USA will ban ICE cars by the year 2035” and then in the article itself it specifies that it’s about the sale of new cars.
That’s besides the point anyway. My argument equally addresses the over-generalization made in the body, which you conveniently ignore and focus on defending the title and attacking me as a person rather than what I’m saying, ad hominem.
Every boomer with a bird feeder hates squirrels.
That is an absolute statement claiming that every single boomer with a bird feeder hates squirrels. Not 50% of them, not 80%, not 99%, not 99.999% but 100% of them. That is an over generalization which I disagree with which leads us back to my original comment; I disagree with the premise. Not every boomer hates squirrels. Not even every boomer with a bird feeder.
- Comment on Why do boomers hate squirrels so much? 2 weeks ago:
And I think you don’t like admiting it’s bit of an clickbait title.
My comment was very clear; I disagree with both, the assumption made in the title and I equally disagree with it after reading the subtext. Implying all boomers with birdfeeders hate squirrels is over-generalization.
- Comment on Discussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea. 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ve always wondered what the mind would be like on someone that doesn’t know any languages. Would something like anxiety or rumimation even be possible for a person like that?
- Comment on Discussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea. 2 weeks ago:
I appreciate your thoughtful response, but I think you may have slightly missed what I meant by that. My point was about the inherent limitations of language as a medium for conveying abstract ideas, not necessarily about how humans interact with one another on a more deeper level.
Language, while powerful, is inherently concrete. Words and phrases are symbols that stand in for the ideas, emotions, and experiences we want to share. But just like a photograph of a beautiful view, language can’t fully capture the essence of what we’re trying to communicate. When we translate an abstract idea into words, some nuance or richness is inevitably lost, much like how a 2D image can’t convey the full depth, sound, and emotion of the original scene.
You’re absolutely right that human interaction involves much more than just words, like body language, tone, and physical presence all play roles in communication. And that’s exactly why being in the same room as someone can create a richer, more immersive exchange. But even in those situations, we’re still mostly using language to translate our thoughts into something the other person can understand. The point I was making is about the gap between the abstract idea and its expression through language and how something can get lost in translation, regardless of how well we try to convey it.
Showing an idea, rather than explaining it, would therefor be equivalent to letting the person experience that beautiful view first-hand instead of via a photograph. It may still not have the same effect on them that it had to you, but atleast now you’re both thinking about the same thing.
- Comment on Why do boomers hate squirrels so much? 2 weeks ago:
The title talks about boomers in general. Only in the subtext is it specified to mean the ones with birdfeeders.
- Comment on Why do boomers hate squirrels so much? 2 weeks ago:
Loud noises? The only noise I’ve heard a squirrel make is the “Tsk, tsk, tsk” -sound while agressively staring me down and whipping their tail and it’s not by any means loud.
- Comment on Why do boomers hate squirrels so much? 2 weeks ago:
I disagree with the premise. Not every boomer hates squirrels. Not even every boomer with a bird feeder.
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- Comment on Research shows more than 80% of AI projects fail, wasting billions of dollars in capital and resources: Report 2 weeks ago:
Ad hominem and circular reasoning isn’t a valid argument. You’re not even attempting to convince me otherwise, you’re just being a jerk.
- Comment on Research shows more than 80% of AI projects fail, wasting billions of dollars in capital and resources: Report 2 weeks ago:
“Nobody is trying AGI” is simply just not true. If you think what they’re doing will never lead to AGI, then that’s an opinion you’re free to have, but it’s still just that; an opinion.