Innit it's being trained in ways that don't really accomodate anyone outside of the very specific techbro american culture where they're being trained too.

AI moderation for example HATES communities that are culturally british, or australian, or new zealand, the english-speaking countries that are generally much more relaxed about language they use and I'm not just talking about the slurs either. I mean just generally american "civility" bs is built into the analysis and it's fucked. Nothing I've written here would be considered bad by a Brit but if I put this in a tiktok or youtube comment it won't post, it'll be automoderated for harassment or some shit.

Literally everyone outside an extremely narrow white techbro american interpretation of correct social behaviour is going to be screwed by all this stuff. It's genuinely culturally insensitive and intrusive. I can't really say how this differs for non-English speaking countries, I assume the AI training is not as good or not implemented there. Generally the issue is that all "English" speakers are expected to interact by american standards and not their own. This is effectively going to train a generation of people into acting like yanks and I fucking hate it.

Sorry, went off on a tangent here but yes I'm extremely interesting in the neurodiversity angle on the same topic because I am frustrated by this rubbish literally every single day.

One interesting thing I have noticed is that many of the "early adopters" are freaking out over how good "AI Search" is now. I have literally heard people say, "Google search used to be awesome, but now it sucks, but this new AI Search that I'm paying for is just as good as Google search used to be. I love it!" Which is insane to me. They do not seem to realize that a corporation has 1) given them something for free, 2) made the free thing shitty for no reason, then 3) charged them money for the thing that used to be free using a third-party app. And the tech-bros are EXCITED to be paying for this thing that used to be free. Not even realizing the amount of wasted energy, human suffering, and environmental damage is being caused by this unbelievably wasteful system. Truly a cult-leader based economy among the top 1% of earners.

Would love to hear a more insider take on it.

I'm convinced the Microsoft Recall shit is going to be used to watch people's screens at work and generate reports about everything people do at their desks. The boss wants you to function like a machine. They want work performed at a constant, measurable rate, with no variation through the day.

Quite a few years ago, the "algorithms are made of pure objective logic and therefore have unbiased output" bazinga speakers were saying anything they could about facial recognition software deciding that beautiful people were all mysteriously one particular skin color .

The only thing new is the amount of hype, the even more feverish Singularity(tm) fantasy beliefs in play, and the drastically increased carbon waste output and energy demands.

I find the pretend-friendly text presentation of the treat printers (especially Le Epic Grok) to be abrasive to read, like a very obnoxious fake friend that keeps telling the same unfunny jokes.

YES please.

So sick of this AI bazinga bulletin that's gotten to the point where new laptops are shipping with a dedicated Copilot key

Yes, that would be of interest! When I look at the "AI" stuff I get the feeling that it will be used to discriminate against us, but I don't know any specific details. Your experience with it is much more direct, so please tell us

Ping me when you post?

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100%. It’s legit starting to reach unimaginable levels of bad as more and more continue to uncritically accept Silicon Valley’s latest scourge on humanity

Yes I was literally saying this to someone recently.

Gib corgislop

Ping me when you post that effortpost, please!

Do tell, sounds interesting

I think it's an observation many people have made independently, you're definitely not alone in thinking that way. I think Paris Marx said something to this effect on his newsletter I think.

Would definitely love to read your perspective on it!

P. S. Just read this great article by one of my favorite authors: https://aeon.co/essays/can-computers-think-no-they-cant-actually-do-anything might be useful or interesting for your post.

yes please

Oh, yeah and I expect anyone here doing AI training to speak entirely in Maoist Standard English.

Seriously though I'm seeing what marketing companies and current Bazinga hype guys are doing an I'm thinking of making my own effort post, both on their unconscious (sometimes conscious) fascist leanings and how even the "left" of the field who are trying to mitigate the dystopia they're creating cannot help but create the exact same dystopia but with more Bitcoin and a shiny gloss.

Let's get it! Ping me when it's done, I'd love to read it.

YES PLEASE

YES 🎉

sounds fascinating, lay it on us

it's trained on reddit

It doesn't really cater towards anyone