Alright, I just want to clarify that I’ve never modded a Lemmy community before. I just have the mantra of “if nobody’s doing the right thing, do it yourself”. I was also motivated by the decision from u/spez to let an unknown AI company use Reddit’s imagery. If you know how to moderate well, please let me know. Also, feel free to discuss ways to attack AI development, and if you have evidence of AIBros being cruel and remorseless, make sure to save the evidence for people “on the fence”. Remember, we don’t know if AI is unstoppable. AI uses up loads of energy to be powered, and tons of circuitry. There may very well be an end to this cruelty, and it’s up to us to begin that end.
I’m not trying to be an ass, but the genie is out of the bottle. You’d have as much luck campaigning to shut down the internet in the 90’s.
Trust me on this one… Put your energy toward navigating a world -with- AI. As long as money is relevant, those who have it will dictate the course of civilization, and there is far too much money behind AI.
Ah yes, because we knows that if everyone does it and a lot of money is invested in it an act clearly known to be wrong will suddenly become right; like systematically hoarding labor as content and than reselling it on their behalf without having to get their consent or paying them.
I didn’t say anything about right or wrong. I’m talking about what is and why it will remain so.
Why people should be allowed to knowingly do wrong things out in the open? If they can’t justify what they are doing how will they get away with keep doing so in the long term? Why give them a shield?
I don’t think people should be allowed to, and I never said as much.
The bad things being done are being done -with- AI, not because of it. My stance is one of accepting that it’s a thing that exists in the world and it will not go away. Any energy you put into erasing it is going to be wasted. It’s here.
The humans gatekeeping the AI are the problem, not the AI.
The fact that most of humanity has given our inherent power to money, and that money (in the hands of the few) controls the world is another problem.
The absolute best thing we can do as individuals is embrace AI. The more you understand it, the more influence you will have over the path it takes, but it will not go away without some global extinction level event.