I am not an AI hater, it helps me automate many of the more mundane tasks of my job or the things I don’t ever have time for.
I also feel that change management is a big factor with any paradigm shifting technology, as is with LLMs. I recall when some people said that both the PC and the internet were going to be just a fad.
Nonetheless, all the reasons you’ve mentioned are the same ones that give me concern about AI.
This is one of my favorite drinks! I’ll often add a dash of vanilla if I’m not getting it from the rum.
Perhaps be more descriptive and abstract?
“The clouds cry tears unto the land.”
This seems like a tragedy of the commons line of thinking, with a dash of whataboutism.
I’m reminded of the quote “be the change you wish to see in the world.”
If you wish to reduce plastic consumption, perhaps the single step along that journey begins with you.
And if that journey includes sacrifices that you are not willing to make, then it’s good to be cognizant of that, so that you understand your impact on the world and the consequences your decisions have upon your future self.
Distilling this to an example you mentioned above, if you are unwilling to use bar soap, then perhaps look for bath products where some of the company profits go towards environmental restoration. Depending on the company, it may not mitigate your full impact, but reduce is one of the 3 tenets of sustainability.
I think it’s important that consider that, for now, we only have this one spaceship.
Oh look, 8.4 billion in more made up money.
In other news, I think I just learned why Elon got more weird all of a sudden about 6 years ago. P. Thiel funding his brain chips? New conspiracy theory just dropped.
If Bernie can cross over the aisle and author a bill with a Republican, then I think all of us could gain from a little humility.
I’d call that pile on of more work productivity. If you can get 20 blankets a day with automation instead of 20 a month without, and they’re of similar quality, then why wouldn’t you?
Now you put automation in front of a good coder and all the sudden that video game that used to take 5 years to make, only takes a year. Again, all good if you can approach similar quality.
Back 500 years ago, only the wealthiest could afford a fine blanket and it would take ages to produce. Nowadays anyone can purchase one at their preferred store. Automation has increased productivity and thus democratized purchasing power.
There are still billions on this planet that struggle to survive. Billions we could potentially pull out of poverty. Why stop the automation train now when the tracks show that we have further to go?
For each one of you, there are 1.2 people on the other side of the aisle who think they’re just as right as you think you are.
If you want to reach them, may I suggest you try honey rather than vinegar.
Honey has the added bonus of converting to mead.
If you look at the world through gray shaded glasses, you might think the world to be dull.
I’m not sure that we should celebrate the deaths of millions as a boon to society. I Imagine all the beautiful contributions to the arts, innovations and society that we missed out on.
I’ll believe it when I see it. Someone has to maintain the buildings and people as they age. Without people you don’t have a society. Norms break down, culture breaks down and then some other group will come in to fill the void.
I was in Salt Lake City yesterday. Was one of the most bike friendly cities I’ve ever been to in the US. A group ride with 100s of people was happening until midnight. There was also decent public transportation and tons of rentable bicycles and scooters galore. Ya’ll should be proud of what you’ve done there downtown.
Granted it was still an American city. There was still loud car traffic and lengthy timed crosswalks.
But it did give me an idea. What if cars were prohibited from downtown? If there were well placed parking decks surrounding the square? What if shipping trucks used back alleys or were infrequent enough that they could drive on walking surfaces? People would walk or use bikes or scooters to get where they need to go. Perhaps a hop-on-hop-off train or buses or tram for longer commutes for those who cannot or choose not to walk?
The streets would be quiet. Green spaces abound interspersed among the buildings. The city could be built for people and life instead of cars.
Or perhaps the dollars are being factored into to other workstreams in the system. We may be comparing apples to oranges here.
I’d first like to understand the diffs of what comprises that 30% more calculation, from there we can explore why the fundraisers are needed.
I wish people would spend 10% of the time that they doomscroll towards activism. 15-30 minutes a day in real life. Join groups that align with your worldviews. Meet face to face, donate, call representatives, volunteer.
If we all did that across the country, our numbers would be so overwhelming that the people pulling this shit would be put back in whatever hole they crawled out of.
But instead, we all sit here, reading this, wringing our hands, doing nothing but worrying, and they pick us off one by one, among the nearly silent tap tap taps of our fingers on our phones.