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"plaintext": "I hate participating in AI discourse."
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"plaintext": "I really do. Mainly because most of the time I don't have anything new to bring to the table."
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"plaintext": "However, I think that a lot of people on both sides are missing each other's points, and are quickly jumping into conclusions of one another (as usual)."
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"plaintext": "I'd like to consider myself as \"neutral\" in this whole ordeal; I see the usefulness that the wacky field of artificial intelligence can bring us, but I also understand that we shouldn't really label it like a miracle pill that solves all of your problems. I worried about \"if\" and \"when\" we are going to address the ethicality of large language models—for the record, I absolutely despise copyright legislation and I think that the downsides largely overweight the upsides for indie authors, artists, and the like— because I really think that attribution is extremely important, since they piggyback on other human authors' works, and I think they also deserve recognition, as well as a way to stay afloat in this capitalist landscape."
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"plaintext": "Case in point, I am, what could be considered, an \"AI centrist\" (for the lack of a better term)."
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"plaintext": "So, if I really do \"hate participating in AI discourse\", what prompted me to, well, engage in it?"
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"plaintext": "To simply put, I am tired of it."
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"plaintext": "Both sides rehash the same arguments and the same comebacks and counterarguments. The people who want to see their fancy new technology succeed want to convince everyone to use it, claiming that it will \"replace our jobs\" and \"democratize knowledge\" (whatever that means), whereas the people on the other side, which are creatives, artists, writers, photographers, etc... claim that those people (by those i mean the ai accelerationists– is that even a real word? accelerationists?) should pick up a pencil and draw something for their own sakes, which I frankly think is stupid because those same people are also the ones who don't want to do anything for themselves."
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"plaintext": "And if we all keep doing this, we will go absolutely nowhere."
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"plaintext": "Remember NFTs?"
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"plaintext": "Because I sure as hell do."
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"plaintext": "so, NFTs, the blockchain, what about it"
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"plaintext": "I am really hitting the buzzword quota on this one, huh."
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"plaintext": "Anyway, remember how stupid and dumb those same people found NFTs? (valid)"
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"plaintext": "Also remember how \"\"cryptobros\"\" reacted? Doesn't that seem like, I don't know, the same thing that we are doing right now???"
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"plaintext": "And what happened because of it? Not much, right?"
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"plaintext": "If anything, NFTs are still there, just forgotten by the public. They still suck like they always have, too."
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"plaintext": "Also remember cryptocurrencies?"
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"plaintext": "Yeah, also there; And turns out, that a lot of people actually depend on them existing and being as unregulated as they are to even exist, since medication that they depend on is not given to them by their government. I am talking about transgender people, like me, by the way."
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"plaintext": "My point is that, no matter how hard you push something back, it will stay there. If someone likes it enough, they will keep it, they will use it, no matter how evil and fucked up you might think it is."
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"plaintext": "And that is something that a lot of people cannot wrap their heads around."
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"plaintext": "Oh, and you might be wondering, what about the blockchain?"
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"plaintext": "mate... we are using one... it's called atproto"
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"plaintext": "search \"merkle search tree atproto\" to learn more about it"
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"plaintext": "tools have multiple uses"
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"plaintext": "Believe or not."
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"plaintext": "You can use a wrench to fix your car, but you can also use one to kill a person."
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"plaintext": "Computers contain infinite knowledge, but also contain infinite knowledge, what matters is, again, the way it's used."
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"plaintext": "Also, yes, art can kill. Well, not art itself, but the idea it conveys absolutely fucking can."
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"plaintext": "data centres. they suck, yes, but not as much as you think they do"
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"plaintext": "You do realize that, by using the internet, you are communicating with some random data centre hosted by some big tech corp, right?"
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"plaintext": "You know what we also use a lot, and uses a hell of a lot more energy, contaminates the atmosphere, and is widely accepted into society? Fuel-powered cars."
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"plaintext": "I don't think it's argument one might think it is, specially because there are a fuck ton of cars, waaaay more than the amount of data centres across the globe. "
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"plaintext": "However, I do think that bypassing taxes and straight up lying to get their computers watercooled is absolutely bonkers. Just abysmal human behaviour. "
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"plaintext": "also, fuck ai art"
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"plaintext": "Just fuck it. It is not art because it does not convey any meaning, emotion or anything that might even be considered as something that art might communicate."
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"plaintext": "This was my main drive for making this post."
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"plaintext": "It's just not art."
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"plaintext": "What can we do about it?"
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"plaintext": "About what exactly?"
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"plaintext": "Humans are a complicated species. Despite calling ourselves Mother Nature's magnum opus, we actually know very little about ourselves and our surroundings. We literally can't stop ourselves from harming ourselves and the place that we live in, and it happens every other day too!"
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"plaintext": "I think there is a word for my line of thinking."
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"plaintext": "Ah, that's right! It's called \"being overly pessimistic and gloomy\"."
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"plaintext": "But I like to call it \"being realistic✨\"."
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"plaintext": "I personally do not think that a world where everyone loves each other and avoids conflicts with each other is not even remotely possible. With or without AI. With and or everyone channelling their inner Bob Ross."
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"plaintext": "Everyone has their own opinions, and everyone has disagreed with someone else about something in their life. It's about how the reaction to someone opposing your ideals and morals. "
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"plaintext": "The only way (that I know of) to have a world without war, is a world where no one can freely think for themselves, a world where the only thing you can do is to submit to people who know better than you. There is also a word for this, fascism!"
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"plaintext": "But even then, someone will eventually revel, and someone will eventually free us again. And then, the cycle will continue."
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"plaintext": "Also, fascism sucks. The fact that I had to bring this up in a blog post deeply disgusts me and I will make sure to never do that again."
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"plaintext": "So, what's the conclusion?"
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"plaintext": "Make up your own."
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"plaintext": "Just know that, there are better ways to discuss about things that doesn't end up on violence, threats, and death."
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"plaintext": "Alternatively, you could say that i'm wrong for thinking like this, send me a couple death threats on any of my accounts listed on my website, and go on with your day. You do you, not your boss."
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"textContent": "I hate participating in AI discourse.\nI really do. Mainly because most of the time I don't have anything new to bring to the table.\nHowever, I think that a lot of people on both sides are missing each other's points, and are quickly jumping into conclusions of one another (as usual).\nI'd like to consider myself as \"neutral\" in this whole ordeal; I see the usefulness that the wacky field of artificial intelligence can bring us, but I also understand that we shouldn't really label it like a miracle pill that solves all of your problems. I worried about \"if\" and \"when\" we are going to address the ethicality of large language models—for the record, I absolutely despise copyright legislation and I think that the downsides largely overweight the upsides for indie authors, artists, and the like— because I really think that attribution is extremely important, since they piggyback on other human authors' works, and I think they also deserve recognition, as well as a way to stay afloat in this capitalist landscape.\nCase in point, I am, what could be considered, an \"AI centrist\" (for the lack of a better term).\n\n---\nSo, if I really do \"hate participating in AI discourse\", what prompted me to, well, engage in it?\nTo simply put, I am tired of it.\nBoth sides rehash the same arguments and the same comebacks and counterarguments. The people who want to see their fancy new technology succeed want to convince everyone to use it, claiming that it will \"replace our jobs\" and \"democratize knowledge\" (whatever that means), whereas the people on the other side, which are creatives, artists, writers, photographers, etc... claim that those people (by those i mean the ai accelerationists– is that even a real word? accelerationists?) should pick up a pencil and draw something for their own sakes, which I frankly think is stupid because those same people are also the ones who don't want to do anything for themselves.\nAnd if we all keep doing this, we will go absolutely nowhere.\nRemember NFTs?\nBecause I sure as hell do.\nso, NFTs, the blockchain, what about it\n> I am really hitting the buzzword quota on this one, huh.\nAnyway, remember how stupid and dumb those same people found NFTs? (valid)\nAlso remember how \"\"cryptobros\"\" reacted? Doesn't that seem like, I don't know, the same thing that we are doing right now???\nAnd what happened because of it? Not much, right?\nIf anything, NFTs are still there, just forgotten by the public. They still suck like they always have, too.\nAlso remember cryptocurrencies?\nYeah, also there; And turns out, that a lot of people actually depend on them existing and being as unregulated as they are to even exist, since medication that they depend on is not given to them by their government. I am talking about transgender people, like me, by the way.\nMy point is that, no matter how hard you push something back, it will stay there. If someone likes it enough, they will keep it, they will use it, no matter how evil and fucked up you might think it is.\nAnd that is something that a lot of people cannot wrap their heads around.\nOh, and you might be wondering, what about the blockchain?\nmate... we are using one... it's called atproto\nsearch \"merkle search tree atproto\" to learn more about it\ntools have multiple uses\nBelieve or not.\nNothing is black and white, everything has colours.\nYou can use LLMs for good, you can use them for evil.\nYou can use a wrench to fix your car, but you can also use one to kill a person.\nComputers contain infinite knowledge, but also contain infinite knowledge, what matters is, again, the way it's used.\nAlso, yes, art can kill. Well, not art itself, but the idea it conveys absolutely fucking can.\ndata centres. they suck, yes, but not as much as you think they do\nYou do realize that, by using the internet, you are communicating with some random data centre hosted by some big tech corp, right?\nYou know what we also use a lot, and uses a hell of a lot more energy, contaminates the atmosphere, and is widely accepted into society? Fuel-powered cars.\nI don't think it's argument one might think it is, specially because there are a fuck ton of cars, waaaay more than the amount of data centres across the globe. \nHowever, I do think that bypassing taxes and straight up lying to get their computers watercooled is absolutely bonkers. Just abysmal human behaviour. \nalso, fuck ai art\nJust fuck it. It is not art because it does not convey any meaning, emotion or anything that might even be considered as something that art might communicate.\nThis was my main drive for making this post.\nIt's just not art.\n(by art i mean prose, paintings, videos, photography, composing music, and other creative arts that have been traditionally been done by humans)\nWhat can we do about it?\nAbout what exactly?\nHumans are a complicated species. Despite calling ourselves Mother Nature's magnum opus, we actually know very little about ourselves and our surroundings. We literally can't stop ourselves from harming ourselves and the place that we live in, and it happens every other day too!\nI think there is a word for my line of thinking.\nAh, that's right! It's called \"being overly pessimistic and gloomy\".\nBut I like to call it \"being realistic✨\".\nI personally do not think that a world where everyone loves each other and avoids conflicts with each other is not even remotely possible. With or without AI. With and or everyone channelling their inner Bob Ross.\nEveryone has their own opinions, and everyone has disagreed with someone else about something in their life. It's about how the reaction to someone opposing your ideals and morals. \nThe only way (that I know of) to have a world without war, is a world where no one can freely think for themselves, a world where the only thing you can do is to submit to people who know better than you. There is also a word for this, fascism!\nBut even then, someone will eventually revel, and someone will eventually free us again. And then, the cycle will continue.\nAlso, fascism sucks. The fact that I had to bring this up in a blog post deeply disgusts me and I will make sure to never do that again.\nFuck fascism.\nSo, what's the conclusion?\nThere isn't one. I refuse to make one.\nMake up your own.\nJust know that, there are better ways to discuss about things that doesn't end up on violence, threats, and death.\nAlternatively, you could say that i'm wrong for thinking like this, send me a couple death threats on any of my accounts listed on my website, and go on with your day. You do you, not your boss.\n\n---\nsidenote: I am writing a less charged blog post. At the time of writing this, I am a thousand words in, and is going to be a review of multiple tools and applications that i've decided to out try this month.\nIf you are into that, or if you just like bunnies ranting on the web, consider subscribing via RSS, or using your atmosphere account by using pckt's or Leaflet's reader options.",
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