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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutānāpaste it into its own post ā thereās no quota for posting and the bar really isnāt that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this, and happy new year in advance.)
Techdirt - 2024: AI Panic Flooded The Zone, Leading To A Backlash
oh, typical techdirt eu-bashing, this time again because we have regulations.
(i wouldnāt be surprised if theyāre conflating regulations with panic on purpose and packing valid criticism of llms and image plagiarism generators with the ridiculous tescreal screeds just to discredit the former; masnickās primary stance was always extreme tech libertarianism and american exceptionalism, and the whole publication follows this)
While a good description of how AI Doom has progressed during 2024, I think the connection to regulation (at least the EU regulation, I am not familiar with what was proposed in California) is of the mark.
The EU regulation isnāt aimed at AI Doom, itās aimed at banning and regulating real world practices. Think personal data, not AI going conscious.
I think thatās something to keep an eye on. The existence of the AI doom cult does not preclude there being good-faith regulations that can significantly reduce these peopleās ability and incentives to do harm. Indeed the technology is so expensive and ineffective that if we can find a āreasonable compromiseā plan to curb the most blatant kinds of abuse and exploitation we could easily see the whole misbegotten enterprise wither on the vine.