▲ 293 ▼ A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy | Content generated by artificial intelligence has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters & discrediting elections (www.nytimes.com) submitted 1 year ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (12 children) Atoada so. I fuckin atoadaso. permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [+] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -13 points 1 year ago* (11 children) Yea so let's alienate the left against it while the right embraces it. Fucking brilliant guys. Or or or maybe let's keep spreading reasons the left should hate instead of embrace it so that we allow laws which leave it absolutely gutless for us but still has all the power and features for them to use against us. Then we can get more content from starving artist charging $100 monthly patrons to their Garfield clone webcomic while the right keep winning public opinion and elections and taking away our rights. Let's see how that plays out cotton. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (10 children) Please circle the big flaw in your response. The rest of the class will wait. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [+] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -7 points 1 year ago (9 children) How's that Republican presidency and supreme court. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (8 children) Again. Read your comment. Where's your flaw. What did I say and what are you saying? You'll see the issue real quick if you're honest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (7 children) Take this another way then. You toadaso what? That AI is bad? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (6 children) ah, better response. that unrestrained implementation of such dangerous tech would be implemented in nefarious ways. Super useful. super dangerous. needs to be implemented with extreme safety rails. the tool aint bad, people are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children) Oh yea? Nefarious? So it's a pretty powerful tool. Bad people will get regardless. And you're building a narrative among your peers that they need to alienate themselves from it. So what I said is spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -13 points 1 year ago* (11 children) Yea so let's alienate the left against it while the right embraces it. Fucking brilliant guys. Or or or maybe let's keep spreading reasons the left should hate instead of embrace it so that we allow laws which leave it absolutely gutless for us but still has all the power and features for them to use against us. Then we can get more content from starving artist charging $100 monthly patrons to their Garfield clone webcomic while the right keep winning public opinion and elections and taking away our rights. Let's see how that plays out cotton. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (10 children) Please circle the big flaw in your response. The rest of the class will wait. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [+] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -7 points 1 year ago (9 children) How's that Republican presidency and supreme court. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (8 children) Again. Read your comment. Where's your flaw. What did I say and what are you saying? You'll see the issue real quick if you're honest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (7 children) Take this another way then. You toadaso what? That AI is bad? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (6 children) ah, better response. that unrestrained implementation of such dangerous tech would be implemented in nefarious ways. Super useful. super dangerous. needs to be implemented with extreme safety rails. the tool aint bad, people are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children) Oh yea? Nefarious? So it's a pretty powerful tool. Bad people will get regardless. And you're building a narrative among your peers that they need to alienate themselves from it. So what I said is spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (10 children) Please circle the big flaw in your response. The rest of the class will wait. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [+] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -7 points 1 year ago (9 children) How's that Republican presidency and supreme court. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (8 children) Again. Read your comment. Where's your flaw. What did I say and what are you saying? You'll see the issue real quick if you're honest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (7 children) Take this another way then. You toadaso what? That AI is bad? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (6 children) ah, better response. that unrestrained implementation of such dangerous tech would be implemented in nefarious ways. Super useful. super dangerous. needs to be implemented with extreme safety rails. the tool aint bad, people are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children) Oh yea? Nefarious? So it's a pretty powerful tool. Bad people will get regardless. And you're building a narrative among your peers that they need to alienate themselves from it. So what I said is spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -7 points 1 year ago (9 children) How's that Republican presidency and supreme court. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (8 children) Again. Read your comment. Where's your flaw. What did I say and what are you saying? You'll see the issue real quick if you're honest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (7 children) Take this another way then. You toadaso what? That AI is bad? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (6 children) ah, better response. that unrestrained implementation of such dangerous tech would be implemented in nefarious ways. Super useful. super dangerous. needs to be implemented with extreme safety rails. the tool aint bad, people are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children) Oh yea? Nefarious? So it's a pretty powerful tool. Bad people will get regardless. And you're building a narrative among your peers that they need to alienate themselves from it. So what I said is spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (8 children) Again. Read your comment. Where's your flaw. What did I say and what are you saying? You'll see the issue real quick if you're honest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (7 children) Take this another way then. You toadaso what? That AI is bad? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (6 children) ah, better response. that unrestrained implementation of such dangerous tech would be implemented in nefarious ways. Super useful. super dangerous. needs to be implemented with extreme safety rails. the tool aint bad, people are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children) Oh yea? Nefarious? So it's a pretty powerful tool. Bad people will get regardless. And you're building a narrative among your peers that they need to alienate themselves from it. So what I said is spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (7 children) Take this another way then. You toadaso what? That AI is bad? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (6 children) ah, better response. that unrestrained implementation of such dangerous tech would be implemented in nefarious ways. Super useful. super dangerous. needs to be implemented with extreme safety rails. the tool aint bad, people are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children) Oh yea? Nefarious? So it's a pretty powerful tool. Bad people will get regardless. And you're building a narrative among your peers that they need to alienate themselves from it. So what I said is spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (6 children) ah, better response. that unrestrained implementation of such dangerous tech would be implemented in nefarious ways. Super useful. super dangerous. needs to be implemented with extreme safety rails. the tool aint bad, people are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children) Oh yea? Nefarious? So it's a pretty powerful tool. Bad people will get regardless. And you're building a narrative among your peers that they need to alienate themselves from it. So what I said is spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children) Oh yea? Nefarious? So it's a pretty powerful tool. Bad people will get regardless. And you're building a narrative among your peers that they need to alienate themselves from it. So what I said is spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Youngster, you're very bad at a this. No. You don't have a clue what you're saying and still arguing a point that was never made by me. Please. Stay focused. If you're anti trump we aren't enemies. If your pro trunk we have issues. That is all that matters until we are done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children) You're the one not understanding here. It's not all that matters. My point is the left as a group is alienating and isolating themselves from modern tools that the right are utilizing to gain advantageous. They alienate themselves from these tools by making the same virtuosity grand standing about the evils of AI. I understand you're saying it's the people using it. To me that is still just driving a wedge in that it creates an attitude that AI is not something the right should adopt since it's a nefarious tool and only people who are bad or nefarious themselves could use a nefarious tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is your argument that we should use generative AI to mislead people? To make fake videos and images and such to use as "proof"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No my argument is we should make more content and have greater presence digitally instead of allowing the right wing groups like heritage foundation, TPUSA, prageru, project Veritas, ADF, Liberty foundation to capture and engage people while we sit back and complain in the smallest corners online. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I never said anything other than unregulated growth and use would be used for nefarious purposes Hopefully That's not a controversial stance? But everything else is your projection Good evening permalink fedilink source parent