▲ 411 ▼ AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow (www.theguardian.com) submitted 9 months ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (4 children) Because he knows his shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works -25 points 9 months ago (3 children) Sure but nobody important cares and he's just repeating himself ad nauseum. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago I'm not sure it's targeted at anyone "important" (what a classist term!). It is just analyzing the situation and predicting what happens next, for you and I to be prepared. It also hastens the end of the bubble ever so slightly, which is good - the sooner this poison-laced bandaid is ripped off the world's economy, the faster we can start to rebuild something more meaningful, but now with new productivity tools by our side. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* nobody important cares And you're sure of that because ... In most fairy tales, it takes more than one blow to kill the dragon.... permalink fedilink source parent [–] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago and he’s just repeating himself ad nauseum this is usually how you build mindshare of anything permalink fedilink source parent
[+] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works -25 points 9 months ago (3 children) Sure but nobody important cares and he's just repeating himself ad nauseum. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago I'm not sure it's targeted at anyone "important" (what a classist term!). It is just analyzing the situation and predicting what happens next, for you and I to be prepared. It also hastens the end of the bubble ever so slightly, which is good - the sooner this poison-laced bandaid is ripped off the world's economy, the faster we can start to rebuild something more meaningful, but now with new productivity tools by our side. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* nobody important cares And you're sure of that because ... In most fairy tales, it takes more than one blow to kill the dragon.... permalink fedilink source parent [–] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago and he’s just repeating himself ad nauseum this is usually how you build mindshare of anything permalink fedilink source parent
[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago I'm not sure it's targeted at anyone "important" (what a classist term!). It is just analyzing the situation and predicting what happens next, for you and I to be prepared. It also hastens the end of the bubble ever so slightly, which is good - the sooner this poison-laced bandaid is ripped off the world's economy, the faster we can start to rebuild something more meaningful, but now with new productivity tools by our side. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* nobody important cares And you're sure of that because ... In most fairy tales, it takes more than one blow to kill the dragon.... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago and he’s just repeating himself ad nauseum this is usually how you build mindshare of anything permalink fedilink source parent