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Linus Torvalds reaffirms that Linux is not "Anti-AI" & not a "Social Warrior" project (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] 62 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

I used to see anti-AI people as myopic and foolish, but seeing how it's being developed and implemented is really eye-opening. They're pushing an unfinished, unrefined technology that often adds to the ecological crisis and might be poisoning people's drinking water, so they can roll the dice in terms of what it'll do to the economy while using it to spy on everyone. The public face of all this is these companies telling us that we should be terrified of what it'll do to the job market, but we need to invest in it big time, right now. I apologize to anyone I spoke down to. I get it. It's not a way forward, but I get it.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The problem isn't inherent to AI. The issues are little different from the industrial revolution or robber barons, where industry is power, and the most malicious are ever grasping to obtain it.

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    The solution isn't to abandon AI, but for ordinary people to become masters of the technology. Every home server, allows a homestead to have understanding and agency over their tools. If enough individuals own their own AI, it would become possible to overcome the influence of corporations, such as community projects to provide AI utilities to their communities.

    For example, say a phone app is developed and spread by a town. It's purpose is to record receipts with a cellphone camera, and then the town's AI analyzes it. Using comparisons of purchasing prices, it can detect whether pricing is being changed on a individual basis, or other shenanigans. This can help stem price fixing and other corruptions.

    We, as a society, should use AI to help counter malicious actors and to provide helpful services.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    When I say stuff remotely close to this, it gets shat on and dumbed down to, chat bot that searches internet but not innovative, billionaire take our money, cause environmental destruction oog boog antigovernment.

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