[–] 1 point 10 hours ago

Employees also reported less clarity about what is expected of them at work and were less likely to feel that someone at work cares about them as a person.

This sounds like a healthy relationship with work to me! They don't care about you as a person. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional and probably needs an intervention.

Do I care about my coworkers as people? Absolutely. Do I have any impact on their work or pay? No. So what I think is irrelevant.

If companies want to change this statistic, upper management—all the way to the top—needs to demonstrate that they care about their employees as people. If they're making 100x more than the average and they're handing over nearly all profits to shareholders via dividends, then clearly they do not.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 day ago

    Sony isn’t just investing in anime production or streaming.

    It's building an illegal monopoly in order to crush anyone that might try to enter the market.

    They also own Sony Theaters which means if you want your movie anime to reach that audience, you need to pay the regime.

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  • [+] -6 points 4 days ago (8 children)

    The entire world should have learned this lesson about Sony back on October 31, 2005 when Sysinternals co-founder Mark Russinovich published a blog post about a rootkit Sony was secretly installing on people's PCs:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

    They have been villains for a long fucking time now.

    They sold the PlayStation 3, marketing its ability to install 3rd party operating systems. Then they decided, "haha, suckers!" And pulled the plug on that feature... Just like they do with games! It's almost as if they're known for this shit!

    In April 2011, The PlayStation Network was breached. Everyone's personal information, credit card details, etc were leaked. They told no one for a fucking week. They knew it was bad. They knew people were going to be victimized as a result. They obviously didn't give AF! Because "doing the right thing" has never been in Sony's playbook.

    More recent: Months after Helldivers 2 became an unexpected success on PC, Sony announced a retroactive requirement that all Steam players link a PlayStation Network account to continue playing. In other words, it's more of their, "I have altered the deal, pray I do not alter it further" bullshit.

    So fucking yes! You should have known!

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (5 children)

    Serious question: Let's say that AI "gets good" and overcomes the hallucination issues. Would it still be negative for mental health? Would it be even worse (because reality sucks for kids right now)?

    I want to know if it's AI that's the real problem here or the world in which we're forcing kids to live.

    I can imagine a situation where a kid with (insert serious problems) asks AI to be realistic about their future job/economic prospects. It returns truthful statistics, then that kid commits suicide. Was the AI culpable?

    What if it recommended joining a revolutionary group as the most likely way to improve their lives or the lives of their children/families?

    What if it suggested that sacrifice is necessary to improve the condition of the world?

    Would an AI that does these things be good or bad? If the AI's system prompt has, always tell the truth will we have created a vastly more dangerous monster than the AI we have today?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (3 children)

    On several writing Discords, admitting that you used AI to perform research is just as bad as using AI to write your entire novel.

    They will read this admission from this author and conclude that he violated the spirit of writing by using AI for anything.

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  • [+] -16 points 4 days ago (14 children)

    Well, this time are you going to learn your lesson? The only acceptable way to acquire Sony games (or any of their software, for that matter) is via piracy.

    For decades, Sony has been handing out this lesson over and over and over again. They must be very frustrated!

    Teach it to everyone you know so Sony doesn't have to try so hard anymore.

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