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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Your argument explains why we would tell stories that reflect negatively on AI and the people who are obsessed with them, not why we would invoke AI as something we should fear because it actually works.

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homes@piefed.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s… not what I said at all.

First, I’m not making any sort of argument. I gave an explanation, a response to your question. It explains why people have negative expectations of the future (and present) of AI based on real-world experiences and the real-world negative effects of AI that we already know of today and the future prospects we see coming based on current developments in the news and what we know of those in charge of AI development.

And AI doesn’t really work very well at all, and when it messes up, it causes lots of problems that can have serious consequences, many of which were only beginning to understand. And when it does work, it can have serious consequences that are both short and long term that can undermine serious foundations of our society such as education, science, and even basic human interaction with possibly disastrous results.

so, yeah, it’s perfectly understandable why a lot of people are less than optimistic about the technology and its future.

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- supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I don’t think you are reading my points close enough.
  
  so, yeah, it’s perfectly understandable why a lot of people are less than optimistic about the technology and its future.
  
  Nope not what I am disagreeing with, I am disagreeing with the logic of portraying AI repeatedly as genuinely scary. I am not questioning why people are not optimistic about AI.
  
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  - homes@piefed.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    Nope not what I am disagreeing with
    
    no, it’s what you’re questioning in the first place; the title of you post:
    
    Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?
    
    and I answered your question with the facts. and failing to understand the logic isn’t the same as ‘disagreeing’ with it– ignorance isn’t and ’opinion’, it’s just being wrong. just like framing my factual explanation as a debate so your lack of understanding can be framed as ‘just your opinion’ and therefore valid doesn’t make it so.
    
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