ExtremeDullard

@ExtremeDullard@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Godfather of AI' says tech giants can't profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This race to displace human labor with AI is a typical late-stage capitalism race to the bottom because it ignores something fundamental: workers are also consumers. No job, no money, no purchases.

  In other words, all companies embracing AI are collectively working their ass off to destroy their own and everybody else’s markets. It’s global economic suicide.

  But… capitalism being what it is and doing what it does, it only looks at what the competition does, expenses and no further than the next quarter. So corporations see AI as a way to reduce expenses and get ahead of the competition that does the same thing.

  They all know AI will destroy everything eventually, including themselves, if they all do the same thing. But they can’t help it: corporations look no further than their own selfish interests with the narrowest possible set of criteria, and the bigger picture be damned. Always.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  More proof that AI ruins everything - if it was needed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FSF Announces The LibrePhone Project⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s nice but…

  Here’s my experience with my Linux phone (Ubuntu Touch on Fairphone 5): it’s fully functional and mostly usable as a full Android replacement. But the keyword here is “mostly": The Openstore has native Linux replacement for half of the stuff I need (calls, SMS, emails, browser…) and for the rest, Waydroid picks up the slack (my Android-only banking app, Yubikey app…).

  And then there’s stuff that’s neither available (or rather, working) in native Linux nor in Waydroid. And the killer app I desperately need, Signal, is in that group.

  And that turns my promising Ubuntu Touch phone into a very fancy paperweight I mostly leave at home.

  Here’s my prediction: the LibrePhone will be another paperweight for the same reason. And the sad thing is, it’s not for lack of trying on the parts of the alternative OS and app makers, or lack of good will: they really do try their best. But it’s a chicken-and-egg problem: people don’t want to code for niche mobile OSes and stick to Android, and the niche mobile OSes remain niche as a result.

  Unless the LibrePhone comes onto the market with a certain number of key apps that a vast majority of people will need, it’s doomed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chatbot site depicting child sexual abuse images raises fears over misuse of AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Internet Watch Foundation said it had been alerted to a chatbot site that offered a number of scenarios including “child prostitute in a hotel”, “sex with your child while your wife is on holiday” and “child and teacher alone after class”.

  Does it have to be this explicit? I’m sure asking for a Trump Enigma would yield plenty of pedo material.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Event — September 9⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So you mean Apple doesn't just made impressive bribes for fascist dictators?

  Apple can gargles my balls. Fucking collaborators...