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@nroth also, looking at your activity you may be a bot or a paid schill, so you aren’t worth my human created words. Blocked.

@ammonium its not useless, but its far more dangerous in every way than useful, and we would be far better off ridding the world of data centers (and billionaires)

@ammonium @davidagain I mean, refusing to eat sewage is healthy for you and prevents you from giving diseases to others. Just like me refusing to use xitter or bikbok keeps my brain wrinkly and keeps my data / money out of the hands of billionaire scum (as much as possible).

You really can’t go a minute without using gippity to look up anything you could have used kagi or ecosia for, thats going to give you the exact list of sites and forums that the llm (illegally) scraped and hallucinated ?

@Smoogs oh totally. In the end its just a supercomputer , its not impressive, just takes throwing trillions of dollars at something. Humans control it.

If they were publicly owned, transparently managed, powered by green energy, and any profits made from them would go to the nations poorest, I’d be totally behind it!

@schroedingersKoala the propaganda has even tricked some smart people I know. Its insane. If youre not constantly vigilant against it you can get sucked in. And most people have no idea theyre part of the grift.

@Smoogs I will add that while it could potentially be used for things like large data sorting (still, we have had ml doing this for decades that no one cared about because again, propaganda), but the bads FARRRRRRRRR outweigh the good in every possible scenario. Timmy gets a generated picture of a giraffe while we face the uprising of a technofascist oligarchy that constantly surveils and makes deepfakes to rid anyone who doesnt worship Dear Leader. You are being surveiled for future “crime”.

@cannedtuna with the advancement of tech and the downfall of democracy into technofuedalism, it feels as if a million years have passed since now and 2004.

People who weren’t alive during 9/11 may as well be a different species to those who were. Its similar to someone from 1890 being dropped into 1960. Except its a much shorter timeframe.

@Zarobi gross. Thats why i dont trust any device with DSP to sound good until I go through every menu to shut that trash off. The worst part about this is it trains young people to LIKE awful sound. The future for sound is bleak Its really not a good thing. I’ll stick with my analog class a amps, thanks!

@FistingEnthusiast in most of america you cannot say that or you get blacklisted. I always just say well, not right now! Which really means hopefully never because their lives will be only suffering.

@Ryanmiller70 same. And I’m pretty sure my parents didnt want them either. Maybe its genetic lol. Never once have wanted one. They dont bother me and I don’t mind taking care of them for short periods though.

@scrubbles more factory slaves for the rich of course. You must have a child who will work 9 hours to make funko pops.

@MolochHorridus literally every parent of all times thoughts. I’m sure Hitler’s parents thought this.

@velma little shits grow up to be big shits.

@Zarobi I’d say I partially agree. I think we are selfish either way. I just dont totally agree with bringing another human into a world that doesn’t need more people, and has an almost certainly dark future, that’s all.

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You think any kid born today is going to have : medical care, be able to own land/house, get any sort of job, not be mass surveilled, not be involved in climate disasters and water/food shortages? Thats the reason I don’t think its worth it. If we lived in a perfect utopia then maybe, for people who want it.

If I had to choose, I would 100% choose to be born even earlier at the very least, but I’m super lucky I still grew up in a golden age of sorts.

@Zarobi sure, thats a fine comparison in some ways. But for many of us, we HAVE TO drive because we are forced to (because of American society , for one), and many would prefer not to be forced to drive.

Ive always been a realist. I’m actually quite happy with my life, privileged as I am now because of luck and people I know. However I only feel sadness when I see more and more children being born who are very likely going to have awful lives compared to me.

@Zarobi the whole “my kid will be the smartestest and cure cancer” argument is why we are in the state we are in. That phrase is also often used by religious nutjobs.

The difference between “I shouldn’t make friends cuz they’ll just die” is easy: we are already here , against our will, so let’s make the best of it.

I counter with: your child could be Hitler 3.0, See how that point is just plain dumb? Every human thinks their special child will be the smartest and best next president.

@thepig maybe some people cannot control their biological desires. Obviously its normal to want a kid because biology demands it. I however feel 0 desire for it.

@Zarobi sure, because they are already here. If you could prevent that, wouldnt you? Seems cruel to allow that. Similarly if i had a debilitating hereditary condition why the hell would I pass it on?

@thepig agree. I’d say in general, my life has maybe been 15-20% enjoyment, the rest was either meh or outright sucked. The enjoyment portion gets smaller as one gets older, especially if you aren’t raking in cash by the time youre 40, you won’t have a fun time.