Except if anything happens, then they find all sorts of loopholes to try to get out of it since they're not a cab company. Any more, the cab companies have updated their methods and are trying to compete with the rideshare apps (at least around me)

Using AirBNB for people to vacation in or whatever is a much better experience potentially for a tenant then the sub-par standards of hotels.

AHAHAHAHA, have you not tried AirBNB since 2020? Hotels are cheaper, don't have bullshit cleanup fees, and you never have to worry about freaky shit happening with the owner.

Cryptocurreny provides freedom of exchange in a digital way while still having an overall ledger to prevent fraud

Yeah, this is just so laughable I don't even really want to respond to it. Ask the people who get their keyphrase stolen how easy it is to get their money back when it gets stolen. Come back to me when crypto can actually prevent and reverse fraud. I don't expect to hear from you again lol.

I don’t think AI will actually replace creativity, some will use it to churn out garbage but that was already true for existing tools for whatever art form you might prefer.

This is far from the worst problem with AI, well after the issues with hallucinations, poisoning the internet/search engines, and the environmental effects.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

My arguments are rooted in personal experience, on mobile at work so formatting is gonna be a little rough.

"Except if anything happens, then they find all sorts of loopholes to try to get out of it" Like what?

"AHAHAHAHA, have you not tried AirBNB since 2020? Hotels are cheaper, don't have bullshit cleanup fees, and you never have to worry about freaky shit happening with the owner." They absolutely have bullshit cleanup fees, and aren't exactly cheap. Also there have been many many examples of hotels doing freaky shit lmao. (Edit: I will say I've never been charged a cleanup fee, but I worked service industry so I always make it as easy as possible for housekeeping.)

"Ask the people who get their keyphrase stolen how easy it is to get their money back when it gets stolen. Come back to me when crypto can actually prevent and reverse fraud. I don't expect to hear from you again lol." So how is that any different from getting scammed via cash or mugged in person? Can you magically reverse the mugging and get your cash back? I see this argument made by antj-crypto people all the time but it's never once been said (in fact I literally said it doesn't prevent scamming because it's like cash yet you still strawmanned my argument)

"This is far from the worst problem with AI, well after the issues with hallucinations, poisoning the internet/search engines, and the environmental effects." Good thing people always act logically and never misunderstand or hallucinate, SEO gaming definitely wasn't a major problem before LLMs right?

Environmental issues I agree, though people do not understand where the energy usage actually occurs, It's when models are trained now when just interacting with an LLM (I locally host my own and can literally see how much power it uses while being loaded at all times and it's pretty negligible, less then when gaming.)

There absolutely needs to be regulation put in place though to force AI companies to build out clean energy sources and I'd even argue need to contribute back to the overall power grid of their area.

I'm open to changing my mind if you want to have an actual discussion on any of these points, but I doubt that given your attitude.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

My opinions are rooted in personal experience as well, so we can cancel out each other there. That said, I highly doubt you're willing to change your mind, based on what I've seen. I'll reply here, but I doubt you're going to change my opinion on that and respond to you again.

"Except if anything happens, then they find all sorts of loopholes to try to get out of it"

Like what?

You mean aside from the sexual assault allegations against their drivers where they argue they aren't liable for what their driver did while engaging in ride shares for them because they're not employees? And let's not even acknowledge that these companies knew what was happening and chose not to do anything about it because it would impact profits.

So how is that any different from getting scammed via cash or mugged in person?

Hahahaha, you claim this argument is a straw man while using the most straw man analogy.

Crypto robbery is very different from cash robbery in a very obvious and meaningful way that makes it obvious why it's a straw man:

I can't get robbed of my cash from the other side of the world. Crypto can, and pretending it's anything like cash is a joke.

Can you magically reverse the mugging and get your cash back?

If I get mugged in person, there's a chance to escape or find the robber and get the money back. Good luck getting Boris in Moscow to give your money back, assuming you find him.

I see this argument made by antj-crypto people all the time but it's never once been said (in fact I literally said it doesn't prevent scamming because it's like cash yet you still strawmanned my argument)

Respectfully, the caveat you included is disingenuous at the very best, and outright invalidates the point you're trying to make at worst.

Saying crypto is like cash when it comes to scams is like comparing modern fighter jets to WWI fighters. Would you call it a straw man to say "They both shoot down enemy aircraft"? Because that's what I hear when you say both cash and crypto can both be used for scams.

Like, I'm not arguing cash can't be used for scams, but you can't honestly tell me it isn:t easier to get scammed out money and more of it with crypto than cash.

Good thing people always act logically and never misunderstand or hallucinate, SEO gaming definitely wasn't a major problem before LLMs right?

Damn, guess we should turbo charge our fuckups with AI since humans sometimes make mistakes.

I honestly wish you clanker apologists would come up with a better argument in defense of the bullshit machine other than 'humans fuckup too', as if that line of reasoning wasn't a point against your argument.