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A Boring Dystopia
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LLMs are just a tool. It's not the devil the doomsayers make it out to be. And it's not the shining new golden age either.
Jobs might be killed, but jobs will be created. Does it suck when your jobs becomes obsolete? Yeah totally. Same as when blacksmiths became less popular. Should we still be "driving" horses to keep them?
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We get it: you worship the machine.
What’s the .zip stereotype?
To be clear: I'm just poking fun, here.
But there are some pro-AI communities on that instance.
No worries. I was just asking. I’m definitely not pro-AI.
lol. But no, I would not use that term.
"We can see how they've changed you, how you've sacrificed your humanity to appease them." I said as i nervously looked around before urgently contining "they'll be your downfall! Save yourselves while you still can!"
Seeing a couple bot-heads meandering nearby i decided I didn't want to stick around—we all know what happens if a bot-head catches you publically opposing our digital overlords.
Uh I think we should definitely "keep alive" the literal millennia of human knowledge and culture that went into horse riding. Also they're invaluable in case technology/society regresses too much.
Noone is keeping anyone from doing it. Be my guest. Just don't expect to get paid for a job rarely anyone needs anymore. Maybe blacksmith wasn't the best example that came up, but hey I bet you're driving a car (or a bike) and do not keep a horse at home, so....