hackermatic (@hackermatic@chaosfem.tw)
chaosfem.tw
I don't think most #IT folks (who weren't already grinding offshore or as short-term contractors) have realized that #AI programming under capitalism isn't going to free us to focus on being artisans, it's going to turn us into assembly line workers and quality inspectors with low pay and low joy. It's happening in graphics and writing, and we're doing it to ourselves here. The Luddites weren't opposed to technology; they were opposed to job displacement and not sharing in the profits and leisure time created by new machines. The only way to get that in our current system is to form a #union before it's too late. We wrote the training data for these AI models, so we should all own them.
  • wagesj45@kbin.social
    10·
    9 months ago

    Finally a critique of AI that I can get behind. I’ve never bought into the idea that the tech itself is bad. And I’ve also never bought into the idea that training these models was somehow theft. But they are trained on the human compendium, so we should all have rights and a stake in their use more broadly in society and industry.

    • Shurimal@kbin.social
      5·
      9 months ago

      Precisely. AI should be free and open source common good, not a plaything for the capitalist class.

  • DessertStorms@kbin.social
    101·
    9 months ago

    The only way to get that in our current system is to form a #union before it’s too late.

    Why do these people always stop short? They recognise the system is the problem, yet the conclusion they reach is to continue fighting within it, instead of fighting to abolish it. It’s just so fucking frustrating…

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
      2·
      9 months ago

      Ideally they’d do both.

      Fight to get the best out of the current system as that benefits them today, and fight to change it long term to benefit them forever.

      Also it’s probably easier to get chuds on board, who can be further radicalised once they see the fruits of their fighting.