AI is stealing writers’ words and jobs…

[CleverNickName]

We live in a closed system, resources are finite, and its not like we have the option to just pick up and move as a species.

"No, see, SpaceX and Bezos is already working on that. They're gonna find us a whole new planet to live on, you see, so we don't have to worry about recycling or global warming or whatever."

I wish I were exaggerating, but that was a direct quote from one of the guys on my construction site. It was adorable. He actually thinks he'll get to ride on one of those rockets someday.

 

[dragoner]

You are only supposed to use x amount if you don't want the table to fall. It is why around here, there has been talk of a 20 mil pipeline. A sudden load on the supply is really bad, they should be using technical ponds or something, and not exploiting people in a poor community.

 

[dragoner]

Yeah. Watch out for Nestle, too. They’re buying all the water rights they can.

IIRC they were also sued.

 

[dragoner]

"No, see, SpaceX and Bezos is already working on that. They're gonna find us a whole new planet to live on, you see, so we don't have to worry about recycling or global warming or whatever."

I wish I were exaggerating, but that was a direct quote from one of the guys on my construction site. It was adorable. He actually thinks he'll get to ride on one of those rockets someday.

We didn't start the fire, just threw on a tire ... or two.

 

[Scribe]

"No, see, SpaceX and Bezos is already working on that. They're gonna find us a whole new planet to live on, you see, so we don't have to worry about recycling or global warming or whatever."

I wish I were exaggerating, but that was a direct quote from one of the guys on my construction site. It was adorable. He actually thinks he'll get to ride on one of those rockets someday.

There was a quote, likely made up and/or misattributed, that said something along the lines of most Americans are fine with the gross wealth disparity because they are only poor for now, and they will be those mega rich one day.

Delusion and Propaganda on a cultural scale.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

I wouldn't refer to it as viable until it can produce images, without strip mining the work of artists. Something that can stand alone is viable.

So basically, what you're saying is that it's a transient problem. If anything, in 100 or so years, everything that is copyrighted right now will be public domain and everything will be fine? And in X years when there will be a public domain database large enough, it won't be a problem eitehr? And in a Y month, now that it is quite evident (and coherent with OpenAI's publications) that the huge improvement in quality between Dall-E 2 and 3 isn't a larger database but a very coherent captioning of their database, when state of the art result will be able to be produced with a much smaller (and public domain) database, everything will be fine? That would be fine with me, but I don't think a consensus could be reached around "let's wait a few month for the problem to solve itself, if it wasn't already" (eg. Firefly AI).

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

There was a quote, likely made up and/or misattributed, that said something along the lines of most Americans are fine with the gross wealth disparity because they are only poor for now, and they will be those mega rich one day.

Delusion and Propaganda on a cultural scale.

That's an interesting cultural point of view.

(and to answer your previous post, no my point wasn't that a reducing in half of revenue wouldn't matter where you live, but that it would matter differently depending on where one is, from a public policy point of view. If this cut prevents one from eating, it's terrible (especially if there is no opportunity for career change). If it prevents one for getting needed surgery, it's terrible. If it doesn't impact life-saving services but just comfort spending, it's less terrible for the public opinion (who might go, "well, they sure don't make a lot, but they are doing what they really want, that's priceless, when everyone else better paid is doing office work of zero added value, so well, it's their individual choice"). If it make a very rich (compared to the wage level of the country) a half as rich but still better off than most, the social response might more probably be "tough luck, deal with it" than "poor guy". So the incentive to ban AI in say, rural China might not be as strong as what others are feeling in more affluent countries).

 

[overgeeked]

"No, see, SpaceX and Bezos is already working on that. They're gonna find us a whole new planet to live on, you see, so we don't have to worry about recycling or global warming or whatever."

I wish I were exaggerating, but that was a direct quote from one of the guys on my construction site. It was adorable. He actually thinks he'll get to ride on one of those rockets someday.

The rich will need free labor, so a select few will get to take that ride.

 

[Scribe]

That's an interesting cultural point of view.

(and to answer your previous post, no my point wasn't that a reducing in half of revenue wouldn't matter where you live, but that it would matter differently depending on where one is. If this cut prevents one from eating, it's terrible (especially if there is no opportunity for career change). If it prevents one for getting needed surgery, it's terrible. If it doesn't impact life-saving services but just comfort spending, it's less terrible for the public opinion. If it make a very rich (compared to the wage level of the country) a half as rich but still better off than most, the social response might more probably be "tough luck, deal with it" than "poor guy". So the incentive to ban AI in say, rural China might not be as strong as what others are feeling in more affluent countries).

Sure, but the data point I referenced (its a big thing with the political parties here as you would I am sure assume) isnt talking about a 50% decrease.

Its talking about $200 bi-weekly, being the 'breaking point' for half the working population. Miss a shift? Bad news. Miss multiple? Where are you making the cut?

50% of your wages gone? Well, we have a nicely expanding homeless encampment, and spring is coming, so I'm sure you will be fine?

 

[overgeeked]

There was a quote, likely made up and/or misattributed, that said something along the lines of most Americans are fine with the gross wealth disparity because they are only poor for now, and they will be those mega rich one day.

Delusion and Propaganda on a cultural scale.

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." --John Steinbeck.