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like, both anti-AI hysteria and insane AI boosterism lead you to the same conclusion, that this technology is existentially dangerous, and any treatment of this kind of completely fictional horseshit as serious helps feed those (baseless) fears

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e.w. niedermeyer's avatar e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.io
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at the point that you have actual, real startups raising millions of real dollars to create a device that leverages AI to allow users to manipulate their dreams, not to mention the "we're creating a safe digital god" startups, this really isn't THAT far outside the tech culture mainstream though

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Wonka Struggle Session's avatar Wonka Struggle Session @maxpaq94.bsky.social
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I think this technology is existentially dangerous, but largely the same way the internet is: our information environment is being completely drowned in worthless sludge. The regular old internet was already doing this and AI only promises to supercharge the process.

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Buttadeus's avatar Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social
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the boosters' ability to really be as ominous and joyless as possible is quite something to behold, because there are genuinely other things you could promote.

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jody's avatar jody @jodyshenn.bsky.social
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Thanks for flagging the hysteria. It is both

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