jadehawk @jadehawk.bsky.social

literally that shit is causing the internet to have a massive break with observable reality, it is an energy hungry monster, *and* it sucks wholeass rivers dry. AI is destroying us in ways completely unlike the adrenaline-fueled fantasies of sci-fi horror.

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Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] - in my Brain Damage arc @alexandraerin.com [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 13:03 UTC

I think this is a good half of why people like Altman keep pumping the sci-fi horror stories when they are in the best position to know better. Keep people focused on the imaginary danger *and* make their (horrifically costly) toys seem more powerful and important, to justify the cost.

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 13:09 UTC

I know people are (half)joking about Mentats and Butlerian Jihads, but at some point it’s going to be a case of people calling up equivalents of the book people from Fahrenheit 451. Someone is going to make money offering a version of WolframAlpha that has real humans at the other end.

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