• Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It is with that attitude.

    Profit crushing regulation is the key to a functional society. No slavery, no dumping toxic waste, workers’ protections… all choices we’ve agreed are worth more than money.

    We can agree that you aren’t allowed to replace someone’s livelihood with AI. (My hope is this that we solve the livelihood problem and keep the AI, but that’s not what this is about)

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      1 year ago

      You’re thinking with your heart, which isn’t going to work for the world. Companies can save money with it so it’s inevitable. We need to learn how to make it less damaging. There’s no sense spinning our Wheels trying to stop it from happening because we can’t.

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        1 year ago

        You ask me, it’s like the great quarantine to try and slow down covid

        The idealists were hoping to stamp it out entirely but the reality was that covid was everywhere, and would inevitably become part of life. Quarantining served to make sure hospitals weren’t overwhelmed (or rather, weren’t MORE overwhelmed) until a vaccine could be made to try and get things under control

        In the same vein, it makes sense to me to try and stifle AI stuff hopefully long enough to push for UBI and other social safety nets, so that when the lid comes completely off pandora’s box, the damage to people’s lives is mitigated and the benefits from the tech can be enjoyed in better conscience

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        1 year ago

        Did you not read my comment? Companies could make way more money without regulation; it’s a huge (shortsighted) right-wing talking point. But we can and have regulated them to stop abuses for profit. To say there’s nothing we can do about the use of AI is like opposing minimum wage at its inception because companies are going to limit their expenses in any way they can and there’s nothing we can do to stop them.