curious-marx

Thinking about how the average person’s reaction to AI is fear because they understand that reducing necessary labor doesn’t actually help capitalist society. It puts the masses out of work and enriches a tiny minority of capitalists. Silver lining is this can be a lever for increasing class consciousness.

Using AI to reduce labor could be awesome if we lived in a Jetsons universe where technological innovation actually benefited everyone and we decided to just work less.

I am sure governments are already using or planning to use AI video for political ends. Like why wouldn’t Israel use it to make a video of conspicuously pro-Hamas people doing something evil. Or someone posts a fake sex tape of Biden/Trump.

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      Back in my day we had to make Pregnant Elsa Fighting Spider-Man videos by hand until we had enough money to outsource it to a Singaporean call center.

      Kids nowadays just type their little prompts and get Wojak Elsa videos. Not effort. No work ethic.

  • blobjim [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    average person’s reaction to AI is fear

    That definitely isn't true.

    I'd also be really skeptical of this video because the tool that supposedly made these videos hasn't even been released to the public. So all of those videos are essentially marketing material and they could just be lying.