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as a good friend who goes by gilles deleuze said, there are often not bad answers but bad questions- being 'online' must be thought in its context and examined from a personal lense. its not secret tech companies are developing drugs in chocolate and fizzy drink like techniques that are: making people paranoid(conspiracy theories, scared of each other) over stimulated; regurgitaters; fascist; thinking thir opinion matters and should be shared;short attention span havers and losers to the trees outside. personally, i like the net and try to be online in not an 'ethical' or 'morally right' way, but a way that lets be in nature knowing i am in nature- meaning one should opt less for a phone in their hand that puts the whole world comfortably in the pocket but a cloggy loud computer that remidns them of the infinite nature of life and how a beautiful pc puts them online.the internet is mostly demonic and ig jesus didnt go online or anything but perhaps omnipotence is like the world web. idk.
Apr 13, 2024
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I was chatting with my friend over how stupid the new law that would require real identity verification to determine age online, and how bad the situation with Visa and Mastercard against Steam and Itch.io was. We're so upset that the internet is ravaged by data hungry and power friendzied companys who aim to monitor and control what we see or do under the pretext of "safetey". He brought up the possibility that the early 2000's and 2010's we're the golden age of the internet, and we're only living in the aftermath of corruption. I know that the 2000's and 2010's eras of the internet are already glorified (by me), but the thought that those times could never be surpassed is scary.
I sorta knew this was coming, I wrote about it in my senior essay to graduate, but to be honest I had too much to really fit into 3 pages. It's safe to say the evils of late stage capitalism know no bounds, thats why places like pi.fyi need to exist, but I almost feel like stuff like this isnt even safe to be on the internet anymore, like the very fact it's here makes it prone to some sort of corruption from a 3rd party, or regulations that just make it harder to commit to any real self expression. I guess I'm saying the internet no longer feels public (though maybe it never truly was to begin with). Don't get me wrong, I would never be an advocate for illegal activity, as long as the illegal activity pretains to immoral or dangerous actions.
Luv u pi.fyi!
Luv u pi.fyi!
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π«started writing this a few hours ago when i first saw this ask, then decided against posting but i've since changed my mind. there really is no justification for it outside of entitlement. even from a selfish lens, there's no long term benefit to its usage. it harms the world and culture in more ways than one.
a.) the water and energy usage that isn't a secret at this point. "no ethical consumption under capitalism" yadda yadda and yeah corporations are extremely culpable in the state of the environment but there really is no need for chatgpt and the planet is already too delicate at the moment.
b.) the exploitation of workers in the global south. this program is not just a computer figuring it all out, there are in fact humans behind it. it reminds me of the acceptance of fast fashion and how people have the tendency to divorce the idea of the garment worker from the garment they wear when all clothing is handmade in some way, shape or form. you need hands to man a sewing machine, you need human eyes to moderate content. also, content moderation can be a thankless job with psychological repercussions.
c.) the erosion of social skills, humanity and media literacy...this one is very personal. like, you have a cushy email job but can't write an email? you need a computer and a worker in kenya to get paid a dollar an hour to figure out a daily routine for you? i've seen the program churn out blatantly incorrect information. fine tuning a prompt or chat or whatever to give you the exact (possibly incorrect) answer you need isn't really that much less work than sharpening your research skills by cracking open a dictionary or using boolean search keys in google. again, the main issue with this kind of stuff is the entitlement to convenience, with no thought towards the repercussions within and outside of us. we are losing major recipes (critical thinking and media literacy) here, people!
i probably did an iffy job are coherently articulating my thoughts here but i am in fact, human. and thatβs the beauty of it all.
a.) the water and energy usage that isn't a secret at this point. "no ethical consumption under capitalism" yadda yadda and yeah corporations are extremely culpable in the state of the environment but there really is no need for chatgpt and the planet is already too delicate at the moment.
b.) the exploitation of workers in the global south. this program is not just a computer figuring it all out, there are in fact humans behind it. it reminds me of the acceptance of fast fashion and how people have the tendency to divorce the idea of the garment worker from the garment they wear when all clothing is handmade in some way, shape or form. you need hands to man a sewing machine, you need human eyes to moderate content. also, content moderation can be a thankless job with psychological repercussions.
c.) the erosion of social skills, humanity and media literacy...this one is very personal. like, you have a cushy email job but can't write an email? you need a computer and a worker in kenya to get paid a dollar an hour to figure out a daily routine for you? i've seen the program churn out blatantly incorrect information. fine tuning a prompt or chat or whatever to give you the exact (possibly incorrect) answer you need isn't really that much less work than sharpening your research skills by cracking open a dictionary or using boolean search keys in google. again, the main issue with this kind of stuff is the entitlement to convenience, with no thought towards the repercussions within and outside of us. we are losing major recipes (critical thinking and media literacy) here, people!
i probably did an iffy job are coherently articulating my thoughts here but i am in fact, human. and thatβs the beauty of it all.
Oct 1, 2024
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π€- it can be used for good (e.g. improved research / increased access to life saving treatments / more affordable goods and services)
- it can be used for bad (e.g. killing people, depriving them of their livelihood)
- it will be used for both
- it will be perverted for money (think of the utopianism of the early internet versus the corporate cthulhu it is now)
- the toothpaste cannot be put back in the tube, but can be regulated, but probably won't be well enough because people
May 24, 2025
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