Rec | YOU HAVEN’T! IT’S TERRIFYING BY DESIGN

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I fully believe that the AI chatbots are very intentionally being pushed as an educational/social/creative “tool” to make people less able to have creative and critical thought. if we put all of that energy into something as convenient as chatgpt, whether it’s to help write an essay or use as a “therapist,” we think we’re satiating that human urge to be creative. Creativity is at its most powerful when people can pull from the discomfort and inspiration of the human experience, which can lead to critiques towards the oligarchs running the country right now. convenience will always win people over when they’re exhausted from working in this late stage of capitalism. Also, it would be incredibly easy to inject the bots with propaganda and misinformation.

@spookbug

May 2, 2025

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@theclack

That's been weighing heavy on my mind too. Weaken critical thinking skills for the masses, align tech companies with right-wing authoritarians, and you've got a fascist stew goin!

May 2, 2025

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I feel like I hear a lot of older generation artists issue statements about AI destroying human creativity and that this overlooks a major facet of our current reality, which is that so much admin is required of artists themselves for creative activity of any kind at almost every professional level. So by all means use whatever tool to help you write emails, web content, newsletters, blog posts, twitter threads, marketing plans, contracts, &c and give any minutes you can save back to your art.

@timholtmusic

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ANTI-REC: AI IN EVERY SINGLE APP

i genuinely don’t understand the need for an “assistant“ in every app now, it reminds me of how social media apps would copy each other to death, fighting to become the most popular one. remember when ig copied snapchat stories, or threads as the new twitter, the new be-real-like feature on ig, etc…?? except it’s even worse with this. people keep tagging freaking grok everywhere for nonsense on twt, there’s meta AI in every meta app, and now idk if they made Siri function with AI tech (i looked it up and there wasn’t a definite answer, but if anyone knows please tell me!!!). my obvious biggest concern is the environment, while the rise of anti-intellectualism is also at bay. i’m also tired of my university profs pushing AI onto me in an effort of trying to seem more modern. genuinely, i don’t think there’s anything that pisses me off more than chatgpt.