It should come as no surprise that humanity is somewhat concerned with AI, but I think proper framing of the situation is important.
It appears at first glance that the main concern regarding AI is the future. How will humans coexist with these technologies? How well calibrated are they for critical/sensitive uses? How will the job market work? Will AI cause more or less unnecessary suffering than before? These concerns are obvious and legitimate. If AI takes my job (it will), I'll probably be posting on this forum from below a bridge in a tent, or the woods (assuming I have means of communication). If I get a sex robot, I wouldn't want it to bug out and injure/break my genitals, for example. As for the use of these technologies in factories and schools, there is the risk of over-technicalization, where the process/output is divorced from the value provided to humanity.
But what if I told you that there is another concern underneath - everyone knows about it, but almost no one actually utters it. That concern is regarding the past. AI is inadvertently dragging out skeletons from the closet... and for someone who's been warning NPCs about societal dysfunction, it's really fucking funny. The half-truths we were told are now being exposed, with an indifference that rivals the waves in the ocean, or the collision of stars.
Half truth #1 - Rulesets are followed by all participants automatically, and this supposedly proves the validity of said rulesets.
How AI uncovered Half truth #1 - Notice how in schools, teachers demand a set of rules to follow, but they don't always follow those rules themselves. A particularly juicy case of this involved AI: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hes-telling-us-not-ai-000048993.html?guccounter=2
Teacher was using AI for his work, while telling students NOT to use AI.
Actual truth #1 - There is an interplay between rulesets and power hierarchies. Those who have power often don't have to follow the rules, and some of them get away with it.
Half truth #2 - "Nobody wants to work anymore"
How AI uncovered Half truth #2 - Increasingly, company CEOs and HR are using AI... for everything. In fact the adoption was so quick that it raises suspicion concerning previous working practices and expectations. It's almost as if...
Actual truth #2 - Nobody wants to work and nobody ever wanted to work. Protestant work ethic is prescribed rather than internalized by those who prescribed it in the first place.
Half truth #3 - "Results matter, but the process is also valued"
How AI uncovered Half truth #3 - Vibe coding is currently accepted AND celebrated in the IT industry. Companies are using it to speed up production, even if fuck ups occur later. If you are writing a CV nowadays, you pretty much have to ATS optimize it to even get your foot in the interview.
Actual truth #3 - The end result is law. This is the reason losers are not valued, even if they tried to achieve something through some process and failed, or if the result was not as ideal as expected. If you are still a sub5 male, nobody cares if you escaped from a dysfunctional family, or if you clawed your way out of poverty.
Half truth #4 - "Important decisions are bottlenecked by lack of information, lack of good filtering systems, or limited hardware specs"
How AI uncovered Half truth #4 - Now that AI quickly calculates statistics about bodies of information (e.g. large spreadsheets), and provides deep reports and metrics for companies, the above bottlenecks can no longer be use as an excuse...
Actual truth #4 - Important decisions are (and were, all along) also limited by the human factor. Internal bureaucracy, office politics, protagonism, often exacerbated by political correctness and the blue pill. Nepotism. Lookism. These are the things that actually mediate what gets done, and HOW they get done. Obviously AI is not perfect and may experience hallucinations, but NPCs will often not be able to tell the difference anyway.
Half truth #5 - "We live in a just, diverse and inclusive society"
How AI uncovered Half truth #5 - AI is exposing societal biases that always existed.
Actual truth #5 - What is "just", "diverse" and "inclusive" is subject to frequent changes, without your consent and even without proper warning in advance.
Other things will be uncovered soon. And it's gonna be really fucking funny to see "Mr./Ms. Is Right About Everything All The Time" running with the ass between the legs, after causing a trail of destruction behind.
I REST MY FUCKING CASE
It appears at first glance that the main concern regarding AI is the future. How will humans coexist with these technologies? How well calibrated are they for critical/sensitive uses? How will the job market work? Will AI cause more or less unnecessary suffering than before? These concerns are obvious and legitimate. If AI takes my job (it will), I'll probably be posting on this forum from below a bridge in a tent, or the woods (assuming I have means of communication). If I get a sex robot, I wouldn't want it to bug out and injure/break my genitals, for example. As for the use of these technologies in factories and schools, there is the risk of over-technicalization, where the process/output is divorced from the value provided to humanity.
But what if I told you that there is another concern underneath - everyone knows about it, but almost no one actually utters it. That concern is regarding the past. AI is inadvertently dragging out skeletons from the closet... and for someone who's been warning NPCs about societal dysfunction, it's really fucking funny. The half-truths we were told are now being exposed, with an indifference that rivals the waves in the ocean, or the collision of stars.
Half truth #1 - Rulesets are followed by all participants automatically, and this supposedly proves the validity of said rulesets.
How AI uncovered Half truth #1 - Notice how in schools, teachers demand a set of rules to follow, but they don't always follow those rules themselves. A particularly juicy case of this involved AI: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hes-telling-us-not-ai-000048993.html?guccounter=2
Teacher was using AI for his work, while telling students NOT to use AI.
Actual truth #1 - There is an interplay between rulesets and power hierarchies. Those who have power often don't have to follow the rules, and some of them get away with it.
Half truth #2 - "Nobody wants to work anymore"
How AI uncovered Half truth #2 - Increasingly, company CEOs and HR are using AI... for everything. In fact the adoption was so quick that it raises suspicion concerning previous working practices and expectations. It's almost as if...
Actual truth #2 - Nobody wants to work and nobody ever wanted to work. Protestant work ethic is prescribed rather than internalized by those who prescribed it in the first place.
Half truth #3 - "Results matter, but the process is also valued"
How AI uncovered Half truth #3 - Vibe coding is currently accepted AND celebrated in the IT industry. Companies are using it to speed up production, even if fuck ups occur later. If you are writing a CV nowadays, you pretty much have to ATS optimize it to even get your foot in the interview.
Actual truth #3 - The end result is law. This is the reason losers are not valued, even if they tried to achieve something through some process and failed, or if the result was not as ideal as expected. If you are still a sub5 male, nobody cares if you escaped from a dysfunctional family, or if you clawed your way out of poverty.
Half truth #4 - "Important decisions are bottlenecked by lack of information, lack of good filtering systems, or limited hardware specs"
How AI uncovered Half truth #4 - Now that AI quickly calculates statistics about bodies of information (e.g. large spreadsheets), and provides deep reports and metrics for companies, the above bottlenecks can no longer be use as an excuse...
Actual truth #4 - Important decisions are (and were, all along) also limited by the human factor. Internal bureaucracy, office politics, protagonism, often exacerbated by political correctness and the blue pill. Nepotism. Lookism. These are the things that actually mediate what gets done, and HOW they get done. Obviously AI is not perfect and may experience hallucinations, but NPCs will often not be able to tell the difference anyway.
Half truth #5 - "We live in a just, diverse and inclusive society"
How AI uncovered Half truth #5 - AI is exposing societal biases that always existed.
Actual truth #5 - What is "just", "diverse" and "inclusive" is subject to frequent changes, without your consent and even without proper warning in advance.
Other things will be uncovered soon. And it's gonna be really fucking funny to see "Mr./Ms. Is Right About Everything All The Time" running with the ass between the legs, after causing a trail of destruction behind.
I REST MY FUCKING CASE
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