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(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this - gonna try posting last week's thread a different way this time)

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

My hands are requesting the CEO's home address (in ~~Minecraft~~ real life):

Quick bonus I found in the replies:

And a quick sidenote from me:

This is sorta repeating a previous prediction of mine, but I expect this AI bubble's gonna utterly tank the public image of tech as a whole. When you develop a tech whose primary use case boils down to "make the world worse so the line can go up", its gonna be virtually impossible for the public to forgive you.

Being more specific, I expect artists/musicians/creatives in general to be utterly hostile to AI, if not tech as a whole - AI has made their lives significantly harder in a variety of ways, and all signs pointing to the tech industry having done so willingly.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

in real life

Careful not to post things that could get you into trouble with a judge without a sense of humor, or just cops/secret service. Wouldn't be the first time I hear of a home visit because the cops got confused at a joke.

Esp if it turns out the conspiracy theory about the murder being crypto related and they confuse this place for being a pro cryptocurrency place.

E: on topic just not LLMs and artists but also the idea that Musk got Trump elected will cause a backlash. (Which I find dubious, more despite the man, they made the election be about a gay onlyfans support squirrel ffs)

[–] sinedpick@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

5-10 years ago I'd say OP's comment is definitely protected under the First Amendment (assuming US based) but now who the fuck knows what those turdwagons on the bench will come up with to dismantle it.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, but that step comes after the cops lift you out of your bed. And you get a good lawyer etc etc. Nobody was charged after the home visit but it still was a home visit, granted that was in .nl so less risk of being shot or getting your stuff stolen. And that is assuming the law still works.