AI needs to stop

[lila_uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I hate what AI has become and is being used for, i strongly believe that it could have been used way more ethically, solid example being Perplexity, it shows you the sources being used at the top, being the first thing you see when it give a response. The opposite of this is everything else. Even Gemini, despite it being rather useful in day to day life when I need a quick answer to something when I'm not in the position to hold my phone, like driving, doing dishes, or yard work with my ear buds in

[hackworth@lemmy.world]

Eh, I've made a decent living making commercials and corpo shit. But not for lack of trying to get paid for art. For all the money I made working on ~50 short films and a handful of features, I could maybe buy an ounce.

[linedotdatdot@lemmynsfw.com]

Yiff in hell furf-

Wait, what

[synae@lemmy.sdf.org]

I would counter that non-optimal washing by doing what I ask via primitive buttons and dials is perfectly acceptable, and actually preferable

[sabata11792@ani.social]

Art seems like a side hussle or a hobby not a main job. I can't think of a faster way to hate your own passion.

I wanted to work as a programmer but getting a degree tought me I'm too poor to do it as a job as I need 6 more papers and to know the language for longer than it existed to even interview to earn the grind. Having fun building a stupid side project to bother my friends though.

[saharamaleikuhm@feddit.org]

But the poor shareholders!

[polle@feddit.org]

Please tell this my simulation group members. I told them, but they won't listen.

[autistomephisto@lemmy.world]

Exactly. I can code and make a simple game app. If it gets some downloads, maybe pulls in a little money, I'm happy. But I'm not gonna produce endless mtx and ad-infested shovelware to make shareholders and investors happy. I also own a 3D printer. I've done a few projects with it and I was happy to do them, I've even taken commissions to model and print some things, but it's not my main job as there's no way I could afford to sit at home and just print things out all month.

[autistomephisto@lemmy.world]

I mean, they have Alexa connected refrigerators with a camera inside the fridge that sees what you put in it and how much, to either let you know when you're running low on something or ask to put in an order for more of that item before you run out.

[bronzebeard@lemm.ee]

Nft didn't fail, it was just the idiotic selling of jogs for obscene amounts that crashed (most of that was likely money laundering anyway). The tech still has a use.

Wouldn't exactly call crypto a failure, either, when we're in the midst of another bull run.

[sabata11792@ani.social]

My only side hussle worthy skill is fixing computers and I rather swallow a hot soldering iron than meet a stranger and get money involved.

[horni@lemmy.world]

It's the fucking touch screens again.

[baggachipz@sh.itjust.works]

It’s probably just a sticker they put over the word “smart”

[bronzebeard@lemm.ee]

That's a different argument entirely from "no possible benefit", though

[baggachipz@sh.itjust.works]

Ah yes, please fire up the washing machine at 3am and scare the fuck out of everybody. And then let the clothes sit in there wet so that when you wake up, they smell like mildew

[therapygary@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I get what you mean, but people might read this and think Perplexity is an ethical company.

Perplexity AI CEO Offers to Step in Amidst NYT Tech Workers’ Strike

Perplexity AI’s CEO Aravind Srinivas offers support as New York Times NYT tech employees go on strike ahead of election.

Open Data Science - Your News Source for AI, Machine Learning & more (opendatascience.com)

[scytale@lemm.ee]

I was referring mostly about security conferences. Last year almost every vendor was selling API security products. Now it’s all AI infused products.

[scytale@lemm.ee]

Have you been to any appsec conferences last year? It was all API security. This year it was all AI-leveraged security products.

[woodscientist@lemmy.world]

At this point, I'm full on ready to make "though shall not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind" global international law and a religious commandment. At least that way, we can burn all AI grifters as witches!

[daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Get into self hosting.

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