Thinking about how in the early versions of the Aladdin story, the genie -
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Thinking about how in the early versions of the Aladdin story, the genie -
the powerful entity that Aladdin and the Chinese Magician used to carry out their tasks, that acted in accordance with their instructions and had no self-motivation -
is not only an excellent metaphor for the kind of behavior that people want from AI
but was referred to textually as "the slave of the ring"
Very -explicitly- as a slave.
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Fi, infosec-aspected 🏳️⚧️replied to Fi last edited by
People who endorse the use of AI as a human replacement aren't looking for workers.
They're looking for slaves.
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Fi, infosec-aspected 🏳️⚧️replied to Fi last edited by
Yes, I am explicitly referring to the pre-Disney conception of the story.
Which, tracing the throughline, has some -really- uncomfortable implications for the Will Smith version that would have made that movie untenable without Robin Williams' remake of the character; Smith is basically doing a remake of Williams more than the origi....
Wait -Guy Ritchie- directed it?
Huh. I guess it is a kind of heist movie.
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Fi, infosec-aspected 🏳️⚧️replied to Fi last edited by
Y'ever read the 1001 Nights? There's some good shit in there that Disney's not got their grubby little mouse paws into.
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Fi, infosec-aspected 🏳️⚧️replied to Fi last edited by
Also there are -incredible- levels of recursion; you have frame tales within frame tales and stories within stories
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Fi, infosec-aspected 🏳️⚧️replied to Fi last edited by
Anyway, if you wanna run with this thought line, it's pretty easy to make the case that 'ai' has no place in a democracy from the angle that work without recompense or choice is antithetical to the rights that democracies are supposed to engage with and facilitate.