• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    It’s wild that OP would think these two things are equivalent.

    Pronouns are a thing that harms nobody, and the people frothing at the mouth are going out of their way to hurt people who did nothing wrong.

    AI (in its most common meaning at this time in pop culture) at the minimum is wasting electricity (and it’s associated climate impact), and has the potential to totally decimate the job market and usher in an era of inequality that we haven’t seen for hundreds of years, while simultaneously stealing from artists. The people frothing at the mouth aren’t hurting anyone.

    To use a bit of hyperbole, it’s kinda like if you said:

    Some of y’all see “white power” and freak out without processing anything that’s being said, like a conservative who sees a mixed race couple.

    Like pretty clearly people have a good reason for freaking out when they see that, and the other side of the equation are just bad people.

    • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      42 minutes ago

      Ah, that false quote is beautiful. It’s like watching an effortless right hook delivered squarely onto the jaw of whoever Rocky Balboa is fighting.

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      2 hours ago

      Yes, it’s totally okay starve millions of homes of water and jack up their utility bills to be able to summarize articles and write emails. (/s)