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  • I think yes, because saying ‘no’ also throws into question whether present you consenting on future you’s behalf is moral, which can lead down a path of concluding autonomy itself is immoral.

    Meanwhile, if we just say ‘yeah, the non-existant future you is allowed to consent to things on past you’s behalf’, we avoid all that mumbo jumbo. Honestly, it’s something people do actually do sometimes, now that I think about it. Forgiveness almost operates in that fashion.


  • I would disagree. Many other technologies have eliminated more jobs, caused more damage to society and the environment, and been more generally consequential. AI has been bad kn all those ways, but is by no means the worst of them all. Let’s not forget that we’re still dealing with the social damage and ripple effects of the invention of the atomic bomb, and that previous video and audio manipulation tools had already severely damaged social trust in media. LLMs have just worsened those already significantly damaged systems.















  • JayDee@lemmy.sdf.orgtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldRadon
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    2 months ago

    The whole concept is more akin to whether or not you are working directly with the material fruits of your labor, or if you’re some secondary or tertiary job to the actual work being done.

    Basically, their view is that if you are not directly making the product or apart of the physical logistics for that product, then you’re in a bullshit job. I would not say I agree with the philosophy myself, but i kind of get it. ‘I farm Corn’, ‘I Truck frozen food’, and ‘I catch fish’, do exist in a very different realm from ‘I manage a team of QA specialists’, ‘I am an Advertisement Consultant’, and ‘I contribute to my company’s server backend codebase’.

    Also, yeah, the 3-word rule of thumb sucks.