If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
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If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
️I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
@olivia I feel this now, with the aggressive "AI transformation" my employer carries out in the whole company, with silent firings in the background and loud, pro-LLM and "growth culture" propaganda in the foreground...
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@olivia I feel this now, with the aggressive "AI transformation" my employer carries out in the whole company, with silent firings in the background and loud, pro-LLM and "growth culture" propaganda in the foreground...
@glitc_ yeah it's not... how to put it... Good 🥲
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@glitc_ yeah it's not... how to put it... Good 🥲
@olivia each day I say "what the actual FUCK" as more, more, more of this happens, like those self-copying Smith agents in The Matrix trilogy.
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@olivia thank you for this, and solidarity
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If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
️I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
@olivia solidarity
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If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
️I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
@olivia Incredible essay. Bravo.
I have highlighted several passages.This echoes so much of how I feel. Seeing so many of my fellow computer programmers fall prey to the hype, leaving behind all semblance of ethical duty, has been truly demoralizing. But at the same time, many programmers are resisting! It's a true bifurcation. I suspect no industry is immune from this.
"Resistance is futile!" they want us to believe. Our job is to say no, that's a game we refuse to play.
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@olivia solidarity
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@olivia Incredible essay. Bravo.
I have highlighted several passages.This echoes so much of how I feel. Seeing so many of my fellow computer programmers fall prey to the hype, leaving behind all semblance of ethical duty, has been truly demoralizing. But at the same time, many programmers are resisting! It's a true bifurcation. I suspect no industry is immune from this.
"Resistance is futile!" they want us to believe. Our job is to say no, that's a game we refuse to play.
@jaredwhite oh, goodness, exactly!
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If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
️I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
@olivia I am not an academic, which makes my ability to relate to your current situation imperfect. But I do strongly relate to the anxiety in general around AI, my own career heavily impacted. I have this idea from other bubbles that we are nearing the end. We are almost at the point where people start saying "yes, we all know it is a bubble, but" and that is the final gasp. Those same people will eventually deny they ever fell for it as things settle down, however they decide to settle.
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@olivia I am not an academic, which makes my ability to relate to your current situation imperfect. But I do strongly relate to the anxiety in general around AI, my own career heavily impacted. I have this idea from other bubbles that we are nearing the end. We are almost at the point where people start saying "yes, we all know it is a bubble, but" and that is the final gasp. Those same people will eventually deny they ever fell for it as things settle down, however they decide to settle.
@Fulk_It I hope the bubble bursts with the fewest human casualties and the maximum harm to the AI sector — thank you!
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@olivia Incredible essay. Bravo.
I have highlighted several passages.This echoes so much of how I feel. Seeing so many of my fellow computer programmers fall prey to the hype, leaving behind all semblance of ethical duty, has been truly demoralizing. But at the same time, many programmers are resisting! It's a true bifurcation. I suspect no industry is immune from this.
"Resistance is futile!" they want us to believe. Our job is to say no, that's a game we refuse to play.
It's easy to know what to do but much harder to emotionally get things in order and actually do it. And then failure creates doubt, is it even worth it to resist?
I'm tired...
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It's easy to know what to do but much harder to emotionally get things in order and actually do it. And then failure creates doubt, is it even worth it to resist?
I'm tired...
@tesmaia @jaredwhite yeah, it's a moral imperative. Remember those who don't like being on what they see as the losing side last century would have just joined the Nazis.
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If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
️I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
@olivia Planning to read. Love the unique style - that I can already tell.
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@olivia Incredible essay. Bravo.
I have highlighted several passages.This echoes so much of how I feel. Seeing so many of my fellow computer programmers fall prey to the hype, leaving behind all semblance of ethical duty, has been truly demoralizing. But at the same time, many programmers are resisting! It's a true bifurcation. I suspect no industry is immune from this.
"Resistance is futile!" they want us to believe. Our job is to say no, that's a game we refuse to play.
@jaredwhite @olivia Honestly, if resistance truly were futile, they wouldn't feel the need to lecture us about why resistance is futile.
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If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
️I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
@olivia@scholar.social cheers. This captures quite a bit about how I'm feeling about generative AI use in academia and education nowadays. I certainly know this anxiety very personally.
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If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
️I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
I feel this so much, thank you for expressing it so clearly.
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I feel this so much, thank you for expressing it so clearly.
One sentence that stuck with me is "Attacking educators and researchers is not a coincidence".
I was wondering why they're focusing so much on (destroying) education, and why the education "sector" (how much capitalistic capture this common expression betrays!) is so permeable to the attack by "AI", which is so obviously its enemy.
But sadly it makes sense and we mustn't, aren't allowed to let that happen ...
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I feel this so much, thank you for expressing it so clearly.
@quincy thank you 🫶
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If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic.
️I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
The great care you have for your profession, and humanity in general, is evident. Please recognize that emotional affection is a symptom of this.
I, many times, feel existential working in IT as I am told it's inevitable. Maybe a consequence of an individualistic society, where actions can't extend from oneself? — Which doesn't play well in the dilemma's "AI" seems to propose.
Thank you for writing this, and I invite you to feel bittersweet pride for doing what you think is right.
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The great care you have for your profession, and humanity in general, is evident. Please recognize that emotional affection is a symptom of this.
I, many times, feel existential working in IT as I am told it's inevitable. Maybe a consequence of an individualistic society, where actions can't extend from oneself? — Which doesn't play well in the dilemma's "AI" seems to propose.
Thank you for writing this, and I invite you to feel bittersweet pride for doing what you think is right.
@Compeuter I agree and thank you for saying it. You're so kind to articulate it that way. 🫶
