Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid - welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful youāll near-instantly regret.
Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.
If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutānāpaste it into its own post ā thereās no quota for posting and the bar really isnāt that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned so many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this, and happy 4th July in advance.)
I donāt necessarily hate this, because you can easily read it as highlighting the AI systemsā lack of agency. Rather than posing it as a threat for what itās going to do, it poses a threat for what it doesnāt do that believers expect it to: actually exercise judgement and thought.
Ed: hadnāt realized that the guy we were taking seriously was the author of Sapiens. Gonna have to assume I was extending entirely too much charity in my assessment.
Why would anyone be scared of an empty suit lol
I doubt that this is how it was originally intended but think about all the boosters pointing at an empty suit while saying shit like āyouāre being laid off and this is your replacement,ā or āI know youāve been lonely so I set you up on a blind date with this guy,ā or even āthis is whatās going to solve climate change.ā And then imagine looking around and seeing friends, family, the broader media, and government and business leaders listening to them while smiling and nodding.