Post #2249867
2026-05-08 14:15 UTC
Replies (8)
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@nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt 2026-05-08 14:19
@distrowatch@mastodon.social I had that same reaction when I saw a video on YouTube earlier today. Saying "that ship has sailed" when it comes to rolling back AI or not adopting it is absolutely still a horrible take to have...
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@GoatsLive@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 14:46
@distrowatch@mastodon.social What AI has always been to me is grabbing a straw of seaman from the deep freeze and inserting it into the uterus of a cow or horse to get it pregnant. THAT is useful AI.
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@linuxgnome@todon.eu 2026-05-08 15:09
@distrowatch@mastodon.social Yep, future generations may be vulnerable to Alzheimer's through lack of mental exercise.
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@mister@mastodon.online 2026-05-08 16:11
@distrowatch@mastodon.social I don’t like AI and try to avoid it at any cost, the more i hear about it the more it makes me believe we will eventually see the terminator really happen. And i’m not being paranoid.
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@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 16:47
@distrowatch@mastodon.social Herd behaviour is a defining 'feature' of modern life. Almost mandatory to deny people you pass greeting you as you must walk with slugs in your ears or a thick clamshell headphone set. Herd behaviour endorsing anti-social indulgence.
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@BrahmaBelarusian@regenerate.social 2026-05-08 17:37
@distrowatch@mastodon.social 1. Air Pollution A. Personal level: I've mild asthma and thusly moved from a big city area to a semirural one, which has indeed solved that air pollution issue. B. Population level: we've got the technology to & a few systems setup that make heavily polluted areas rather clean & can convert those particulates into jetplane fuel & more of these systems should be built & deployed, beyond continuing existing filtering systems being used. (*Sidenote I may get a biodeisel truck to use for a few years in hauling 8-10ft lumber & loads of mulch on 30-60mile trips home.) 2. AI A. Personal level: There is one use case, which is voice recognition speech to text- on Linux pretty exclusively known as "whisper" to my knowledge, which is a helpful tool when my spinal & hand arthritis flare sizably, but even there the key is my ability to turn it on & off when needed, as even that can be more of a hindrance than help. The above set though isn't what's being pushed as an AI into everything, what instead is being pushed is the type of AI that just continually slows my computer use down & makes it more difficult, this is why I am fleeing it similarly to my 1500 mile home move & unlike that physical house move, I don't care how often I must repeat it to avoid the pollution that integrated nonoffswitch gives my computer systems. B. Population level The push of these has been too sudden & strong which is why many other people, including those clinging hard to windows, have been looking for & making tools to avoid AIs embedded in their systems. The question to me thusly isn't "if" but exactly "when" will we see this trend of entities pushing AIs reverse, because while few are angrily & loudly against them, the fact is that fewer still truly love using them... and most people hate being bullied &/or pushed into anything!
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@iju@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 19:13
@distrowatch@mastodon.social There's a known effect where after someone has won elections, they are then polled for having more support than they won in the elections. In other words, people who voted against them would now vote FOR them, purely and solely due to wanting to go with the winner. In an anonymous vote. I suppose this would apply with other scenarios as well.
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@vex@kolektiva.social 2026-05-09 00:41
@distrowatch@mastodon.social these are all external consequences such people have given up on, thus internal consequences are prioritized. There is a limit to the number of unresolved problems one can hold onto, & their lives are mismanaged in such a way that the limit is always too tight too add anything else.