Post #2557779

2026-05-11 07:28 UTC

@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io I was thinking about this today. It's like they watched Star Trek or other sci-fi, saw the "black box" devices that relied on a central service to run, and said "I want some of that". They want us all to have dumb devices we pay them for that use their services, that we pay even more for. The saddest part is every single company seems to be onboard with this, despite them suffering greatly now because of it

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@smallcircles@social.coop 2026-05-11 08:36

@sortius@infosec.exchange @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io Where it gets interesting I think is to consider the flip side of the coin. So big tech and the corporate world is all-in on AI technologies that serve to further erode social fabric of society, towards dystopic future if they have their way. A risk clearly perceived by many people who have a longing and human needs for real connection and social cohesion. Big tech AI does not deliver there. It does not address people's needs in these regards. Another way of formulating is saying that Big Tech is retracting from the 'market of real human connection'. In other words it leaves market space, places for people and small initiatives to most excellently fill these gaps. At the smaller scales, inter-community, across institutions and non-profits, small sustainable businesses, paying real attention to people and their needs instead of placing an artificial entity in front of them that separates them from others, becomes the true unique selling point for a commons.

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