Post #3098415
2026-06-04 11:39 UTC
@JonathanMosen@caneandable.social Still, the fundamentalists and zealots, as you call them, point to real problems with the process of training generative AI and the effects of its use: the environmental impact of both training and using the models, the use of people's creative work as training data without consent, the resulting unclear legal status of the output of generative models (I especially care about what that means for AI-assisted coding), and the further transfer of power from labor to capital.
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@matt@toot.cafe 2026-06-04 11:45
@JonathanMosen@caneandable.social If one believes what many of the critics say, that the real purpose of creating generative models is to replace as many categories of knowledge work as possible, then the benefits to the blind community are only side effects, and they come at a cost to other groups. And possibly at a cost to blind people too; any development that reduces demand for knowledge workers seems likely to worsen the already high unemployment among blind people.