Post #3110828

2026-05-16 16:28 UTC

If you believe there's no world in which the majority of people are thoughtful and well intentioned, I don't think we're on the same page regarding what would make the world a better place. AI, like all technology, enables people who exercise their agency. I'm saying "if only people would just" blame the actors instead of the technology we might be able to have the benefits of the technology and hold the actors accountable for the detriments they create. I understand your argument that there are always going to be bad people, but I believe in holding people accountable for their actions. AI is a god damn programming package that the whole world has decided to flip out over when there's only been like five niche applications for it. I don't get it. Why do I have to lose a programming package because everyone - for no real reason - started blaming it for the reason they're assholes to each other as if they hadn't been jerks to each other before. It's stupid.

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@HetareKing@piefed.social 2026-05-17 11:28

Most people _are_ thoughtful and well-intentioned. But one, the minority that isn't are enough to cause a lot of problems, and two, not all problems associated with AI are caused by bad intentions. You say that we should just blame the people for how they use AI, but aside from that there's not always a person to blame or the people causing the problems are often effectively invisible, people _are_ already being blamed, there's just nothing to make them care. So how do you propose we hold them accountable? The law? I mean, there's not a whole lot of political will for that right now, but even if there were, a lot would be difficult to encode into law and even more difficult to meaningfully enforce. Also, having to hold people accountable is also a cost that needs to be weighed against the basically non-existent benefits. >AI is a god damn programming package No, it's not. Other than a few specific products, it's not marketed like that, it doesn't have an interface that suggests that it's that and its functionality (or veneer thereof) isn't limited to that. What a strange thing to say. >Why do I have to lose a programming package because everyone - for no real reason - started blaming it for the reason they’re assholes to each other as if they hadn’t been jerks to each other before. It’s stupid. And here we get to the crux of the matter: _you_ are getting some use out of AI that at least in your subjective experience, for now, is positive, and that's all the justification for its existence you need. All the problems in the wider world associated with it, you just magic away with the phrase "personal responsibility" so you can just stop thinking about it. But that's not good enough.

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@petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-16 18:31

> Why do I have to lose a programming package because everyone started blaming it I like to imagine a 1950s oil baron saying something like this because laws say he can't dump waste into the river. It's very fun. It's a fun world in my head. > If you believe there's no world in which the majority of people are thoughtful MAGA: People who are pro pointing a gun to their head and pulling the trigger, but anti the bullet crushing their skull and killing them. Yeah, I'm sorry, I don't believe in that world.

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