Post #3858017

2026-07-16 12:01 UTC

@tinker@infosec.exchange It's important not to underestimate the psychological factors at play in the corporate AI push. Huge chunks of most organizations, and especially in leadership roles, are completely disconnected from actual work. Your boss probably only has a vague idea of what you actually do and their boss (boss^2) has no idea at all. Most of what they do all day is around managing i.e.: emails, meetings, talking etc. And AI **IS** a transformative technology to them precisely because it transforms something that they don't understand (coding, creating, etc.) into something that they do understand - managing an underling. That's at the root of this disconnect.

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@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange 2026-07-16 15:34

@birdwainer@infosec.exchange @tinker@infosec.exchange This is precisely why I'm not against LLMs. LLMs are a proxy fight against end-stage capitalism and a coming to a technofeudalist society. Being able to combine the worlds' knowledge into a massive array that can probabilistically answer known things is amazing indeed... Even if you know how it works. This is Leibniz' dream, of calculus of words. Most of us lament the Library Of Alexandria's burning. An Open data LLM is like the largest free talking library, that uses calculus to provide predictive text. But its not about advancement of humans. Corporate LLM token dealers are being used AS weapons against humans. Why? Cause LLMs have the appearance in solving wages - that part of capitalism that the owners are always looking to cheat. And also, Marx was right, as was Ned Ludd. Its all about controlling the means of production. And in Ludd's time, he wasn't able to gain control, so he chose the second path- destruction. Soon after, that was a death penalty offense. Are LLMs the final answer? Obviously not. They can't train themselves. They use waaaay too much energy in training and inference. The algorithms work, but are really terrible. (Studying chess algos is the similar path I see with LLMs) But as a tool, they are useful, especially in fuzzy searches. But capitalists will capital, and try to destroy labor wherever they can. Don't let tool hate misdirect the real actors are. It always has been capital. Always has.

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@murdoc@autistics.life 2026-07-16 14:00

@birdwainer@infosec.exchange @tinker@infosec.exchange Exactly why I think that "money people" should not be in charge of anything. They live in a different world disconnected from reality, which is why the real world is going to shit.

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@cy@fedicy.us.to 2026-07-16 14:40

If they only understand managing an underling, why don't they hire a human to do the coding and creating for them? Once again, it's all about slavery. They're just slavers. If AI doesn't slave for them, it doesn't appeal to them.

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