Post #3991749
2026-07-21 00:34 UTC
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
Gemini says:
Jeff Jarvis’s reaction points to a major point of friction in contemporary AI discourse:
Distraction from Immediate Harms:
Critics argue that debating whether a statistical language model has "feelings" or deserves rights diverts attention away from tangible, present-day issues like algorithmic bias, copyright infringement, energy consumption, and labor exploitation.
#AI
#consciousness
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@appassionato@mastodon.social 2026-07-21 00:35
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social 2/ The TESCREAL Framing: The term TESCREAL (Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularity, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, Longtermism) is used by critics to lump together tech-adjacent philosophies that they feel elevate sci-fi hypotheticals—like machine sentience or distant existential threats—over immediate social accountability. #AI #TESCREAL