I like the part where Dr Grant just looks dead straight into the camera and in a serious tone says ‘There are dinosaurs here. There are dinosaurs in this Jurassic Park’.
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1·9 days agoSure, but that’s not my decision to make. The ask was for other communities that are not politics focused. If people want to gather in one of those over another, that’s their choice not mine. I just listed some I’m aware of, that’s all.
- https://lemmy.world/c/climatehope
- https://slrpnk.net/c/energy
- https://feddit.uk/c/goodnews
- https://kbin.social/m/goodnews
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/goodnewseveryone
- https://lemmy.world/c/hopeposting
- https://lemmy.world/c/lemmybewholesome
- https://slrpnk.net/c/reclamation
- https://lemmy.world/c/worldinprogress
- https://slrpnk.net/c/zerowaste
Some of these communities are more active than others, so if you do find them interesting/valuable please post.
3·18 days agoThat’s not quite as ridiculous as I’d feared, and I can’t believe I just said that…
0·26 days agoThe argument being made is: "AI is currently slop but there is a reasonable expectation that it will be pushed until it is indistinguishable from human work, and therefore devaluing of human work.
Again, if the work is ‘indistinguishable’ then I don’t see how AI art ‘devalues’ human work any more than the work done by another human. This just sounds like old fashioned competition, which has existed as long as art itself has.
I don’t like AI because it’s just another way that “corporate gonna corporate” and it never ends up working out for the mere mortals’ benefit
Corporations abusing technology to the disbenefit of people is nothing new, unfortunately, and isn’t unique to AI (see Email, computers, clocking in machines, monitoring software etc). That speaks to a need for better corporate oversight and better worker rights.
misinformation is already so prevalent and it’s going to continue to get worse (we have seen this already–trump abuses it continually).
This is a good point, but again AI is hardly the first time technology has been used to spread lies and misinformation. This highlights a fundamental problem with our media and a need to teach better critical thinking in schools etc.
They’re all valid concerns but in my opinion they suggest AI is being used as an enabler not that the problems in question are the sole product of it. Sadly if we stopped using anything and everything that was misused for nefarious means we’d go back to the stone age.
Given how harder it’s becoming to tell apart AI slop from something made by a human…
If AI is that good, it’s not ‘slop’, is it? I see this argument all the time. AI is both awful slop, devoid of merit and also indistinguishable from human made content and a threat to us all. Pick a side.
14·1 month agoMaybe they should turn that mirror on themselves. Take a long look at the ‘non decent humans’ within their own ranks:
2·1 month agoWell said!
This report makes for sobering reading, but it’s never too late to stop fighting for a better tomorrow:
Remember, hope and optimism are important motivators:
and pessimism isn’t useful:
So try not to let bad news like this get you down or facilitate a spiral into Doomerism:
And try to limit the bad news you ingest, as it can be bad for your metal health:
And be mindful of the media’s propensity to favour bad news over good:
Finally, remember to take time to remind yourself about everything going right in the world
- https://fixthenews.com/planet/
- https://www.positive.news/
- https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
- https://www.goodgoodgood.co/impact/environment
Things are tough out there, so try and remain positive friends!
131·1 month agoStopping tax evasion by implementing a global tax cooperative so nations can stop competing in a downward race on tax rates
You may or may not be aware that the OECD has already begun implementing something like that:
It’s not a chunk. It’s a challenge.
Agreed. Cheese and onion? Sign me the fuck up.
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Fucking hell…
I mean they could start by actually addressing the toxic work culture and dealing with that hateful cunt Yves Guillemot:
Doesn’t https://lemmy.ca/c/mensliberation already kinda fit that requirement?
I’m from the UK on mobile. Maybe it’s a geographic or platform thing?
This setting is under ‘Data privacy’ - > ‘How LinkedIn uses your data’ - > ‘Data for generative AI improvement’
What a god awful day to have eyes…
If you ever want good news these are some good places to start:
Stay positive, friend!