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OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] 78 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Quote from the subtitle of the article

and you can’t stop it.

Don't ever let life-deprived, perspective-bubble wearing, uncompassiontate, power hungry manipulators, "News" people, tell you what you can and cannot do. Doesn't even pass the smell test.

My advice, if a Media Outlet tries to Groom you to think that nothing you do matters, don't ever read it again.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    god, i love this statement. it's so true. people have to understand our collective power. even if the only tool we have is a hammer, we can still beat their doors down and crush them with it. all it takes is organization and willingness.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The implication being that this is the deal that the AI boom is offering, it's not necessarily an endorsement of that philosophy by the writer.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't care what the implication was, I didn't read past the slight/insult to my character, morality and intelligence. Who is some MSM empty suit tank to play cognitive narrative shaping with me, absolutely zero.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The Atlantic huh? Alright then, The Atlantic, I'll remember your name and that you published a piece concluding people are powerless to affect change.

    Now (steelman) can I square this with the sentiment from Propaghandi's "A People's History of the World":

    ...we'll have to teach ourselves to analyze and understand
    the systems of thought-control.
    And share it with each other,
    never sayed by brass rings or the threat of penalty.
    I'll promise you- you promise me- not to sell each
    other out to murderers, to thieves.
    . who've manufactured our delusion that you and me
    participate meaningfully in the process of running
    our own lives. Yeah, you can vote however the fuck
    you want, but power still calls all the shots.
    And believe it or not, even if
    (real) democracy broke loose,
    power could/would just "make the economy scream" until we vote responsibly.

    ...

    Does this apply here? The song is talking about ballot boxes and corporate explotation on a nation-state imperialist. The topic at hand is to do with the corporate exploitation on a worldwide colonization-of-attention level.

    So i think the way I best square this question, do we have the ability to do something about it, is this:

    Yes. You can do something. Not in the way that popular media depicts the french revolution. Revolution will instead be boring. In fact, IS: Change minds. Change your own mind about whatever forms of domination you have accepted as just. Demand to know who made OpenAI king. While you're at it, demand to know why it was just for Imperialist campaigns by "superpowers" justified The Contras. It's a history lesson we can learn from, believe it or not.

    Will you stay down on your knees, or does power still call all the shots?

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