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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But replacing loved ones with tools was never something I was arguing for.

You are arguing in favor of replacing people, flesh and blood, with machines.

Manual labor? Sure. I love post-scarcity.

Art? Culture? My mom? Obscene. Profane, even. Morally reprehensible. We're holding you back from recess until you learn to appreciate your classmates.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Nah, that is a false equivalence. Replacing "people" with machines is very different from replacing "bonds" with machines. You are not literally killing the people and replacing them with a robot. It's a job.

    You are conflating replacing the job with literally replacing the person. And personal bonds are not jobs, nor are hobbies. You are not going to have someone or a robot play golf for you. Nor would you replace your mom.

    Art and culture are two different things, they are not replacing bonds. But i think the disconnect there comes solely from the current state of ai. Once it improves to the point of being indistinguishable as all technologies do, i think those will be seen as much less problematic outside of the lens of capitalism.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You are not literally killing the people and replacing them with a robot.

    ... You think my position is that I think stable diffusion will kill people.

    Like Body Snatchers?

    To anyone still reading: This is ultimately why I didn't go for the point-by-point essay post so many else did. How am I supposed to respond to this? Genuinely.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    You asked me if id replace my mom with a robot despite knowing the answer would be no. How tf am i supposed to respond to that. How tf am i even supposed to do that. Ask bad questions, get bad answers.

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