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Bengal famine, Madras famine, Travancore famine, Wagon massacre, Jallianwala Bagh massacre and much more (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 6 points 2 hours ago (12 children)

It isn't at all ironic to use tools created within the boundaries of capitalism to critique it. This is just a retread of conservatives doing the "socialism is when no iPhone" meme. Marxism is not a moral philosophy. We will not throw out all of the tools built up by capitalism when we establish socialism, we will own them collectively and run them in the interests of the working classes.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 hours ago (11 children)

    when we establish socialism

    But are we there yet? Or if not then does it help when AI is being used by common people when corpos are the one controlling it? Doesn't this justify their point that people need their AI? It's wonderful to think AI as a tool collectively owned by the people but unfortunately that's not the case currently.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 hours ago (6 children)

    We aren't there, sure. That doesn't mean any LLM generated image is inherently morally wrong or upholding capitalism, just like any hammer isn't upholding capitalism.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 hour ago (5 children)

    True, but it is more of about who is pulling the strings rather than who is underneath.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

    How does using an LLM for a meme support capitalists in any different a way using a hammer does?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

    If not a local llm, then the input given and the output generated is stored and can be used by the corporates in any way they want.

    Once the job is done, a hammer stays a hammer.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    So if it's local, it's fine? There's no problem with the fact that it's generated, but who owns the tools, then.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    I guess yeah? Then It's just a tool to manipulate images just like Photoshop. As I said it's more about who is pulling the strings.

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  • [–] 2 points 47 minutes ago

    Gotcha. I largely agree, I think people often see AI images and get a kneejerk reaction on the basis of being AI, not the particulars of how good or bad the image is or the manner in which it was generated.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

    Windows is owned by corpos and so is the phone you are using currently, ergo everything you do online is pro capitalist. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

    Hundreds of companies have AI products, a lot of them are completely free to run on your computer. But obviously, I can't make any kind of distinction, especially when the media is telling me all AI is bad, so I aggressively inquire and demand that all my memes are made on Linux without AI, using a computer built by a commune which cannot be connected to the Internet (all ISPs are a product of capitalism). I then send these memes by pigeon mail.

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

    Doesn't mean I owe them anything and you certainly wouldn't appreciate when just one of them get the monopoly over everyone. "windows", "ms paint" and "smart phone in my hand" sure were part of capitalism but they were made in the favor of end users cause the said users had other options to move to. The compitition kept them in check and be beneficial to society. If they were the monopoly you'd be stuck with a licence to what they think you deserve.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    Bro, every reason you used can be applied to AI, except it's a lot less monolithic and capitalistic than computers and phones.

    Do you understand the dissonance? You take no issue with a whole load of things but if it's AI, suddenly, you have a plethora of arguments. It's pure hypocrisy imo.

    Your problem isn't what's behind it and acting like three companies own all AI is being purposely ignorant in any case. OpenAI doesn't own image generation.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 hour ago

    My reasoning is for the platforms you mentioned, we both weren't talking about AI, you started with "windows good, cause capitalism" while I gave you the reasoning behind what made windows and other things benficial to the user even under capitalism.

    You wanna talk Ai? The above reasoning isn't the only issue regarding AI, there are many other factors affected due to AI and not just "ai capitalism bad". Ai impacts, software integrity, security, authenticity, accountability, authority, environment, infrastructure, economy, hell I'll go as far as survival of humanity.

    None of these factor were at stake when 'windows' 'ms paint' or 'smart phone in my hand' were in question.

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