this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025

597 points (96.7% liked)

Fuck AI

2518 readers

761 users here now

"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"

A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

597

'But What if we Made a Show Showcasing the Positives of the Torment Nexus' (pawb.social)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

89 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Source (Via Xcancel)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/torment-nexus

top 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You can have sci-fi that showcases cool technology and how it relates to society. We've done it before, and it's some of the most popular and influential sci-fi ever created. It's called Star Trek (communicators, transporters, medical scanners, replicators, holodecks, etc). But even utopian sci-fi like Star Trek is mainly centered around conflict, what it means to be human, and other philosophical and existential questions. A show that's only about how cool the tech is, really isn't a show at all. It's an advertisement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gadget Man is probably one of the closest

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Is that like the Wish/Temu version of Inspector Gadget?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

It's a show hosted by Richard Ayoade about different "modern" tech gadgets ("modern" because it came out a decade ago).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I think he is referring to this.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The QAA podcast recently had an episode on AI generated images and right wing movements and they said something that really stuck with me- AI "art" is so popular among right wingers and barely literate tech bros because it is truly art the way they see all art, images with only surface level literal meaning and no subtext, context, or anything actually thought provoking. The dumbest thing about this is that there are several Black Mirror episodes that are ultimately hopeful or value-neutral about the effects of technology on the future- San Bernardino and Striking Vipers come to mind. Then again, both of those are about how sexuality intersects with transhumanism, which right wingers generally see as bad things so maybe they see those as dystopian episodes as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I believe a similar argument is brought up in Some More News about AI.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago

It's funny that these tech bros don't understand that 90% of the show is not condemning technology, but how capitalism corrupts technology.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 days ago (2 children)

White mirror looks scarier.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Looks like an ad too

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If white mirror detects any sadness it will immediately pump our patented dopamine equivalent into your bloodstream. For the low low monthly cost of 19.99 prices vary if more than 1 sadness shot is used

we are not liable for any relapse due to lack of sadness shot substance

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

meta tech distopia

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago

White mirror sounds like the best episode of a black mirror season

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's called Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism, you wouldn't like it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I reverse Automated and Luxury. That way the acronym reads FLAGS-C

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

That is a better acronym, but you can't change word places willy nilly.

https://quillbot.com/blog/adjectives/order-of-adjectives/

If you did, you'd end up calling "Coordinated Universal Time" something like UTC, despite UTC standing for nothing actually, and being a compromise.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why don't people make movies about how cool war is? You get access to all kinds of useful natural resources and get to ki... I mean not look at brown people anymore!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So basically Star-Trek ? You know what would be funny ? If leftists hijacked "White Mirror"😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Nah, too LEFTY. We gotta make a show extolling the value of bringing automation to society.
You know, like Battlestar Galactica!!!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Drink verification can!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

The worst evils wear the friendliest faces.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

what if we made a show that made it easier for tech bros to exploit tech to make more money? sounds super cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Every silver cloud has a dark underside.

load more comments