You don't need to necessarily be anti-AI, you need to be pro-humans.
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@lauren Considering the builders and biggest boosters of mainstream AI tech are some of the richest and most deeply amoral humans on the planet, I feel like being anti-AI is kind of part-and-parcel of the pro-human position. Currently the way this tech is developed, the way people access the tech, and the way the tech is used cause harms to humanity that far outweigh the benefits. A "pro-AI innovation AND pro-human" position, in my eyes, is only possible if income inequality is dismantled. People who already have an outsized amount of power gatekeep this technology and use it to accumulate more power. Continuing along the path we're on is likely to cause irreperable economic, environmental, and social harms. tl;dr I feel that the pro-human and pro-ai positions are, in our current society, incompatible. Just one fella's humble opinion - I hope to be proven wrong.
@90sScriptKiddiw I openly admit I'm both. BUT, from a political standpoint, it's too easy for the Big Tech Billionaires and their politician slaves to try brand anyone with anti-AI sentiments as a Luddite generally. Pro-human encompasses a much larger field (including housing, health care, etc.) of which being anti-AI is but one (major) aspect. From a political standpoint, I'm thinking this may (possibly) be a superior approach, judging from how I see things shaking out. That's not to say that we can't be pointing out the multitudinous problems with AI at every possible opportunity (and I do so!).
@lauren If only it was that easy.
