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The dialogue around LLMs is kind of broken both in terms of critique and advocacy. For critique, we need to focus on how we attack fascist tech power consistently — LLMs are only one part of that; merely saying "AI bad" has simply ended up with a lot of people using AI quietly while feeling shame...

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social

People can’t just say this for literally years now and have the products it creates only positively affect spreadsheet people. Most people have profoundly negative experiences with this product because its utility remains pretty niche but targeted to the capital class.

nathan

@leospeare.bsky.social

21 Aug

AI is bad and sloppers should feel shame. It's normal to feel shame when you're doing something that disgusting.

Anil Dash

@anildash.com

It doesn’t accomplish anything, just like you feeling ashamed about your Instagram account while Zuckerberg still profits off of you doesn’t accomplish anything. It’s a poor theory of change for actually stopping harms from big tech. Just lets you feel smug while nothing changes.

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nathan

@leospeare.bsky.social

21 Aug

You're confusing "feeling shame" with "being shamed". Yes, shaming individual AI sloppers doesn't hurt big tech companies, who are the source of the problem. But the sloppers are still doing something disgusting, and feeling shame is a natural human reaction to that.