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@ FourWaveforms @lemm.ee

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I don't mean to be difficult. I'm neurodivergent

9mo ago

It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System
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FourWaveforms @lemm.ee 9mo ago
It's already capable of doing a lot, and there is reason to expect it will get better over time. If we stick our fingers in our ears and pretend that's not possible, we will not be prepared.

9mo ago

It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System

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FourWaveforms @lemm.ee 9mo ago

It often is. I've got a lot of use out of it.

9mo ago

It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System

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FourWaveforms @lemm.ee 9mo ago

But what good is that if AI can do it anyway?

That is the crux of the issue.

Years ago the same thing was said about calculators, then graphing calculators. I had to drop a stat class and take it again later because the dinosaur didn't want me to use a graphing calculator. I have ADD (undiagnosed at the time) and the calculator was a big win for me.

Naturally they were all full of shit.

But this? This is different. AI is currently as good as a graphing calculator for some engineering tasks, horrible for some others, excellent at still others. It will get better over time. And what happens when it's awesome at everything?

What is the use of being the smartest human when you're easily outclassed by a machine?

If we get fully automated yadda yadda, do many of us turn into mush-brained idiots who sit around posting all day? Everyone retires and builds Adirondack chairs and sips mint juleps and whatever? (That would be pretty sweet. But how to get there without mass starvation and unrest?)

Alternately, do we have to do a Butlerian Jihad to get rid of it, and threaten execution to anyone who tries to bring it back... only to ensure we have capitalism and poverty forever?

These are the questions. You have to zoom out to see them.

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FourWaveforms @lemm.ee 9mo ago

You just described 90% of what goes on in social media

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FourWaveforms @lemm.ee 9mo ago

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FourWaveforms @lemm.ee 9mo ago

That assumes you can find a contingency lawyer that will take your case, which is not guaranteed.

HR is usually very careful with terminations, with policy and practices being reviewed by lawyers so as to avoid giving you anything you can use against them. They're expert in finding justifications to terminate people while making it look above-board.

So you go to HR and smugly try to get someone in trouble for bothering you. They simply will not care that you feel unjustly treated. If they terminate you, it will ostensibly be because your position was eliminated, or for cause (bad performance or other reasons.) But it will really be because the business sees you as more risky and difficult to extract value from than other people who aren't crybabies. (That is what they will see you as, no matter what.)

And then you go to a contingency lawyer and tell your story, and they say, "sorry, we can't do this on contingency because their case is too strong. They documented that they have valid reasons. But if you want, our retainer is $10K to get started, and we'll try to meditate for you." When mediation fails: "Another $40K for trial prep." So at this point the lawyer is fucking you too, and you're spending 5 figures on a case you stand a good chance of losing.

Or, you could just say "I'm not gonna talk about my pills, dude" to your coworker, and then go eat a pop tart in the break room, and stay out of that whole entire hurricane.