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Paul Prudence
@paul-prudence
Aside from a very few (mostly conceptual works of art) I am unapologetically pessimistic about the role of AI in art and in society in general. There I said it. I will not bore you with my list of negatives right here but at the very least consumer level AI *is* just the entertainment division of the military industrial complex (to paraphrase F. Zappa) Critical tracts dissecting intelligent artificiality and the 'tech arms race ' excite me and this one by Karen Hao looks promising. Arriving in May 'I argue that the only way to fully understand the far-reaching implications of the AI race is to recognize companies like OpenAI as new forms of empire. Empires of old seized & extracted resources, and exploited the labor of the places they conquered to drive their own expansion & advancement. All the while, they justified their conquest by calling it a civilizing mission and promising to bring the world boundless progress... (continued below)
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rickacrane 🎩☮️
@thepapercrane
Ai is of course a mixed bag. Bringing advantages and disadvantages. New technologies are always sold to us based on the best case scenario and we cant often see the worst case scenario until it's actually playing out. While we are aware of the very real risks of automation and Ai replacing human labour (it's happening in the creative industries already) and the cliche sci-fi risks (robots taking over etc), we will likely be blindsided by multiple unforeseen problems down the line. The wider point that interests me is why do we actually constantly need all these new technologies? In reality, do they actually give us more free time, make our lives easier? Can they help bring about peace, reduce inequality etc? Why are we obsessed with "progress"? Is it just a reflection of the dissatisfaction we feel, the restless spirit, the constant craving for something more?
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