Stephen 🌈 (he/him)

@owlex@tech.lgbt @the_other_jon@mastodon.social An ethical position on something often requires sacrifice. We aren’t doing this to be mean to the podcast. We are doing it to attempt to influence the industry in another direction. The complexity of the situation doesn’t really have anything directly to do with what is ethical. It only has to do with how hard it is to see it. Are you arguing that the complexity makes it ok or that it is hard for you to see? Some of us can see the harm and are trying our best to make it visible. Those who provide the counterpoint don’t say anything about whether the harm will stop or somehow be mitigated really — they mostly just say, “Don’t be left behind.” Does that sound like a rational actor or an addict? My belief: it is absolutely wrong to feed this technological vampire that threatens to erase humanity. Don’t become a thrall. It doesn’t end well for them. 😊

@elizayer We aren’t blaming all people who are “hopping jobs” altogether, though, right? Some of them (like me) had no choice because they couldn’t survive a toxic work environment. Which seems to happen a LOT. Especially amongst those at the margins. Or am I misinterpreting this part of your point?

@spacelogic@kind.social I wish you great success! I have a dream to create some kind of cooperative of folks who want to build things for people the “old fashioned way”. At first glance you and I have a similar mission (I resonate with “maybe help to fix the problems I was coming to realize society hadn't figured out“). If a thing like that is interesting let me know. If not, glad to have found you anyway!

@samir @sanityinc @lizzy —@RonJeffries is also one of my heroes!

@HaystacksTech@mastodon.social @baalroga@piaille.fr @tante@tldr.nettime.org Oh no!

@tante@tldr.nettime.org So right…

@reading_recluse Me, too!

@HaystacksTech@mastodon.social @baalroga@piaille.fr @tante@tldr.nettime.org is this your website? https://haystacks.tech/ It looks broken…

@mntmn@mastodon.social Thank you!

@esther_alter We have open roles but the work isn’t as exciting as you’re used to. Being cautious about LLMs but it appears our board wants us to research feasibility. At least we are measuring DORA metrics before and after.. Comp range listed in postings https://www.crunchtime.com/open-positions

@owlex@tech.lgbt @the_other_jon@mastodon.social I wish you the best. While we are on opposite sides of this particular struggle I can respect your need to fix the broken system from the inside. Just be careful out there.. https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163

@jaredwhite @jamie Thanks for the tip for another hateful person to block.

@karpour @Purple Yeah it’s gotten to the point that I’m trying to find people to pair program with on side projects that want to avoid LLMs altogether. Turns out it’s tough!

@gknauss No! I love coding!! In fact, I even do it for fun. 😊

@samir agreed

@Daojoan Well nobody who gets massive engagement anyway. The toxic positivity echo chamber is real. 😆

@sophie I love this! I wish I had been the one to write it. Though, I would have been far less persuasive because I would have focused far more on the environmental concerns (LLMs completely wiped out ALL progress on rolling back global warming!) and ethical ones (it regularly plagiarizes without abandon and you can’t easily tell!). And it doesn’t just replace your thinking — it actively lowers your intelligence. Why would anyone want that??? See.. this thing I just did is how one just makes people defensive enough to close ranks. Your way, however, might actually get through to people. Yay!

@elithebearded @theorangetheme @xgranade Metaphors have power. Some are moved by extreme rhetoric. Feel free to complain, but you don’t own the truth. None of us does.

@psa@masto.ai @elizayer@mastodon.social Agreed.. that, too!

@plexus@toot.cat What was the thread about? Should we be terrified that it has been deleted?

@plexus@toot.cat Weird I can’t see it. Must be unavailable to my server.

@plexus@toot.cat Thanks!