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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok cool, but this is an analogy. Why are you defending the use of AI by megacorps by objecting to irrelevant parts of an analogy on technicality?

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a bad analogy and just plain wrong fact. Do better.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You're insufferable.

I know the analogy isn't a perfect fit for LLMs in general. Analogies never come close to describing the entire thing they're analogs of, they don't need to.

It doesn't matter because this is a suitable analogy for the argument. This is how analogies work.

The argument is that because the harm has already been done, it's fine to use LLMs.
That same argument can be made for blood diamonds, and it's untrue for exactly the same reason:
Because buying the use of LLMs (which is mostly how they're used, even if you pay in data instead of money) is funding the continued harmful actions of the producer.

I can't believe I have to explain how analogies are used to a grown ass adult.