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This is good! Though, he neglects to mention the group of people (including myself) who have yet to be sold on ai's usefulness at all (all critics of practical AI harms are lumped under 'reformers' implying they still see it as valuable but just currently misguided.)
Like, ok, so what if China develops it first? Now they can... generate more convincing spam, write software slightly faster with more bugs, and starve all their artists to death? ... Oh no, we'd better hurry up and compete with that!
@datarama @200fifty or people who are just straight up using it as it is used right now: for labor extraction
@datarama though it can be used ethically, if the labor is donated or something that is made from public goods is regulated to remain a public good
right now, it's an Elsevier business model: receive the work of others at no cost and sell it as a service