Stephen Ferret
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By day, mild-mannered dad, nerd, writer, vet tech.
By night, asleep. (Usually.)
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By day, mild-mannered dad, nerd, writer, vet tech.
By night, asleep. (Usually.)
#TransRights
Reposted by Stephen Ferret
Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Those are all different types of "AI" though. We're not talking about most of those.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Those are all different types of "AI" though. We're not talking about most of those.
Tools are built for a purpose. Those who built it built it for a bad purpose. It's use has multiple negative outcomes and zero positive ones. It doesn't even do what it's "supposed to do" well, if at all.
It is a tool. A bad one.
It is a tool. A bad one.
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Tools are built for a purpose. Those who built it built it for a bad purpose. It's use has multiple negative outcomes and zero positive ones. It doesn't even do what it's "supposed to do" well, if at all.
It is a tool. A bad one.
It is a tool. A bad one.
Do the Highwaymen or the skeletons wear the hats?
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Do the Highwaymen or the skeletons wear the hats?
Not decided, observed.
I stand behind what I said because it is what I am observing and not a bit of your or anyone else's defenses of AI has yet to convince me (and unsurprisingly, they're all the same arguments).
Art is in the making, and when there's no making, it's not in the product as well.
I stand behind what I said because it is what I am observing and not a bit of your or anyone else's defenses of AI has yet to convince me (and unsurprisingly, they're all the same arguments).
Art is in the making, and when there's no making, it's not in the product as well.
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Not decided, observed.
I stand behind what I said because it is what I am observing and not a bit of your or anyone else's defenses of AI has yet to convince me (and unsurprisingly, they're all the same arguments).
Art is in the making, and when there's no making, it's not in the product as well.
I stand behind what I said because it is what I am observing and not a bit of your or anyone else's defenses of AI has yet to convince me (and unsurprisingly, they're all the same arguments).
Art is in the making, and when there's no making, it's not in the product as well.
1) Prompter isn't a job.
2) If AI is inherently aligned with fascists, what do you think that means for capitalism?
3) No reason to make it easier to create and spread.
4) Whataboutism doesn't address the problem and it itself is also a tool of fascism.
2) If AI is inherently aligned with fascists, what do you think that means for capitalism?
3) No reason to make it easier to create and spread.
4) Whataboutism doesn't address the problem and it itself is also a tool of fascism.
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
1) Prompter isn't a job.
2) If AI is inherently aligned with fascists, what do you think that means for capitalism?
3) No reason to make it easier to create and spread.
4) Whataboutism doesn't address the problem and it itself is also a tool of fascism.
2) If AI is inherently aligned with fascists, what do you think that means for capitalism?
3) No reason to make it easier to create and spread.
4) Whataboutism doesn't address the problem and it itself is also a tool of fascism.
Generative AI is inherently aligned with the fascists. It is built on denying workers pay for their work, giving a select wealthy few control of culture, spreading misinformation, and destroying the environment.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Generative AI is inherently aligned with the fascists. It is built on denying workers pay for their work, giving a select wealthy few control of culture, spreading misinformation, and destroying the environment.