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> Another way I'm thinking about it is with GMO food. GMO food supporters point out that GMOs help us feed more people, but it still makes others uneasy. a ver
by archon1410 4y ago
> Another way I'm thinking about it is with GMO food. GMO food supporters point out that GMOs help us feed more people, but it still makes others uneasy.
a very apt analogy perhaps in a way you didn't intend. it makes people uneasy, there's a natural reaction towards the unnatural, maybe for emotional reasons. it's the same way with GMO crops and AI poems—they will not be able to tell the difference between actual creativity and "artificial artefacts"/"random statistical noise", but they're supposed to have mystical difference. One authentic, the other inauthentic. One that is actually good, and one that merely tricks you into thinking it is good. But don't attempt to scientifically determine if there's any difference... you'll be disappointed.
- avereveard 4y agoGMO difference is not mystical. GMO allows for massive quantities of weed killer to enter our environment with not well understood effects. It has been recently linked to the bee collapse for example. And that's before considering monocultivar risks which are well understood and the underhanded ways gmos are handled by corporations, which are well documented.
- archon1410 4y agoI had not there was as much non-mystical opposition to GM crops. A cursory Google search seems to suggest the evidence for GMs contributing to colony collapse disorder is very weak (and the amount of pesticides in the environment might not have much relation to GM crops). But going forward I will keep in mind that it's not as simple as I had imagined it to be.
- hoosieree 4y agoAustralian Cane Toads and Kudzu are why GMOs make me uneasy. People have a poor track record of predicting the consequences of releasing life forms into new environments. As a human, my reaction may still be emotional, but it's based on evidence.