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Many people (including in this website) are hard at work creating the torment nexus.
by andrepd 1y ago
Many people (including in this website) are hard at work creating the torment nexus.
- CaptainOfCoit 1y agoNo doubt. The question is, is that the explicit goal, and if so, why? And if not, don't they consider the effects of their actions, if they aren't, why?
- moffkalast 1y agoThe torment nexus is very interesting from a research standpoint and very profitable for investors. There's many military and industrial applications.
- red-iron-pine 1y agothe torment nexus can't torment you specifically, you're overreacting. i am totally a real person and use the nexus every day to improve my productivity -- it is a simple and intuitive tool.
- Mtinie 1y agoAt this point, the path from what these teams of people are building to dystopian outcomes is well-mapped. Whether it’s an explicit goal is irrelevant because if you can reasonably foresee the harm and proceed anyway, you’re making a conscious choice to enable it.
- nxor 1y agoGotta bring home that stable paycheck (not justifying it)
- Mtinie 1y agoYou actually don’t. Technologists have more leverage than most workers. There’s no shortage of jobs that don’t require building surveillance states or engagement addiction engines.
- dbetteridge 1y ago> It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. Rich or poor, smart or dumb. We all are slaves to the mighty dollar.
- Noaidi 1y agoWhen one is fascinated with building a gear, they might not see the machine they are creating. AI/Surveillance are only gears in the machine.