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Just let my work have a soul, please.

• amelius 8mo ago
  Eh, it's not __that__ simple.
  • ses1984 8mo ago
    It is, just don’t use a thing with no soul like ai if soul is what you’re after.
    • co_king_5 8mo ago
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    • vasvir 8mo ago
      The point is that he may not using AI in any shape or form, Regardless, AI scrapes its work without explicit consent and then spits it back in "polished" soul free form.
• AreShoesFeet000 8mo ago
  That is NOT possible.
  • q3k 8mo ago
    Why not?
    • AreShoesFeet000 8mo ago
      Because even though at work it looks like you’re tasked with creating use values, you’re only there as long as the use values you create can be exchanged in the market for a profit. So every humane drive to genuinely improve your work will clash with the external conditions of your existence within that setting. You’re not there to serve people, create beautiful things, solve problems, nu-uh. You’re there to keep capital flowing. It’s soulless.
      • Angostura 8mo ago
        Unless you work in the public sector, non-profit or charity.
        • AreShoesFeet000 8mo ago
          To think that “non-profit” work is actually non-profit work is just to not have grasped the nature of labor. You have to ask yourself: Am I producing use values for the satisfaction of human needs or am I working on making sure the appropriation of value extraction from the production of use values continues happening? In some very extreme cases, such as in the Red Cross or reformist organizations, your job looks very clear, direct, and “soulful”. You’re directly helping desperate people. But why have people gotten into that situation? What is the downstream effect of having you helping them. It’s profit. It’s always profit. You’re salvaging humanity for parts to be bought and sold again. It doesn’t make a dishonest work. It’s just equally soulless.
          • Angostura 8mo ago
            Your argument appears to be that if you redefine all of humanity to be mere grist for a capitalist machine, you can then redefine any altrustic act, as a measure to extract more profit. Truly feat of semantic legerdemain
            • AreShoesFeet000 8mo ago
              I don’t define anything. The truth is just that there’s no profit extraction without charity work. I’ve done lots of it. If you’ve done it, you know too. As dark as it may seem to strip romantism out of which you call humanity, not only there isn’t a just salary for those who bear the weight of the machine, but also there’s isn’t even a salary per se. If for you humanity is just doing seemingly nice guy work without question, call me a monster.
              • Angostura 8mo ago
                > The truth is just that there’s no profit extraction without charity work. I'm not actually sure what you mean by this, so I can't really assess its truthiness > not only there isn’t a just salary for those who bear the weight of the machine, but also there’s isn’t even a salary per se. Or this - what do you mean? >If for you humanity is just doing seemingly nice guy work without question, call me a monster. Not even clear what you mean by this either.