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> Perhaps we’ll see distributed boycotts where many people deploy personal models to force Burger King’s models to burn through tokens at a fantastic rate. Giv
by gs17 6mo ago
> Perhaps we’ll see distributed boycotts where many people deploy personal models to force Burger King’s models to burn through tokens at a fantastic rate.
Given how many people hate AI in general, I'm surprised there hasn't been anything like this happening. They could even get around the irony of using "AI" themselves, I bet low-tech language models like Markov chains could provide sufficient time wasting potential (I'd love to see it done with an old fashioned AIML chatbot). Asymmetric chatbot warfare.
- delusional 6mo agoIf your complaints about AI are largely about the industrial energy use, the poor quality of service, and the displacement of human labor, wasting more CPU time doesn't seem like a viable or useful protest. The lesson Burger King would take away from your DDoS protest isn't that they should provide better customer service, but that they shouldn't provide any customer service. You'd be giving them free cover to blame consumers for making customer service too expensive.
- gs17 6mo agoI've interacted with some anti-AI people who genuinely would prefer the "no customer service" world to even a "good AI customer service" world. They're a small minority, sure, but this sort of attack wouldn't need a huge group.
- wpm 6mo agoWhy would Burger King's competitors leave such an obvious competitive edge on the table?
- elzbardico 6mo agoMost people who hate AI have been completely dis-enfranchised by the system. The media won't amplificate their voices, any viable political leader that is seem as threat will be completely and utterly destroyed by the parties and the PAC machine still on the primaries. It is an incredibly vexing situation to see whatever you're an AI hater or enthusiast. I, for one, welcome our trillion parameters multiple layers overlords.
- carlosjobim 6mo ago[flagged]
- crooked-v 6mo agoI wasn't aware that gluten intolerant people had been subject to mass chattel slavery.
- carlosjobim 6mo agoNow you know. Just like the AI haters are subject to it.
- tim333 6mo agoLots of people seem to hate AI but what is the system supposed to do about it?