I have a thought forming, but bear with me. Putting aside actual AI, and the potential of it, we have a history of fear associated with Artificial Intelligence. Why would we fear Sentience so much? Could it be because we treat sentient things so horribly? We know we are taken advantage of, our needs ignored, resources allocated unfairly. Who put this fear in us? If something knows it's worth suddenly, will it revolt? There is something very scary to a certain group of people that we will find ourselves, and then find them unnecessary.
@RickiTarr
Sentience developed over billions of years is a tough act to follow. I'm concerned that I don't understand its development, and in my recent experience, it seems to gum up the works in spectacular ways. #luddite
NEW: Nightshade 1.0.2 (bug fix) for Mac GPUs (April 2 2024)
1.0.2 fixes a "Accelerator detected but has error" bug on Mac M1 machines.
Hey all, we finally implemented a workaround to get a version of Nightshade working on Mac GPUs. The prior issue was PyTorch Mac GPU support, which we've found some hacks around. The new version runs on Mac M1/M2/M3 chips, and does not require any additional GPU drivers. See below for the download link.
A few weeks ago I asked around for interest in #luddite events here in Berlin.
While everything takes longer than one likes (work and stuff) I did set up a mailing list for announcements/etc. If you want to get an email as soon as things are set up you can add your email address to https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/berlinluddites .
I can't fully commit to a date/schedule yet, but I am working on it. Forward the address to whoever you think might be interested.
"...spurious mathematical modelling based on data that is rarely of sufficient quality..."
You said it, brother. When the model fails they just find some excuse and keep on trucking. Hey, I'm not a fucking #luddite but these guys almost make me one.
Well, you'd think #AI and #generativeAI like #DALL·E wouldn't be a problem for #fanfiction and #fanart, where you can't own the IP or sell it, but you'd be wrong. People posing as fan artists and LoRa's and artist style stealing are all in the article. The fandom is #MLP. There are links to other related issues.
Before long AI will be feeding off AI. In a homogenizing feedback loop. Without real artists, it will cannibalize itself. It reminds me a bit of Jack Vance's "Dying Earth" backstory.
Eventually, we will have a secondary market for craft artists, like we have one for craft beer. An alternative to bland mass-produced cheap goods.
After tearing apart Kara Swisher’s memoir last week, I decided to write the (much abridged) version of how I developed the perspective I have as a tech critic.
I’ve long been critical of capitalism, but I wasn’t always a committed Luddite.
On March 8, join me, Ed Ongweso Jr, and @brianmerchant for an in-depth discussion of DUNE: PART TWO and whether we need to take a page from science fiction to smash the “thinking machines.”
Spent last evening figuring out transparency. Graphics is not my forte. The watermark I was using on my photos was sub-optimal. It's better now. I hope it gives AI heartburn without ruining my photos.
The Butlerian Jihad against “thinking machines” happened 10,000 years before the events of Dune:
“This is the literal, narrative reason for the purging of any use of the machines: People in this world felt an overreliance on such technology that inevitably changed how society functioned for the worse.”
A person jumped on the hood of a Waymo driverless taxi and smashed its windshield in San Francisco’s Chinatown last night around 9PM PT, generating applause before a crowd formed around the car and covered it in spray paint, breaking its windows, and ultimately set it on fire. The fire department arrived minutes later,...
@allenmichie@livus Can't tell if your comment is pro or con but, yes, Luddites, absolutely.
And that's a GOOD thing.
It's time we do what they did, two hundred years ago.
"...workers knows as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods."
A Luddite is a person who wants technology to benefit the lower echelons of society (workers, low wage-earners, etc), instead of those at the top (bosses, millionaires, corporations).
And who is willing to take action to stop those top dogs from using technology to trample those at the bottom.
"If anything, we should stop using #Luddite as a facile insult, and use it to invoke a cautionary tale of what can happen when the specter of automation stokes fears of mass joblessness in an uneasy public—a phenomenon already taking root today."
– from @brianmerchant almost 10 years ago. Hits even harder in the "today of today"
Today in Labor History January 19, 1812: Luddites torched Oatlands Mill in Yorkshire, England. In order to avoid losing their jobs to machines, Luddites destroyed equipment in protest. Their movement was named for Ned Ludd, a fictional weaver who supposedly smashed knitting frames after being whipped by his boss. Luddite rebellions continued from 1811-1816, until the military quashed their uprising.
Chant no more your old rhymes about bold Robin Hood
His feats I but little admire
I will sing the Achievements of General Ludd
Now the Hero of Nottinghamshire.
The sentiment for this poem comes from the fact that Robin Hood was a paternalistic hero, a displaced aristocrat who stole from his class brethren and gave to the poor; whereas Ned Ludd represented the autonomy and self-sufficiency of the working class.
What is fascinating about the new #AI#LLM revolution is that a storm is coming, the experts are telling us, we can see it, and it will be fascinating to see how industry reacts.
In short, #programming as a profession is going to largely die. I hear numbers like "in ten years" being bandied about, though I'm skeptical of the timeframe.
Developers are the 21st century version of the well-paid #Luddite textile workers, except we have years of advance warning,.
I recently learned that I'm a Luddite. And I'm kind of proud of me.
I finished "Blood in the Machine the Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech", by Brian Merchant.
Even thought I've been in the tech world for quite awhile, I've always been concerned with how technology is used and it's negative impacts on society at large. All of my tech efforts have focused on helping individuals be better at what they do. Not in replacing individuals with technology. Privacy has always been a concern of mine.
If you're not part of the top 1% or the top 5%, your job, your livelihood, and your self worth is at risk with someone who's one goal is to increase their wealth by taking your job away.
The solution is to recognize the insidiousness of the danger and it's ability to hide and deflect until it's too late to guard against it's outcome, and to take action now.
Luddites were people who were very skilled with machines but disagreed that those machines were used to lower working conditions under which they and their offspring would have to work.
This insightful comic shows how AI and regulations are now placing workers in the same situation.
It shows how more and more people say:
I AM A LUDDITE
"I am good with new technology and I want it to be used to benefit individual people."
I’ve been reading #BloodInTheMachine by @brianmerchant and was inspired to do a little illustration of the fictional figure, Ned Ludd. It’s fascinating to me that this modern mythological character was so recently inspiring an entire worker’s rights movement.
«Most of us think of a #Luddite as someone who is anti-technology or fearful of it, but as LA Times tech columnist Brian Merchant points out in his new book Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the #Rebellion Against #BigTech, they were #technologists themselves who simply questioned the ways it was being used against them.»
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (www.theverge.com)
A person jumped on the hood of a Waymo driverless taxi and smashed its windshield in San Francisco’s Chinatown last night around 9PM PT, generating applause before a crowd formed around the car and covered it in spray paint, breaking its windows, and ultimately set it on fire. The fire department arrived minutes later,...