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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
nellie_m@autisticpri.de ("nellie-m") wrote:

@courtcan @knutson_brain

there’s more to it than just financial greed, and whether that is explicitly their goal I can’t say, but they certainly don’t mind it.

In the 19th century, not only were more people able to read and write, but also small brochures became available at affordable prices. Explanations on how things work, instructions on how to improve things: agriculture, crafts, health, all kinds of things.

It was a democratisation of knowledge.
AI is taking that away from us again.

AI paves the way to authoritarianism.

Post by Craig Shackleton: It it really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.