Eztv is good enough for me anyways

One more link: where I discovered the term conviviality was a video from andrewism “we need to be more tech critical”: https://youtu.be/lV6JzroVr48

“Understanding Power”, p260 he talks of luddites specifically. And p258 “Automation” section is where he gets into “automated numerical control” and how it reflects a certain power structure.

Something people need to understand is that technology is not a linear progression. We decide not only how it is used and for what purpose, but the actual thing itself. The technology itself can be thought in terms of conviviality, ie how adaptive it is to human intent. Chomsky points to CNC machines; how when they were developed they were done so with top down control in mind. Contrast that with how 3D printers have a trend of supporting more autonomy on the shop floor (print from computer over wifi or plug in a USB stick). While CNC machines of old have practically no thought for such things beyond safety and accuracy.

There are going to be two kinds of people: those who see value in AI and will pay market rate, and those who see AI for what it is and can create new value outside of what AI can produce. And you seem to think artists are inclined to do the first over the latter? Only the ones to be forgotten by history think that way.

It’s a simple fact that people who don’t understand context are easy to manipulate. And now it can be automated 🙃

in order to survive

No, this machine is not auto completing “to survive”. It’s reflecting back a story that’s been told a million times on the internet and parroted by idiots that don’t know the difference between auto complete and actual intelligence. And the probably have shit politics to boot.

“dangerous by default” because you are a man and just as disposable; ain’t the patriarchy swell?

All those services are what Mr Money Bags wants privatized so they can profit from providing those services. That’s why you hear this talk about social security - the incoming administration wants it privatized.

You’re thinking like a human, the rich are thinking like a class above the rest of the humans. Yes it’s dumb, but here we are cooking our planet at an ever increasing rate.