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Title text: This is how you all fucking sound

[A smug tech bro wearing a sideways cap, watch, chain around his neck stands in front of a data center by a lake with dead fish. A smoke stack blows pollution into the air]

Tech bro: AI is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a suit with cigarette in hand stands in a restaurant while two disgruntled diners cough from the smoke]

Suit: Smoking indoors is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a top hat and suit stands in a factory with two sad and dirty children]

Hat: Child labor is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug plantation owner stands in front of a field with with two angry slaves]

Plantation owner: The Atlantic Slave trade is already here, there’s no going back.

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  • FishFace@piefed.socialEnglish
    51·
    26 days ago

    That doesn’t prevent it from happening. It’s a useful reaction to, for example, smoking, because you can ban smoking (indoors, or whatever) and so prevent your population from being exposed to (second-hand) smoke. But banning AI is not going to protect your citizens from the effects of AI, because AI is still going to be available in other countries.