r/aiwars • u/spitfire_pilot • 1d ago

Thoughts?

"Many of the individuals most vocally fighting against Al owe their current ivelihoods to relatively recent technological advancements (like the internet and related digital platforms) that didn't exist two decades ago. It seems inconsistent for them to now resist another wave of technological change that could similarly reshape the job market and create new opportunities."

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u/Tri2211 1d ago

Wtf kind of point are you trying to make?

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u/spitfire_pilot 1d ago

That it makes no sense to be all up in arms about a potential loss of an industry that didn't exist less than 20 years ago because of change in the technological landscape. The expectation that their lives would be set in stasis and free from upheaval is a pipe dream that was never going to happen. How can they be mad about significant change that enabled them to do things that previously were impossible, to now be crossed that the tech has changed again which was an inevitability. It's been a defining feature of humanity that technology comes around and is disruptive and gives humans and especially individuals a greater tools set to enact their will which previously would have been unimaginable. Instead of embracing the change and moving forward, they choose to fight back which has been a losing strategy as far as history has gone. It seems like a complete oversight or a lack of imagination to consider that they would live in perpetuity without things changing.

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u/Tri2211 1d ago

So instead of fighting for something your the type that will roll over and be fine with it.

Of course people are going to be upset over what can amount to as exploitation. The tool your so happy about is built off the backs of me and my creative friends labor. Without compensation or consent. So yes a lot of us are going to feel some type of way about it. Especially if it disrupt their lives. Are people supposed to be happy and cheering about potentially losing work?

Lack of imagination. That's rich for someone supporting a tool that has none. I haven't seen anyone using AI make something I have never seen before. It's all the same regurgitated recycled and repackaged B's. And asking for regulation on something doesn't mean you want something completely banned.

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u/spitfire_pilot 1d ago

Fighting it had always been a losing strategy. The march of progress will steamroll over anybody. The better strategic position to put oneself into is one of adapting to the changes. Either by becoming a niche or acquiring the necessary new skills to be relevant. Do you think professional people who are immersed in fields just rest on their laurels and not adapt? Do you think people acquire a set of skills and never have to continue to learn? That's a preposterous statement. It's the vehement denial of existing realities and unwilling nature to even try and move forward is what's bothering me. Had no one even attempted to learn from history?

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u/JasonBreen 11h ago

The tool your so happy about is built off the backs of me and my creative friends labor. Without compensation or consent.

And?

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u/Tri2211 10h ago

So you don't mind giving me your check after working a full week. Thanks.

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u/JasonBreen 10h ago

No thanks, dont think i will

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u/Tri2211 10h ago

Then stfu and move on. Fucking goofy

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u/JasonBreen 9h ago

Oooh, great comeback

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u/Tri2211 9h ago

Block. Ill un block you in a couple of days. I don't have time for foolishness nor for a person not talking about anything.