‘The challenges are real’: TUC taskforce to examine AI threat to workers’ rights https://
theguardian.com/technology/202
3/sep/03/tuc-taskforce-examine-ai-threat-workers-rights?CMP=share_btn_tw
… Thank you for this! As a SAG actor and published author, OF COURSE AI is harming people's abilities to get paid for their IP/labor.
@johnchavens
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AI threat to workers’ rights and intellectual property compensation
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Financial Support Sources: Pensions, Family, Partners
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Not sure. Maybe their partners, parents or family are helping? Some pensions still help.
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Retirement Crisis: Majority Must Work Until Death
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Many people probably don’t discuss this because they don’t have enough savings or resources to retire. So while for some it’s a “woo hoo! I’m cashing out from my IPO” or “my pension picks in at age 60!” or whatever, the majority of the planet needs to work until they die.
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Funding Bias and Western Techno-Solutionism in AI Ethics
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So one can only be “good people” if they’re better funded? The depth of bias and western-centric techno-solutionism in that statement is astounding.
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Stakeholder Capitalism and Commons-Based Alternatives to Extractive Models
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There’s stakeholder capitalism which is better than neo-colonial capitalism. But caregiving and partnership can also drive a commons like society that isn’t “socialist” or that uses a framing essentially quasi-capitalist in response to the exponential growth extractive kind.
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LLMs Water Consumption and Climate Impact Concerns
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Also, LLMs are using millions of liters of water right now while much of the world suffers from drought. “Existential” harms (not just risks) aren’t always as “sexy” as nuclear war. Just ask the people paying for the propaganda for any distraction from climate change.
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LLMs Water Consumption Environmental Impact Ecocide Concerns
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Please add LLMs or any technology utilizing millions of liters of water a day during times of drought & water scarcity as a form of ecocide. Recognizing some may not consider water as “alive,” as it’s the basis for ALL life, let’s use it to keep people & planet safe. #banLLms
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LLMs Water Consumption Raises Ecocide Concerns Globally
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Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime https://
theguardian.com/environment/20
23/aug/26/growing-number-of-countries-consider-making-ecocide-crime
… Where its well documented LLMs use massive amounts of water drastically harming people and planet, let’s call the knowledge of their harm what it is: justified ecocide. Nope. -
AI Consciousness Claims: Speculation Driven by Financial Interests
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Has anyone coined the term, “distractholes” yet? Writing papers saying “AI isn’t conscious yet, but could be if it reaches these computational metrics” puts people in this category. Speculation by any other name is speculation. These people have monetary agendas. Enough.
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AGI Hype Meets Real Infrastructure Failures: A Reality Check
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I continue to be astounded how many people believe or want AGI to happen soon while Verizon service continues to not be available or consistent in the highly populated places where I spend most of my time. We need a telecommunications Turing test.