Where’s the option for *positive* impact?
SOCIETY
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Tech Giants View GenAI as Power and Influence Tool
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Take this as an indicator of how the tech titans view this space. #GenAI is not only a means to make money, but also to accrue immense influence and power.
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The Slot Machine Effect: AI’s Addictive Nature and Dopamine Hijacking
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## The Slot Machine Effect Because AIs like ChatGPT and DALL·E generate content from a prompt nearly instantly, they hijack your dopamine in the same way a slot machine does. Press the button and see what magic comes out. It’s addictive — & I’m not using that word figuratively.
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Platform Dependency: The Risks of Multi-Platform Reliance
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Being dependent on not one but two platforms at once
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Universities face bankruptcy due to AI, education to rely on LLM skills.
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Would not be surprised if 1/3rd of universities go broke in the next 5 years because of OpenAI. A person's education and capability for knowledge work will trend towards being a perfectly correlated proportionality to their ability to utilize Large Language Models like ChatGPT.
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Meta switches outsourcer amid labor dispute legal action
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Sources say Meta is moving to a new outsourcer, Majorel, after facing legal action for working conditions. https://
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Worldly Wisdom: Negotiating Fairly in Business Ethics
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You are worldly-wise when you have the confidence to extract a bargain from the fancy showroom & the generosity not to do so from the street vendor.
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AI Power and Personal Temptation: A Wise Decision
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I see your point of view as well. I got this sense from this guy that it was the right decision for him at this time though. Perhaps he recognized that he wouldn't be able to resist the temptation and use the power of AI properly. That it could have downstream consequences.
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Reading as Counter-Practice in Digital Age Society
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this was soo good https://
theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/reading-as-c
ounter-practice
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AI’s Psychological Impact: A Personal Journey Ahead
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It does feel slightly uncomfortable. I think a lot of us are going to have to go on a personal journey of some kind when it comes to AI. There's a psychological component about having it do so much for you that we've yet to unpack.