• MangoCats@feddit.it
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    7 hours ago

    In my generation it was the nuclear industry (immediately post TMI & Chernobyl) which was giving away the huge incentive bonuses and premium salaries. I never filled out the Navy application - though I hear they paid the best overall. I did interview twice (nothing better to do at the time), got two offers, declined both, ultimately took lower paying jobs that I didn’t mind the idea of going to work at.

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      6 hours ago

      I just had an opportunity for a job at a company that does autonomous weapons systems. That was a tough one to turn down.

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      6 hours ago

      Interesting.

      Was it bombs or energy? Or they didn’t separate the two?

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    8 hours ago

    I just enjoy my time corrupting it as much as I can. It’s like a new hobby.

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    21 hours ago

    I am in the same boat but I am aware that it will eventually replace me whether I helped or not :(

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      7 hours ago

      I don’t know - in my field there’s a lot of “knowledge work” to be done, and if AI helps get it done faster…

      Think of the ditch digging crews with shovels, do you think any of the ex-shovel jockeys feel bad that they’ve been mostly “replaced” with backhoes and tracked excavators?

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        3 hours ago

        Rocks, sand, maybe a few insects and small rodents?

        I don’t see anything medium to big survive, like what happened with the dinosaurs he’s talking about…

    • 🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.works
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      21 hours ago

      Industrialization was also inevitable. It also create 100+ years of misery, exploitation and protest. People of course will assume the same will go for AI, but even worse and they assume that because that’s exactly what the creators of AI say will happen. Understandably some folks are a bit reluctant.

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      22 hours ago

      There’s no such thing as artificial intelligence and large language models are not the future of anything. Pull the boot out of your fucking mouth and try to use that lump of salty fat your skull is keeping the air off of. They aren’t going to favor you for rolling over and giving them your belly.