ChatGPT decided to name itself Lemmy and asked people to join it in protesting API changes. But it was talking about the ‘Anti Personnel Incendiary’ system that was being removed because ChatGPT really shouldn’t be controlling weapons systems.

when companies get too big, the C-level executives lose visibility about what the needs of the actual users are and instead

I think that cycle is universal. As any organization or group becomes increasingly stratified the decision makers at the top lose any connection to the foundations of prosperity that allowed to to grow and stratify in the first place.

I imagine it like a city on a mountain. As the city grows wealth and status concentrate at the top. That’s normal and beneficial at small scales. But at a certain point the top moves above the cloud layer and can no longer see the base of the mountain. After that point those at the top start to forget how the mountain works and believe the cloud layer is part of the structure and their decisions become increasingly disconnected from any reality below that cloud layer.

And our globally connected society keeps those above the cloud layer in closer contact to the tops of other mountains than to the base of their own.

When ChatGPT first became available I asked it to rewrite ‘Tom Traubert’s Blues’ lyrics with a Star Trek theme and I was kind of glad that the results were unreadable. ChatGPT will never replace people who like writing sci-fi lyrics for songs their favorite songs.

The ‘harm from AI’ is just another version of the harm caused by a few people controlling something that millions contribute to. The only solution to that I see is just set an upper limit on wealth so that unlimited greed doesn’t become unlimited power.

The Jaws theme would be fun.

“I’ll have the ‘chicken of the sea’ sandwich.”

“You mean tuna?”

“You heard me.”

I’m just glad to find something that’s growing with public enthusiasm instead of dying from corporate greed.

I’m waiting on a data request for the rest of my history, though I did that 6mo ago for other reasons and still have it so if the delay is too long I’ll just lose those months.

After that I’ll probably keep my account for a while to spam about Lemmy until I get banned.

I think that’s essentially what will happen, but they’ll just remove comments they don’t like. If no one showed up at all they’d look even dumber. But it’s going to be a trainwreck for the ages so I’m looking forward to the show.

I know this won’t happen but the best possible outcome would be if nobody showed up.

You’re an archivist. Though I like that you own the term ‘data hoarder’ so nobody can use it as a pejorative.

I was going to say learning a bunch of useful knots, but I don’t have any excuse because it’s cheap and a pretty low bar.

Really hoping that big tree falls and opens up the canopy for the understory to grow.