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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 31 points 3 days ago

I have to stop and take a deep breath every time I see the “can’t put the genie back in the bottle” thought-terminating cliche.

Okay, granted:

Someone foolishly released a chaotic force into the world which is doing irreversible damage and shows no intention of stopping.

What part of that makes you conclude “Well we better just do nothing”?

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

unleaded just doesnt taste the same

[–] IDew@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Lemmyists, send him to The Skeld.

[–] simple@piefed.social 13 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I don't get this, do you want people to idle around so big tech can have a monopoly on AI tech or do you think people can protest technology away?

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, I think they want us to bomb data centers and gas pipelines.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 13 points 3 days ago

Well we can't have that. We should put together a map of data centers and pipe lines, and share it with people do we know what to protect.

[–] deaf_fish@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Can you explain what you're seeing?

To me this comic is making fun of companies putting open source everywhere when it's not, just to get clout boosts.

Where are you getting AI from?

[–] simple@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The "genie won't go back in the bottle" quote is usually said when referring to AI, and judging by OP's vague comment I probably understood right.

[–] deaf_fish@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks. I hate it when people make memes with multiple meta levels. If you want to make a point against AI, don't burry it under open source corporatism.

[–] PoPoP@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

It's funny that you confidently thought this was about AI the way I confidently thought this was about social media

[–] OldSageRick@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago

we need a rockerboy with a prostheses to do a little tomfoolery...?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Maybe protesting alone won't be enough...

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Then suggest an alternative. We already have all the criticism we could possibly stand when it comes to protesting. What we don't have is a single one of those critics suggesting or doing anything differently.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 7 points 3 days ago

It is going to take some massive incident for people to distrust AI. The problem is that it is so damn convincing.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

Don't post at all if you're gonna vaguebook

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago

Ned Ludd shoulda put down his hammer and opened his own factory.