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I said no and Apple said yes

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  1. chekibreki · · focus · HN ↗
    I see the dangers of AI and agree that many companies don’t value our privacy and do what’s best for them and not us, but…

    …this is an emotional dogmatic post. „All of this garbage“ clearly shows that the author is stuck in the past. The banners on the website confirm this. It’s the figurative fanatic complaining about those black steam devils and their tracks that nobody needs and that destroy nature. Yeah, steam trains were noisy and created smoke, but the age of horses was over. No emotional outburst would have stopped that, and won’t stop AI now.

    The unconditional and emotional rejection of AI undermines the actual valid point he is trying to make.

    1. frereubu · · focus · HN ↗
      If something can't be stopped, does that mean it's good? Reading accounts of the industrial revolution, huge swathes of nature in the north of England were destroyed. This article is an argument that it should be different, and is mostly focused on consent, not whether AI should exist or not (although the author's position on that is pretty clear too).

      As a side note, I would argue you're being just as "emotional" (which I don't necessarily see as a bad thing despite your aspersions) by calling it "fanatic".

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