[dfansteel]

Frequently I’m told “A.I. will solve global warming.” Without remembering that we know how to solve global warming, we just choose not to.

There are so many more concerns around LLM use that for a lot of people the goals haven’t moved at all and that it remains there is no ethical use of A.I. not the least of which are:

There is no argument for A.I. that doesn’t amount to providing capital access to labor without providing labor a reciprocal access to capital.

The source material was ingested without permission or license of the copyright holder. No residuals are being paid. If your industry relies on crimes to exist it probably shouldn’t.

Hyperscalers are adding data centers to under developed and rural communities dramatically raising the cost of electricity while consuming water and providing few jobs.

A tragedy of the commons as the internet balkanizes into more and more walled gardens specifically to prevent the ingestion of intellectual property.