Opinion | The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse
www.nytimes.com
Why the development of artificial intelligence might result in greater pollution of our digital public spaces.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5400607

This is a classic case of tragedy of the commons, where a common resource is harmed by the profit interests of individuals. The traditional example of this is a public field that cattle can graze upon. Without any limits, individual cattle owners have an incentive to overgraze the land, destroying its value to everybody.

We have commons on the internet, too. Despite all of its toxic corners, it is still full of vibrant portions that serve the public good — places like Wikipedia and Reddit forums, where volunteers often share knowledge in good faith and work hard to keep bad actors at bay.

But these commons are now being overgrazed by rapacious tech companies that seek to feed all of the human wisdom, expertise, humor, anecdotes and advice they find in these places into their for-profit A.I. systems.

  • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.mlEnglish
    188·
    9 months ago

    Basically every law in favor of the average person only exists because it benefits the owning class in some way.

    It’s the main reason why theft and murder are seen as the highest of crimes yet r— is rarely if ever prosecuted.

      • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1819·
        9 months ago

        Because it genuinely causes pain to certain people to read it typed out, communicates equally as well, and is easier to type.

        • Rand0mA@lemmy.worldEnglish
          63·
          9 months ago

          Oh yeah. Fair play. Hadn’t considered a person’s reaction to the word. I just wondered why the 2 other crimes were fine but that wasn’t.

          • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
            76·
            9 months ago

            One triggers trauma and the other you do in video games on the regular

            Also the voting is so weird in your conversation, they were being considerate in censoring the word and was downvoted for saying why? Bandwagon voting is so weird, makes me wonder if they read the comment or just look at the numbers.

            • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.mlEnglish
              45·
              9 months ago

              R— culture is rampant, especially on the internet. Nobody wants to admit it but you have to ask yourself why you get a strong negative response to anyone calling it out, and be prepared for an answer you don’t want to hear.