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Mastodon users decry AI's harms, costs, and lack of transparency

Multiple users on Mastodon are expressing strong negative sentiments about AI, criticizing its current harms and its potential to degrade quality and eliminate jobs. Concerns are also raised about the lack of transparency in AI's information provenance, the unpredictable costs and outputs of LLMs, and the long-term stability of AI vendors. Additionally, there's skepticism regarding Google's AI search plans and the hype around the "singularity." AI

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IMPACT Reflects widespread user concerns about AI's negative impacts, cost, and trustworthiness, highlighting a critical public discourse.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of user opinions and critiques of AI technology and its applications, rather than a specific event or release.

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Mastodon users decry AI's harms, costs, and lack of transparency

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@Kjaerulv/1166 10674010964585 No, you don't understand at all, you absolute fuckface. We™️ don't fear AI for all the nonsense you &

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@Kjaerulv/1166 10674010964585 No, you don't understand at all, you absolute fuckface. We™️ don't fear AI for all the nonsense you & the other boosters claim it will do - we hate it for all the harm it's already doing & because it an absolutely shitty …

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@matthiasott/1 16609310065016685 This is a VERY good post on what Google is up to with this incoming # AI search destination plan.

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@matthiasott/1 16609310065016685 This is a VERY good post on what Google is up to with this incoming # AI search destination plan. It's also quite horrifying in the implications that follow from Matthias' analysis. Read it and boost. Get the word out.

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// mastodon.nz/@ClareBear/1166088 81300602104 I would go much, much farther than this excellent start. "AI" is such a tangled mess of unknowns. Unless

    RE: https:// mastodon.nz/@ClareBear/1166088 81300602104 I would go much, much farther than this excellent start. "AI" is such a tangled mess of unknowns. Unless a booster can honestly answer some tough questions, it is manifestly unsuitable for any mission-critical applications. …

  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// mastodon.monoceros.co.za/@uast ronomer/116606450569207525 Yet another example of people not having understood the (albeit simple) "stochastic parro

    RE: https:// mastodon.monoceros.co.za/@uast ronomer/116606450569207525 Yet another example of people not having understood the (albeit simple) "stochastic parrot" metaphor: an LLM cannot possibly perform the analysis that those people think it did. This is anthropomorphization. #…

  5. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@echoviax/1166 04350628093025 To follow up... I heard Google is bullshitting their search engine now... Good thing we've been on St

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@echoviax/1166 04350628093025 To follow up... I heard Google is bullshitting their search engine now... Good thing we've been on StartPage for a while # startpage # google # googleio # ai

  6. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@verge/1166035 65021685403 Christ almighty. if you're stop yelling about the "singularity", which isn't real or close to real, ever

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@verge/1166035 65021685403 Christ almighty. if you're stop yelling about the "singularity", which isn't real or close to real, every once in a while you're hear the screams from the torment nexus. # tech # AI # AIslop # Verge # Google # GoogleIO

  7. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@benroyce/1166 09281272617148 Pathetic. Ruining students' graduation day and not taking responsibility for their totally predictabl

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@benroyce/1166 09281272617148 Pathetic. Ruining students' graduation day and not taking responsibility for their totally predictable fuck up. # ai

  8. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · ErikJonker ·

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@campuscodi/11 6601728369038587 Just wonderful...😂 # AI # LLM # audio # cybersecurity

    RE: https:// mastodon.social/@campuscodi/11 6601728369038587 Just wonderful...😂 # AI # LLM # audio # cybersecurity