Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/47504963

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Title text: This is how you all fucking sound

[A smug tech bro wearing a sideways cap, watch, chain around his neck stands in front of a data center by a lake with dead fish. A smoke stack blows pollution into the air]

Tech bro: AI is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a suit with cigarette in hand stands in a restaurant while two disgruntled diners cough from the smoke]

Suit: Smoking indoors is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a top hat and suit stands in a factory with two sad and dirty children]

Hat: Child labor is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug plantation owner stands in front of a field with with two angry slaves]

Plantation owner: The Atlantic Slave trade is already here, there’s no going back.

Still Vreni on Bluesky

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    21·
    5 days ago

    The most important difference is that “AI” doesn’t actually exist.

    So the comparisons to smoking, child labor, and the slave trade are not just silly. They’re somewhat offensive.

    The accuracy could be improved by using historical grifts like “theory of the humors” or similar. That’s the analogy.

    As it is, terrible meme.