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Okay, so you only want to say things that are popular within a community, and you consider people who say things that are unpopular to be "trolls" that should be excluded from that community.
This is what makes social media into self-reinforcing information bubbles and leads people to be out of touch with the general public. Like this Thunderbolt tool - if "nobody asked for this", as another commenter in this thread said, why do you think it was made? There's actually a lot of demand for AI tools in the real world but communities like this one create narratives that convinced themselves that it's all some kind of delusional grift with unclear motives. When someone like me comes along that challenges that narrative, ooh, troll. Downvote and drive out! And you wonder why everyone left seems to agree?
You should really just block me if you don't want to hear my views. I suppose you could report me to the mods if you think I've actually broken any rules, but that normally requires a bit more backing it up than just disagreeing with my opinion or thinking it's unpopular. Otherwise you're just going to waste your time and make yourself unhappy.
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It's one thing to be against the rampant capitalist orgy around AI that's disrupting markets and driving up energy costs. I agree with that sentiment. I also agree that there are questions around copyright and said capitalists have stolen a lot of work from people.
That being said, it's complete nonsense to take that gripe and then pretend that every possible use of Transformer-based neural networks is evil and useless.
Yes, there are aspects of the creation of commercial Large Language Models and Diffusion Models that are immoral and should be criticized, but if somebody's kneejerk reaction is to hate everything that says 'AI' then they're no different than the anti-vaxxers or election deniers or any other people who let social media do their thinking for them.
People are upset at all of the datacenters being created and also are upset when there are self-hosting tools being created, where's the logic in that? What is the actual position held by you people other than: 'see AI, downvote'?
Ratio doesn't mean right. This is so obvious, that you (@call_me_xale@lemmy.zip) should feel shame that you even made that comment.
I know you wont, though, you must be right because look at the RATIO! That's how you know how right you are, correct? After all, there is no need to actually make any kind of rational argument or attempt to participate in the discussion in any meaningful way, just find the right clapback and watch the ratio.
The same with the conspiratorial personal attack. They don't share your opinion so they're a secret plant by the AI industry? Really? Conspiratorial and paranoid delusions are not a substitute for a rational opinion, no matter what the ratio says or how self-righteous you feel when you press the submit button.
I look forward to your response. If I could make a suggestion, perhaps try insinuating that @FaceDeer@fedia.io and I are the same person on alt accounts, that one always gets good ratio. Maybe a single emoji reply, the effort:ratio ratio on that one is pretty good. I have a pretty considerable comment history, maybe you can find something in there. Though you could also go with not replying, I mean after all this is wayyyy down the comment chain so you may not find the attention that you're seeking.
Put some effort into your snark and show a little originality. Repeating the "L ratio" meme is tired af.