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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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All their responses are generated, no conscience there, just AI. "Another brick in the wall" hits stronger than ever now.

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[–] redballooon@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

All the outrage about AI around here is the outrage that should have been targeted towards social media in the past 10 years. The corporations that want to control societies communication while injecting their nefarious plots are already doing so.

Very few critics hit the point, which is the tech Bros promise to make us all superfluous as workers. Whether that's actually achievable with the technology remains to be seen, and is nothing a workers boycott will change.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

All the outrage about AI around here is the outrage that should have been targeted towards social media in the past 10 years

Agreed, but AI has grown the movement against them. So we are where we are.

[–] redballooon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I don't see that