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You know, if someone were to talk about, for example, Black people or women the way Bender and Hanna talk about AIs, I'd be strongly inclined to call it hate speech. But it's okay, because, as they remind us every other paragraph, AIs don't have feelings.
[Exercise for the student: what might be wrong with this argument? If you can't think of anything, consult David Gunkel's Robot Rights for a hint.]
— Sep 26, 2025 02:30AM
[Exercise for the student: what might be wrong with this argument? If you can't think of anything, consult David Gunkel's Robot Rights for a hint.]
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The most-read article of 2023 in the Chronicle of Higher Education, a trade publication for higher education professionals, was an opinion article salaciously titled "I'm a student. You have no idea how much we're using ChatGPT".
— Sep 27, 2025 01:04AM
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Deranged take
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They say some some interesting things about how the AI industry exploits casual labour, especially in non-first-world countries. But yes, the general feeling is that they are deranged. I am actually kind of concerned about this, they present such an easy target. If you're Elon Musk and want people to think that everyone who objects to the way you do AI is a lunatic, these people must be rather convenient to cite. There are very sensible objections to be made, but here they're drowned in the noise.
To be fair, for once the claim that you shouldn't even call them human is true.
