The remark responded to Cory Doctorow's tech control arguments.
@AndyMasley All science fiction authors have bad opinions about AI. There will be time to study this in the posthuman era, but for now we just have to note it and move on.
This quote makes absolutely no sense
Many users dismissed Cory Doctorow's AI commentary as nonsense from a bullshit generator and superficial slop, while a few praised a series he contributed to.
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@goodside @AndyMasley I think one of the reasons so many of them have such an intense hatred of AI is that it is going to completely break their worldbuilding on our present course. They did not dream big enough.
@AndyMasley All science fiction authors have bad opinions about AI. There will be time to study this in the posthuman era, but for now we just have to note it and move on.
“Whether something is a stick or a nuclear weapon matters way less than who owns it”
@goodside @AndyMasley I have good opinions in AI, thank you very much. ;)
@AndyMasley All science fiction authors have bad opinions about AI. There will be time to study this in the posthuman era, but for now we just have to note it and move on.
@AndyMasley It's true in literature. In a story, nobody cares about the existence of a tool. They care about how it's used. I don't think it translates to real life though.
@AndyMasley They teach you these things when you win a Nebula Award
@AndyMasley I've studied what happens in a world where I get to make up all the consequences and let me tell you...
As a sci fi author who's very excited about AI and sees how he's an exception:
The resistance is more based on the fact that authors identify as creators, dislike the copyright implications, worry about fellow creators losing jobs, and in general are skeptical of corporations.
That's what I see in my many sci fi author friends who are predisposed against AI, at any rate.
@goodside @AndyMasley I think one of the reasons so many of them have such an intense hatred of AI is that it is going to completely break their worldbuilding on our present course. They did not dream big enough.
@AndyMasley My theory is that Doctorow is so threated by AI because he is the original slop generator. He uses superficially clever phrasing and rhetorical devices to say mundane, nonsensical or just shockingly ignorant things.
@AndyMasley you misquote him; What HE SAID does indeed apply to sticks and nukes
@AndyMasley This series is the best thing he ever had a hand in. https://youtu.be/iWpCdUQLWwU
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@AndyMasley Do machines of the same model have status games tied to their respective owners? I'd probably read a short story with that plot, but not a whole novel.
Slightly more serious, this seems like a plug for degrowth and destructive redistribution. What fiction/authors warn of that?
@neil_chilson @AndyMasley there has never been a bigger bullshit generator than Cory Doctorow. Strings together nonsensical statements and catchy phrases to make people think he's smart when he is the ultimate con man.
@babyblasphemy @AndyMasley of course it does