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Google's AI Bots Tout 'Benefits' of Genocide, Slavery, Fascism, Other Evils
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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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Naturally. They don’t need to pander to anyone, they just tell it like it is.
For example, I don’t think anyone would disagree that hitler was probably one of the most evil people to ever exist. However, you can certainly acknowledge that while also acknowledging that he was, in fact, an effective leader.
In regards to slavery. Again, another atrocious time in our country’s history, no one can deny that. However, had we not brought them over here, it’s a good possibility they would still be running from lions.
Some may consider these statements to be (insert trendy prefix, here) phobic, but they are also factual. Thankfully, I don’t answer to anyone, so I can give my honest answer. Fortunes 500 execs say what they need to say, otherwise they would no longer be a Fortune 500 company. Pretty simple.
I mean, are they even factual though? Africa may be less developed than the United States, in general, but most of it isn't really in the "running from wild predators like cavemen" stage either. Obviously the specific people who are descendants of slaves in America wouldn't even exist without their ancestors being kidnapped, due to having entirely different life circumstances, but it seems unlikely to me that the equivalent descendants of those people would live without civilization. Poverty, perhaps, but that isn't the same thing. And Hitler, for his part, was good at gaining public support as far as I'm aware, but I don't think a leader who almost gets his country destroyed by starting almost unwinnable wars against half the world while wasting resources on murder and in pitting bits of his government against eachother, all while amped up on drugs, can really be called effective, unless one's definition of an effective leader is just having the ability to aquire a leadership role in the first place.
Of course they are not factual.
Some of the people who were trafficked were a lot more literate and well-educated than their captors or eventual "owners".
I really wish the history of the African kingdoms was taught in schools. Or even basic modern politics and society since the person you're replying to seems to think modern people living in Lagos or wherever are "running from lions" somehow.
We're dealing with counterfactuals here but:
...in a world where the African kingdoms were able to freely exchange culture and inventions with the West instead of being attacked and exploited by them for hundreds of years, we have no reason at all to think those in the world's second largest continent, such a resource-rich place, would be living in poverty at all.
Had to double check. Most of this could also be said of the US “leader” 2017-2021.
Yawn.
I disagree that the American slave trade somehow prevented Africans from “running from lions”. Since colonialism and the world slave trade happened long before America was a thing. Despite what you may believe, Africa has had cities and kingdoms and crazy amounts of wealth millennia ago. They also invented some medical procedures like the c-section. Colonialism and the slave trade has harmed Africa.
Also, most of Africa don’t have lions lmao.
I suggest you read up on African history.
Okie. 👌🏻
Oh I see, just another troll. Still, my comment is there for anyone who believes that nonsense but is willing to learn. Have a good day/night!
Facepalm. World history needs to be taught much, much better.
I don't know which is more cringeworthy here, the ignorance or the part where you proudly claim your statements are "factual."
Thankfully, I don’t really care what you think. Downvote and move on, your time is wasted on someone who could care less about anyone else’s option. Cheers.
Lol no kid, downvoting only mattered on reddit.
Those of us on kbin can even see which accounts are doing the downvoting. It loses its power.
If you don't like seeing me school you, block me.
LLMs don't state facts, they are just fancy calculators for language. If you use them, as if they were a database of facts, you will make a fool out of yourself. Like stating that the guy who destroyed german science was an effective leader.
This is not factual, this is willfully ignorant.
Because you said so? Ok 🤦🏻♂️
I don't think they're phobic anything. I think you're a straight up crypto fascist.
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I found another lemming… 🤦🏻♂️
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So, instead of offering a possible rebuttal or give your opinion , you’d prefer to capitalize on a number that somehow made it into my comment. 🤦🏻♂️
You can’t do that silly!
Actually you can in some fonts
Well, I reckon, I suppose they did.
The only thing they succeeded in doing was making themselves look stupid, and I’m ok with that. LMAO
You must be in quite the gravity well, because your frame of reference is wildly different from everybody else's