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Are the "Upvote" and "Downvote" buttons "Agree" and "Disagree" buttons? in c/asklemmy

‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought in c/technology

[–] 13esq 2 points 3 weeks ago

The mob is fickle, brother.

The hive mind has concluded AI=bad and any comment that doesn't go along with the consensus is going to get downvotes.

It's really not that different from the beginning of the industrial revolution, when cotton mills first started to implement the spinning jenny, leaving many workers out of a job who'd go in to the factories at night to smash the machines up.

No one wants to go back to spinning cotton all day now though and it will be the same with jobs taken by AI.

Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful in c/[email protected]

[–] 13esq 1 points 3 weeks ago

I take your point. But you could make the same argument for many things that are already very affordable.

Personally, I'm against nanny taxes, they only work against people who are financially struggling, yet ironically it's generally the poorest people that have the worst health, especially when it comes to obesity.

I think there is work to be done on improving the health of the population, but I'd like to drive that from a perspective of education or a carrot rather than a stick method.

‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought in c/technology

[–] 13esq 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Well your comment sounded like you were implying that regulations are needed that currently aren't there.

Collapse of Earth's main ocean water circulation system is already happening in c/world

[–] 13esq 1 points 3 weeks ago

Right. We survived the ice age with stone age tech.

Not saying that this makes any of this OK but resilience is absolutely one of humanities highest spec traits.

Collapse of Earth's main ocean water circulation system is already happening in c/world

[–] 13esq 2 points 3 weeks ago

Imagine getting downvoted because it was fine for you. Completely stupid.

It was fine for me as well, bring on the downvotes!

Kate Nash and Lily Allen on OnlyFans should be a wake-up call for the music industry in c/[email protected]

[–] 13esq 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Show me the demand for my body parts on only fans and I'll give up my minimum wage job.

Why should they work menial labour if they can make much easier money?

"I'm a good father" in c/[email protected]

[–] 13esq 5 points 3 weeks ago

I get the feeling that if I fucked a a thirteen year old girl that "I thought she was 18" isn't really going to cut it in court.

I would think that the identity of the sex workers is unknown and that's how they'll be avoiding prosecution.

Kate Nash and Lily Allen on OnlyFans should be a wake-up call for the music industry in c/[email protected]

What's your purpose of life? in c/[email protected]

[–] 13esq 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hard disagree. I think we're born stupid, that's very different.

Honestly, your comment sounds a lot like the "original sin" shit that the Christian church tries to push.

Kate Nash and Lily Allen on OnlyFans should be a wake-up call for the music industry in c/[email protected]

[–] 13esq 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

That's not the point. The point is that the music industry doesn't pay artists a fair share.