To OP and anyone following this, I edited my comment regarding Raivo being removed by PrivacyGuides due to it being bought by some company that people can’t find much info on. See this discussion https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/remove-raivo-otp-ios-mfa/13305.
Currently people are considering different iOS options, for example here https://lemmy.one/post/1512945. I don’t see any consensus yet.
I’m just adding on to this.
Scale here comes in multiple layers, including the capacity/speed at which these technologies can be deployed, as well as the breadth of domains/fields/applications they touch upon, not to mention the unintended consequences when at scale. It’s not only they are much faster, cheaper, but they come almost all at once and have the potential to affect so many fields. Heck, “GP” means general purpose in GPT. Plus the effects of scale can be extremely unpredictable that we should not underestimate (disinformation campaigns now come much cheaper and easier, trust erodes even further).
I don’t know much about history so please correct me, but photography “replacing” painting may be quite specific, that painters could probably have adapted or switched to another professions. I think one commenter stated that the transition was “smoother”. In the case of these generative techs, this affects the livelihood of a whole bunch more of people (possibly both in absolute and per-capita number) that will need to grapple with what they’re going to do with their life, and have to do it fast.
One branch of the arguments I’ve been seeing is about capability comparison, sometimes even anthropomorphizing tech/companies. While I find that interesting and valuable intellectually, I personally think the conversations need to be more about the labor aspects.
Learning takes time and people need to eat. In the name of progress, society sometimes forgets or brushes over the “casualties” it leaves behind. I think many would benefit from this tech, but let’s hope they have a meal on their table doing so.
We don’t want a dystopian where they use these techs to generate the illusions of enjoying a feast over a big hotpot, while in reality it’s just a can of tomato soup for a family of 5.
Thanks for Floccus suggestions. It says it syncs over Nextcloud Bookmarks, does that mean you wouldn’t need a dedicated app except for Nextcloud?
Yeah, when I discoverer her, I was in complete awe in so many ways, especially regarding the ethics of technology and the implications on society. I believe she has a show about cars some time this fall in California (I think) if you’re interested.
By the way, if you don’t mind, can you share a few words of how her works resonate with you? I’d love to know. No pressure.
This reminds me of an artistic experiment that I heard of from Lauren McCarthy about how she went on a date and was streaming the entire date for people to watch, as well as giving her things to say/do. I believe they ended up marrying. I might have butchered the description as I couldn’t remember the exact details. I wonder what folks think of the comparison with this.
Can you give an example if you remember for the last point you made?
did not know “kidinfluencer” is a thing. the exploitative, child labor nature of such concept, the detrimental mental health effects of such practice, on kids no less. definitely something we can live without.
wouldn’t this be a general problem of most, if not all, app store, not exclusively to Apple or Google ecosystem?
lol there really is an xkcd for everything!
as much as I would really like that, that’s a catch-all statement that is not realistic. Unfortunately google has its claws in enterprises, universities and organizations all over the world, across so many domains.
I don’t believe “stop using” is good enough, as it seems only a very small minority realistically could.
This needs to be paired with proper legislation, like others have said, from EU as an example.
If you have friends/family with Google employees, please raise this issue up with them. This also needs to come internally as well, in addition to top-down processes from regulation.
has anyone made a data request, especially GDPR, to confirm this?