Bard spotting on Bluesky and Reddit 05 July 2024

vortex egg, MLIS (@vortexegg.regretfully.online):

Tbf the people in ~2001 who were saying "[AI] is going to eliminate all our jobs and we will serve our innocent robot overlords" are literally the same people at the fore-front of saying it today, and spent the last 20 years building the social & economic capital to get the business world to listen

vortex egg, MLIS (@vortexegg.regretfully.online):

The idea that AGI is the final answer to all of the social, administrative, and political challenges of humanity is a spiritual and ideological belief and always has been, and now it has a lot of powerful adherents who were woo'd into believing it by people often described as wannabe cult leaders

Sage 🏳️⚧️ (@trans.bsky.social):

have worked in tech for over a decade & i can confirm many of the loudest AGI nerds are absolutely a fricking tech cult.

they used to be mostly trans humanist, but a bunch of them are now unfortunately fashy after efforts from Thiel & his ghouls.

Bethany, Warrior of Mojitos (@maegis42.bsky.social):

Watching former transhumanists become rabid transphobe algorithm-worshippers was WILD. They were just missing the point the whole time

vortex egg, MLIS (@vortexegg.regretfully.online):

Imo the "they aren't real transhumanists" line is similar to christians saying "well christian nationalists aren't real christians". This is, in fact, a real form of transhumanism as it is actually practiced by one particular network or community.

Sage 🏳️⚧️ (@trans.bsky.social):

yeah i guess it's just odd because my interest in transhumanism was entirely based in radical bodily autonomy & self determination.

it was also informed by queer, feminist, & class theory, however, which is def the bigger influence for me. i just find it bizarre so many tech bros went rightwing.

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

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