There's clearly an attitude of "we know what you want better than you" at google right now that can be seen by the ridiculous shit coming out of Gemini. This is why their search has been getting so bad. They make a lot of assumptions of what you want, where it used to just give you what you were asking for
Gemini is emblematic of why Google products suck now
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ITT: noooticers realizing that capitalism sucks but blaming DEI instead for some reason. !commies
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Without capitalism the internet and large language models wouldn't even exist, so them being a bit overzealous on DEI isn't that big a deal. Better than all content produced being mandated to be in the style of socialist realism
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DEI is just a facet of capitalism, so the criticism is still salient
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It's 2024.
You are not allowed to collect and/or show data why certain (((demographics))) are bad at participating in societies which build success from prior success.
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But this is corporatism not capitalism
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Remember how DEI offices have been getting laid off left and right recently? After interest rates finally stopped being artificially suppressed, and companies suddenly needed to become profitable again?
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See? Maybe DEI and diversity hires were the only thing keeping Google good?!?!?
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Looks like capitalism has a way of fixing shit (albeit slow) when the government isn't stimulating wall Street.
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It doesn't really matter if the DEI department is gutted or not at these companies. After the last decade of cultural revolution, The employees themselves are true believers now, they don't need a DEI commissar looking over their shoulder making sure they're “on the right side of history”. Those that disagree have already been filtered out over the last decade especially in leadership positions and anyone that remains is smart enough to read the room and keep quiet to keep their jobs.
This is based off my experience in a popular tech/entertainment company.
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tbh you should leave the "I'm going to bait with an r-slured comment!!!" Gimmick to other users
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kettle calling pol pot black
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I don't think it's dei causing these issues, although dei shit is generally bad. It's more that this is a striking visual representation of them thinking they know better what I want than I do
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I think it is DEI causing a lot of these issues because of the social engineering aspect. It's not that they think they know better what people want, it's that they are trying to dictate to people what they should want.
The capitalism and the woke combine, which makes all their search and image prompt answers prescriptive rather than responsive. 'You want this? You shouldn't, so we'll give you things we think you should want instead. And since we're not just doing the job at hand, we'll make money off of what we tell you to look at rather than what you want to look at.'
Search and AI images are the same thing, someone saying, 'I want to see this' and the software responding. It's DEI not because they're trying to make a profit, but because their attempts to influence user behaviour aren't just to try and get us to want what makes them money.
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This is why I support the DSA. They will save us from this nonsense
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Can you write your comment in Comic Sans? Due to a disability it is difficult for me to read comments not made in Comic Sans.
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I'm sorry sir, but point of privilege is checked and denied. Comic sans was found to be not only punching down, but its faith was deemed subpar.
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PleAse do not write in all caps it's triggering for those of us with sensory processing issues
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Wow, it must be nice to have senses to begin with.
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Neuralink? Sorry I don't use products made by a fascist.
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Point of order, font changes should have been decided in the previous sessions
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Capitalism is fine its the AmeriKKKan capitalism that seems like heck
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It's not real capitalism, they are scared of the government
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rightoid ability to think outside of idpol: impossible
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DEI is communism.
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