This is a rant post and I apologize but I had to talk about this. Most subs are coming back online and not saying ANYTHING about the next steps. Only a handful of subs are going indefinite. I checked the front page for the first time today after leaving the a couple hours before the day of the blackout and what do I see? Subs are up, and comments and upvotes are up to the general average before the blackout.

I checked r/gaming to see their recent post (WHICH HAS OVER 68k UPVOTES), and I see a comment with over 500 upvotes saying in a nutshell, “You guys need to calm down, they’re a company and need to make money”.

Along with a couple other comments saying similar things. Are you fucking serious? You can’t even have the fucking balls to say, “This is a company that has consistently screwed over its users and I need to take a stand and quit my addiction”? You’re just gonna sit and do nothing? Fuck you. You’re no fucking better than u/spez. You’re all a bunch of fucking hypocritical liars for shitting on spez and the admins while talking about how you’re “done” with Reddit and you won’t support this.

Go touch grass you fucking addicted cowards. I’m glad I made the switch to Lemmy if it means I don’t have to interact with dumbfucks like you.

  • 100_kg_90_de_belin @feddit.it
    51·
    1 year ago

    I’m a teacher and most of my colleagues are scared as fuck of AIs because students may cheat during tests or not do their homework.

    I tried to tell them that another set of issues is related to privacy or to the inherent for-profit orientedness of most AI tools: *crickets.

    • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
      41·
      1 year ago

      I’d say it’s like worrying about getting eaten by a shark while you’re busy poking a bear. Sure, students using AI to cheat on tests is a bit like the shark… it could happen… and maybe it does happen… But that privacy bear? That thing’s right in your face, hungry and potentially drooling over your personal data like it’s a honey-drenched salmon. So, yes, it might be time to redirect that fear from the AI “shark” to the big, bad privacy bear! And hey, if they’re still not getting it, maybe try putting it in terms they’ll understand: “Think of it like this - the AI isn’t the kid passing notes, it’s the one who might read them out loud to the whole class…including all the stuff about your secret crush on the lunch lady.”