I agree some questions feel forced, even rhetorical. I have a hard time believing it’s AI. I think it’s either a bunch of alt accounts from one guy who needs help winning arguments or a bunch of people roaming around in very weird social circles.
But yeah, there’s days Lemmy feels like a breath fresh air, and then it feels like someone is playing shenanigans in multiple communities for a few hours.
That’s an extremely specific scenario and I would bet money on it not happening quite as you describe.
What if people become more AI literate and generally understand it’s uses and misuses better? What if the dating and social connection landscape changes and some other platform makes things way easier or changes the way we connect? What if people become so lonely they revert back to prostitution?
There’s a million more scenarios and no one really knows what the future looks like, so I think it’s very likely that your scenario does not come true at all.
Very interesting.
Tying this to the minimum wage has some unique consequences and I can see why you chose that.
I have to point out though that in your wording, disseminating information while you are working will be very hard. For example, going to conferences might get you convicted (working under a contract from a company and then disseminating information in that conference) and I imagine there’s quite a few other things that could also fall under this, though I see you already did some very exact limits.
I feel like these lines could be drawn a bitore elegant but it’s not like I’m a politician who has great understanding of laws and language in order to draft something like this.
Propaganda?
I see the following issue:
What is an ad? Is it an ad spot in the middle of a TV show? A big billboard? A banner on a website? Someone talking about a brand? Just writing or saying a brand name? Subtle algorithmic nudging?
You gotta put a line in the sand, and depending on where you put it, it’ll be harder to influence anyone or harder to address brands or products. There’s always a trade off.
And then additionally we gotta address any behavioural adaptions of big companies. Imagine if companies started striking illegal deals with social media companies for favourable algorithms? How do you control that? And on the other hand, imagine you were talking about a product and suddenly people accuse you of illegal advertising? How do you make sure people don’t skirt the line and also no one is wrongly convicted?
I’m not saying this is a dumb idea, I actually agree cracking down on forceful or manipulative advertising is an interesting idea, I just think that these broad stroke ideas an insane amount of continuous planning, validation and readdressing.
You will quell any awkwardness quickly by placing the toilet paper facing away from the wall.
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Extremely difficult.
I tried dating apps, but ultimately I have friends who I asked out and I got rejected.
For me the hard thing is going out and socializing. It’s just statistics; the more you go out to random places and meet new people, the more likely you are to find someone, but it drains my energy like nothing else and I also gotta gather confidence after only ever being rejected.
Turns out dating is hard, but as long as you keep being open it’ll happen at some point.
What is your life’s purpose?
I used to ask friends about it because I was in a bad spot. I got “to have fun” “nothing” and “I’m depressed, so I’m looking for one”. There’s no right or wrong, but it can be incredibly helpful to motivate you day-to-day actions if you feel stuck not knowing what to do.
Mine is “to be helpful to other people”. I wanna leave the world knowing I armed the right people with tools to make major positive change. So a lot of my time I dedicate to technical tasks that my friends need help with, and it gives me meaning.
Some can be selfish, some less impactful and some nonsensical. But I think especially people who can’t get out of bed are the ones potentially having the biggest positive influence on the world, and so these people need a reason. And then if you do a small thing every day, you’ll feel like you’re on track, and that feeling is important.
Sry for the rambling but I have thought about this topic a lot ^^’
So you want that community to change because you don’t like it.
It looks everyone else is fine with it. So you got two options: block it on your end, and / or make your own the way you want.
I understand this is not what you expected, but just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it needs to change just for you.
Btw there’s a reason that people don’t like to hear often: we do not have reddit numbers, and therefore if you do not allow reposts from reddit, a lot of communities would be basically dead.
Maybe too many eggs in one basket
I have to say one thing though: you have every right to be pissed that this is what your tuition money is used for.
But that’s kind of a different conversations and generally a lot of the things your university uses your tuition on are very debatable.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Nothing outlined makes me think this is particularly pro AI. This is more of a reaction to it. Making people understand AI better is a good idea. Providing an AI platform on premise so as to not transmit all of the conversations directly to open ai servers is also a very good idea.
Whether you wanna decide to use it or not is up to you, but all of these things are a) optional and b) they sound quite sensible to me.
I tried Deezer and tidal for a month each. They were both alright, however their offline download for bigger playlists straight up sucked, so that took some sanity out of me and I had to switch back to Spotify ultimately.
Please keep this in mind if you ever consider switching.
The more I hear from you the more it seems your mom is completely oblivious to your world and your thoughts. I’m glad you are talking to us, and I hope you also have friends who can give you even better advice (and maybe a therapist when you can get there).
Just know you’re doing a truckload of things rn so if you manage to make it, that’s incredible, and if you shut down and need to take your time, that’s completely understandable even if your mom doesn’t get it.
My dms are always open if you need to talk to someone ^^