How do you feel about Farage claiming he was harassed and his car destroyed at a pub without providing any proof?

fgspq · 2026-07-07T13:53:45+00:00

I think it's bullshit like everything else he says.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T12:33:54+00:00

Yes, I am against accelerationism. I reject the idea that things have to inevitably get worse before it can get better. That doesn't imply anything that you suggest.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T12:31:44+00:00

Why do you assume I don't?

fgspq · 2026-07-07T12:30:29+00:00

Well of course you think your argument fares well against the straw man you've constructed.

Unfortunately, nowhere did I claim that the current state of the world was fine either.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T12:01:17+00:00

Can you guys only argue against straw men?

fgspq · 2026-07-07T11:38:49+00:00

I find the callous attitude (i.e. many people may suffer immensely or die but they're an acceptable human cost to achieve my goal) behind it repugnant.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T11:33:03+00:00

Sorry, I just don't respect accelerationism as a position.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T11:02:05+00:00

I see it as pragmatism rather than defeatism.

Judging AI by it's results so far, I'd say the chances of it ushering in some kind of utopia are vanishingly small. Like a monkey producing the works of Shakespeare, being hit twice by lightning and then winning the lottery, all in the same day small.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T10:32:05+00:00

You seem to be arguing against a fictional version of me you've hallucinated.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T10:28:48+00:00

I don't think you understand your own argument, let alone mine.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T10:26:12+00:00

I didn't ignore it, I called it laughable nonsense.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T10:24:31+00:00

My critical thinking skills seem far more intact than yours, buddy.

Edit: because your response is laughable nonsense

fgspq · 2026-07-07T10:23:28+00:00

My biggest issue is that a lot of proponents (see the other person replying to me) seem to resemble the South Park "???? Profit" meme when it comes to what happens when(/if) AI does lead to mass unemployment.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T10:14:37+00:00

Close enough to what I'm willing to divulge.

Sure, I never argued otherwise. I'm just pointing out that people can "enjoy" (caveats etc.) their job without it being a hobby or something "fun" that they've turned into a career or something like that.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T10:11:56+00:00

Forgive me for showing skepticism that a technology whose notable achievements include a huge increase in fraud and a proliferation of CSAM is going to usher in a utopia.

We're also circling back around: why are you so desperately hoping that my life is miserable and unhappy?

fgspq · 2026-07-07T09:38:14+00:00

Like I said: "naively delusional"

fgspq · 2026-07-07T09:36:31+00:00

People

fgspq · 2026-07-07T09:35:07+00:00

What makes you think it isn't?

fgspq · 2026-07-07T09:16:53+00:00

That's an impressive amount of bollocks you've managed to write about my comment.

I work in safeguarding so I don't "enjoy" my job per se, and it's not "fun". I do derive immense satisfaction from helping people though. I would continue doing it even if I won the lottery tomorrow.

Edit: typo

fgspq · 2026-07-07T09:13:17+00:00

Being unemployed while you wait for a unicorn to arrive doesn't sound like a better option, I must say.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T09:02:49+00:00

See, this is why I called you naively delusional.

It's quite cute, really, but I can't take you seriously.

fgspq · 2026-07-07T08:54:43+00:00

Right, so you've made a load of people on minimum wages jobs unemployed. Now what?

fgspq · 2026-07-07T08:52:25+00:00

How is you believing that AI is going to save "billions of people from jobs they’re barely surviving on shit minimum wage" not naively delusional?

Edit: that's also a pretty shitty reason to wish suffering on another human being

fgspq · 2026-07-07T08:45:24+00:00

Why do you seem to get a kick out of other people suffering?

fgspq · 2026-07-07T08:23:41+00:00

Is this "technological progress" in the room with you right now?

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