maol

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[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I am very sure that the only reason they talk about positive eugenics is because negative eugenics, literally forcing some people to not have kids, is taboo. Then again they are pretty stupid and arrogant so maybe they really believe they're breeding superbabies....

[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 4 months ago

The people of Muskogee will have their revenge on Jack Dorsey

[–] maol@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A shame. Seems like they were clearly inspired by it .... I guess you can't copyright a vibe.

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I hope Toni Basil and the Ting Tings get big royalty cheques.

[–] maol@awful.systems 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

"Isn't this a racist thing to say? Not according to Hitler!"

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago

Only got a paragraph in because of the cheerful citation of aporia (the big Nazi website)

I love how he goes on and on about how it actually totally makes sense for the average IQ in Malawi to be 60 because most people don't graduate school, ignoring that Lynn's methodology wasn't up to any basic standard

And by love I mean I fucking hate it

[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I read it in high school. Iirc, the main character in 1984 deeply hates a woman he works with and his violent fantasies about her are tied up in his desire to rebel against the regime. He later overcomes his desire to commit violence against her by having sex with her. His contempt for her fairly leapt off the page when I read it. I'm sure it's arguable what Orwell meant or intended.

In another scene, the middle-class protagonists watch a working-class woman hanging out washing and tell themselves that if there was any hope for freedom, it lay in "the proles" (members of the mass underclass, like that woman). But the way they look at her and talk about her is dehumanizing.

It's probably easier to just read 1984 yourself and make up your own mind. it's not a very long book.

[–] maol@awful.systems 2 points 4 months ago

Eurgh. I'm now feeling angry at the thought of someone who is doing a degree in global health but gets persuaded that AI safety is more important.

[–] maol@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't this just an economic move dressed up as an ideological one?

If only all those sneaker companies had thought to say they had to move their factories from America to Chinese sweatshops because American workers were too woke.

[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The backlash already happened - it's been a few years of far right protests against drag shows and prides. Not that it can't get worse!

[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 5 months ago

All that cash Open AI gave to Labour was worth it, huh

[–] maol@awful.systems 6 points 5 months ago

"zine-like" but it costs $100? Fuck off

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