Most of what we do here regarding AI is FOSS AI using community run or self-hosted generators. None of the corporate AI bullshit like you sometimes see elsewhere.
Regardless if you still don’t like it and don’t want to be part of it, then it’s no big deal, just block or ignore the communities which are dedicated to AI stuff. The only thing you really shouldn’t do in regards to that is Anti-AI trolling, like attacking people who do like it, or making bad-faith comparisons or accusations. If you don’t like it just don’t engage with it.
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I find the technology interesting but AI as a social phenomenon has been abhorrent.
I think most of us here have a similar view. Plagiarism machine is accurate, but that’s what a Google search looks like to someone from 1985. Not that I don’t prefer getting linked to information sources rather than getting incoherent slop.
I’ve not hated using local image generation to mock up ideas or turn around a private joke meme with friends. I have hated every advertisement bombarding me with nonsense buzzwords and leaders at work not understanding the technology. But I’m not an artist or writer whose work is getting chewed into a machine that gets all the credit. And I’m not a woman who could be blackmailed (or at least be robbed of agency) by fake nudes. Machine learning is a power tool, unfortunately people are just bastards.
You’ll have no trouble blocking AI here. This instance federated with almost all others and leaves it up to you to block them how you want. I will say db0 is my favorite instance so far.
Why is it your fav?
And I also don’t love how ai images go into all other communities here though but I prefer the piracy
For one it has a cool name, the mods here don’t cause much drama (that I know of), the users don’t brigade threads like with Hexbear, and piracy is celebrated unlike other websites. Ultimately I hope you find what you’re looking for even if it’s not this place
EDIT: Almost forgot. /0 doesn’t censor what you read like with lemmy.ml (e g. “bitch” reads as removed).
You can get a bunch of funny posts, the moderation is really good, people typically say what they think and aren’t cowed into saying what is expected and so I like to believe there is some version of free thought happening. I like it, it’s been a good experience. Yeah I blocked all the random stuff that I didn’t like and it wasn’t a problem. Any instance you choose is going to have something that you find obnoxious for whatever reason and you’re going to have to block those communities. Additionally you’re going to encounter some random instance that you find obnoxious at the instance level and you can block the entire instance.
You’re fine. Generally the instance is anti-copyright, so arguments against AI or piracy based on copyrights tend to fall flat. At the same time, we also hate the corporate GenAI and the overinflated hype around it. We support GenAI only when it’s done via FOSS and without relying on vulture capitalism.
I just ask you don’t go around scolding people about using GenAI in this instance as it becomes tiring. Just block the GenAI comms.
Thanks for responding and explaining :) I’m all for FOSS.
Just block the communities you don’t want to see. That is the power you have. Use it wisely.
I for one very much Enjoy reading up on AI stuff I’m visually impaired and use AI pretty much daily to read images and memes For me it’s been a game changer
Just block the AI communities, you should be fine
Concerned that it goes against the founders whole thing… but here seems better than .world
You blocking a community does not impact anyone but you. I can’t speak for the dbzer0 admin team, but I would be surprised to see them caring about this kind of personal decisions
We don’t, but I hope people who hate GenAI don’t become scolds about it :D
Thanks!
You aren’t expected to like AI to be a user here, matey. It’s just something db0 is really into and has done some cool projects with, e.g. the AI Horde which is a community-powered AI image generator. But if you really hated piracy, this might not be the instance for you, lol.
And not to forget https://github.com/db0/fedi-safety ! AI is also helping keep the instance clean from CSAM and some other shit.
I hate the corporate AI hype as much as anyone, but that doesn’t make the technology any less useful or interesting
Exactly. I hate the corporate GenAI and the massive hype around it. I don’t hate the tech itself and I consider the only ethical use of GenAI to be via FOSS licensing.
Thanks for the respond! Good to hear. I really LOVE piracy, so sounds like I’m in the right place
Welcome aboard then! :)
Aye aye cap’n
Block what you don’t like to see. Block users who you don’t like. Doesn’t matter which instance you’re on.
I like AI because of my leftist politics but as long as you don’t hate minorities or the poor or plan to constantly beef with anarchists, leftists and progressives from a conservative perspective in general I’d have no issue with you.
not really how this works
