Post by @SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe

2026-09-17 12:20 UTC

Seems like a large part of the attraction of LLMs and diffusion models is that it gives people the sensation of having a slave I know I'm not the first person to notice this but I still think we should talk about that more

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@wrzky@kolektiva.social 2026-09-17 16:09

@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe Yes, that may be true in much of Western Europe and North America. In contrast, AI may feel disproportionately empowering in societies where colonialism and subsequent global capitalism have left expertise, "prestigious" languages, institutional knowledge, and professional assistance extremely unequally distributed. Try applying your take to Southeast Asian countries, where AI acceptance is towards the more optimistic end of the spectrum, and you can probably begin to see how cruel Western universalism can be.

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@ZenHeathen@beige.party 2026-09-17 12:45

@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe This one thing about corporate structures is going to blow your mind...

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@sous_mon_masque@eldritch.cafe 2026-09-17 12:50

@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe And a lot of "AI Assistants" were feminine coded...

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@aptitude@mastodon.social 2026-09-17 12:56

@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe "Crisis of significant assertion"? Self esteem issues laid bare, by barely ethical means? Prolly some of that.

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@Xavier@infosec.exchange 2026-09-17 13:01

@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe I treat mine more like direct reports. Its interesting how often I used my manager skills when dealing with AI agents.

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