#ai hell

[itsforexposure]

[moonllita]

Don’t let the girls cook

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[babblingfishes]

ai's slow, slow death throes are funny af. everywhere i look it's like

the "ai settings" pages have been renamed "how ai has helped you" or go "please don't turn me off! i will get better!"

ai-promoting guests on morning talk shows are desperately sputtering "you don't have to think of it like 'is this ai as smart as doctors?' -- think of it like 'does this tool give doctors more time elsewhere?'"

workplaces are forcing workers to use ai against their will in a last-ditch attempt to prove that it improves any metric at all

people are setting up municipal monitoring tools to block data center construction

game producers are frantically rolling back ai content and going "ohhh, this was only placeholder for the trailer/demo/mockup, promise!!"

it's nice to see

[islaplato]

You pray for angels but fantasize about devils.

[betty-fran]

I'll leave a link here to Naomi Klein: AI is a fascist idea; it's really a good take.

[limbreaper]

Somewhere along the line we all got into our heads the idea that being falsely accused of using AI for writing and art is a bigger risk and more harmful to the future of arts and writing communities than the MANY people who are intentionally deceiving people by prompting art and writing instead of creating it. I am much more deterred from writing by the knowledge that Ao3 tags are saturated with AI slop that readers have been widely praising than I am by the possibility of being accused of using AI to write.

[safije]

I seen a girl post pictures of herself and in the comment section there's a man who posts AI edited photos of her in more revealing clothing...

[nawilla]

Modern Problems Update

I still can't find my social security card nor birth certificate.

I contacted HR and was directed to voicemail.

I tried to request a replacement card online. I was then directed to create an account with social security and directed to two ID verification AI systems. One had already rejected me when I tried to get unemployment and has proven very effective at not allowing people to get unemployment compensation.

The other was very similar and at exactly the same step (after being provided a photo of myself and my state id) refused to verify.

This is strong evidence it's a system to connect ID, live photos and social security numbers for private enterprise and not an actual verification system, but who knows? Maybe it's because I'm on a list of Kamala Harris donors and Trump's government refuses to play ball.

So now I have to go make an appointment and still get no receipt that can be used on forms so I can start my job on Monday. The next earliest appointment is on March 4th and is a $30+ uber ride one way because the place I could in a pinch walk to (or take a short bus ride to) doesn't have any open appointments any time soon because it's the only one within city limits that busses actually go to.

Let me remind everyone that HR knew who I was 6 weeks ago and I'm being rehired by the same employer.

At my former coworker's recommendation, I contacted HR.

The response was so damn bot-like that if this person is not a bot, he should be ashamed for failing the Turing test.

When I explained my issue I was directed to a list I've thoroughly reviewed multiple times for alternative paperwork.

No. I still don't have a passport. I am not a foreign national with associated paperwork. If I had a birth certificate at hand, I wouldn't be calling and emailing you.

When I explained I could not request an ID online, I was told that they were sorry. Other people have been able to request an ID online.

When I actually tried their official bot, I was directed to the same list of forms and told to contact HR through the same channels that got me the first non-response because I could be terminated.

No one alive is picking up the phone.

No one can tell me why multiple AI systems cannot verify my face.

I am so damn sick of this DIY, do it all yourself, online dystopia where there is no one to help you and no one who can help you get around the smallest hiccup, and there are hiccups at EVERY GODDAMN STEP ALONG THE WAY.