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I may have hit my breaking point. (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 day ago by lyrial@lemmy.sdf.org to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

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I am ethically and morally opposed to gen AI as a concept. As far as the breaking point, let me explain. I've been a machinist for ~18 years. It's been really bad for the last 9 years and I've more or less had to live off of savings from the good years (those savings are basically gone).

I've just recently gotten legitimate job offers for ~$125 an hour remote because I own a CNC. The catch is that I have to record all of the CAM programming and machine time in order to train an AI to replace potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs.

This fucking sucks. I'd love to sit on my ass forever at 43, but I absolutely fucking hate the potential that I could bring that would crush the working class and elevate the owning class.

I wish it wasn't this hard, because I really do believe in socialism and have labored hard for a long time to make it happen - but there's a chance I can put everything I have into true anarchism cause and make a legitimate difference.

Please help.

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[-] helix@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago

Why are you so scared? Don't sign a contract which tells you to do it as efficiently as possible. Just be incompetent. It's not illegal to be incompetent. Mark Zuckerberg wasted 1 billion dollars with his Metaverse shit and he's still one of the most powerful and wealthy CEOs.

That's called "weaponised incompetence" or "malicious compliance". If you do it right, they don't have any basis to sue you. Just fake it. Imagine you're just very bad at your job.

Capitalism often controls through fear. The fear of being sacked. The fear of being sued. In the end, the consequences for being bad are not as painful as you'd imagine.

[-] lyrial@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Iwish I could bring myself to this, but I actually rely give a fuck and have some pride in what I do. I wish I wasn't principled, but I spent years as an apprentice to get to where I am at and I'll be damned if I put my name on shoddy work.

[-] helix@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

I’ll be damned if I put my name on shoddy work.

It's good work, though.

[-] hneerqe@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

If you do it right, they don't have any basis to sue you. Just fake it.

Except for this public conversation.

[-] helix@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

We're just clowns doing clown things. That's a different guy they sent the offer to. Why would it be their account?

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