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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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[-] whalebiologist@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago

My dad was a machinist. I know automation for their jobs is highly desired. In an ideal socialist world, we would need experts to automate everything for us anyway, so the work you do is laying the ground work for that future to exist; we know it's going to be misused, I would say do it, document things as best you can for the next generation in a common book you keep to yourself.

Additionally, we know AI is pretty shit, Its more likely there will be a robotics breakthrough that will get people there. I think if you go in and get paid, and keep your eyes open for ways to sabotage the data set. (Being inefficient or bad at your job is a way to keep the gig going as long as possible)... there's hope.

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