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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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[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

If a person says they have been having a very hard time for almost a decade because of job difficulties, you should perhaps consider the situation in that context and point of view rather than the black and white holier than thou approaches. I agree that the ideal point to go to is to isolate your-self from aggressive capitalism as much as possible but for each person the sensible steps to get closer to this is different.

[-] KimLuff@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 hour ago

I've been unemployed since 2022, respectively fuck off with an argument that bad faith.

[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 1 points 59 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

I am sorry, I hope you find an occupation that is to your liking and holds up to your standards. Give everyone who choose to step away from aggressive capitalism the chance to contribute in their own way and do not try push the "I did it like this so should you". Someone else will always come and find things they do better than you which you won't be able to really fix in your context and getting shat on for that doesn't help anyone but provide temporary relief on the side of the shitter. For people who are brave enough to give up a majority of their life and go through major difficulties to distance themselves from all this, I feel respect. But that won't work wonders on everyone. So better they stay sane and contribute less but in their own way.

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