• 484 Posts
  • 328 Comments
Joined 3 years ago
cake
Cake day: June 12th, 2023

help-circle

















  • You’re committing the blunder of alienating your allies.

    It was “STEM bros” that continued to champion generative AI and make it possible for it to become the planet-sized threat it has turned into now. It was “STEM bros” that consistently belittled the concerns of those in the arts and the humanities when they were warning against what their creations were doing. It was “STEM bros” that kept telling everyone they were making a big deal out of nothing, that the environmental effects were overblown, that it’s a whole lot of fearmongering.

    They are not allies to those of us, in STEM and in other disciplines alike, that have been trying to hold the line against generative AI from the start. For them to turn against it now that it’s suddenly infringing on their careers is self-serving and while I do not begrudge their support I will sure as hell not genuflect and thank them for it.














  • It’s not naive, actually – I’m not sure why it was referred to as such. It is a highly calculated and very malicious move to force pregnant women to give birth whether they want to or not – thereby reinforcing the patriarchy by making it infinitely more difficult for women to access education and the workforce.


  • I’m pretty sure baring children will land you in prison* regardless of your gender

    *unless you’re rich, or famous, or powerful, or Donald Trump, or some eldritch combination thereof

    On a serious note, I’m not quite sure how to parse your statement. I don’t think women’s value should be defined in the slightest by whether they have kids or not. Are you saying that women who don’t bear kids are less valuable than mothers? more valuable than mothers? (I’m leaning towards interpreting it as the former, because it is my firm belief that men are pretty useless, but it still helps to clarify)