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@lemonskate@lemmy.world

So then your counter to someone bringing attention to the fact that LLMs are actively telling people[...] is that it isn’t the singular contributing factor?

This, too. But, also, the fact that Anti-AI movement rarely (if any) promote legit human art, their whole business seems to be to talk against AI, solely. Which, again, is not something I oppose (as I said earlier, AI does have lots of cons, although I'm also capable of seeing its pros), but when I see many accusatory posts from Anti-Ai people such as "I'll check your content against ppl AI patterns" (with a greater likelihood of content from ND ppl like me being "flagged" as AI), then I see those same ppl blaming AIs for something whose causes are way deeper and unseen, I feel compelled to express about the matter, especially when the subject also touches on other things about my own lived experiences, which I'm aware is not limited to myself as there are/were lots of ppl who went through similar situations.

Do you take offense at people pushing back at harmful LLMs?

No but the oftentimes accusatory tone coming from many Anti-Ai ppl does trigger things such as "imposter syndrome", where I start doubting about myself. But it's not just something about myself.

Do you want people to care more about creating a kinder society?

I'm not really sure what I want, exactly. But, yeah, maybe, a kinder society, if this is even possible at this point of Anthropocene.

I remember a time when the web used to be a place for creatively rich bulletin boards. At that time, ppl used to be... I don't know... Less aggressive? At least it's the perception I have when I look back at the past of the Web.

We, collectively (me included), became more aggressive between ourselves as the time passed and the web became less of a space for creativity and more of an arm from the "market" octopus.

I've seen the web slowly getting dominated by corps, now everything is some kind of war between "us v. them" across all spectra, from right to left, top to bottom, bottom-up, sideways... As wars detonate our essences, we were left with just... I mean, just look around, you may see it yourself.

Of course LLMs aren’t driving people to suicide in a vacuum, no one is claiming that

Sometimes it feels like much of the Anti-AI movement is. As if the AI were "literally killing ppl".

having LLMs that are encouraging people to commit suicide is a bad thing

It's not a trivial thing for LLMs to "encourage suicide", I've seen it myself whenever I tried to input suggestive, shady topics. To me, those things often parrot the same "suicide prevention hotlines" which works like common analgesic medications (may relieve immediate pain but can't do a thing about the root causes).
But even when LLMs do output suicidal hints, this isn't something out of a vacuum. As others argued throughout the thread, search engines can also lead to suicidal hints. Banning it altogether can lead to Streisand effect.