I'm posting this here because Taylor didn't reply to my comment on youtube about this. While I appreciate her work at least covering the fediverse, I think its worth noting she isn't actually engaging with the fediverse with this post.

Posting this here in some hope it can gain traction and get her attention. maybe repost to Mastadon if thats something you do?

I'd like to invite Taylor to come to either Mastadon or Lemmy and do an AMA to discuss her video and the topics it contains further.

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[–] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 19 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Why make a left right thing out of this? Shouldnt conservative minds also have their problems with this tech potentially killing 70% of jobs?

[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the tech isnt killing 70% of jobs. its not going to.

[+] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org -6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I work with claude. It analyzes huge code bases in minutes. It tests solutions explorative. Yes you need a human in the loop and a better strategy than just use plan mode but this tool is mighty. Most jobs are repetitive bullshit. Developing software is a complex task and the dev market is bad. They are developing tools to replace any other office job. Next years will be hell for academic "knowledge based" workforce.

Your experience might be based of the cheap free models.

[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i am also a software developer and at a very large company and we use enterprise subs for ai. i use claude pro at home. its very good. i didnt say it wasnt good. i said it its replacing anyone. certain jobs will go away but news one will be available. like every yech transition. i am not onle a software dev but i am also 50 years old. i have seen a few transitions.

AlSO.. bad title aside the reporters main points were about keeping power out if big tech companies, which i agree with. i also.think ai used by most people will be local soon.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think one of the issues with the AI bubble is, it's going do destroy x trillions of investment money if it does not replace 30% of the human workforce til 203x. I forgot the exact ratio. But people did the numbers on how much people we need to let go (or productivity increase) to make the ludicrous investment bubble in AI work out. So either it happens... Or a lot of money is wasted.

Not sure if money is real or made up, but it's a considerable amount. So if the GDP of the US or China tanks because companies wasted their capital, they might need to let go of people nonetheless, in turn fulfilling parts of the prophecy in a different way... But with hundreds and hundreds of billions already invested per country, the investors are eventually going to need their money back and we're already committed to this kind of future.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most jobs are repetitive bullshit

Most jobs in tech (and advertising, and a few other fields). Not most jobs in agriculture, construction, hospitality, etc. etc.

[–] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lets agree on office jobs. Which is the majority in developed countries. I'd argue, developing (tech) is the most versatile among them. Anything repetitive got automated.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Is it the majority though? Seems like it's only about 12% of the US workforce for instance https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/18-5-million-office-and-administrative-support-jobs-in-may-2023-12-2-percent-of-total-employment.htm

[–] nobodysreadingthis@quokk.au 4 points 1 week ago

Everything it does is kind of their dream.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes this impacts everyone and everyone should be concerned. But the solution is in mass politics, not in "electing" another death cult leader. The conservative framework is fundamentally unable to address this issue.

Edit: after watching the video I would say the title reflects her audience.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Conservatives actually embraced the fediverse en masse a few years ago. It didn't stick though. Truth Social is actually a walled-garden Mastodon instance.

Oh, and none of them knew what they were doing and signing up for.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did they actively embrace the idea of federated open source software, or did they just quickly need a ready to use platform after Trump was banned from twitter? In a way, even if we dislike their politics, this is free software working as intended: anyone can use the code for any purpose and modify it to their liking.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oh it was just that they needed a platform once he was banned. Like I said, it didn't take.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@TaylorLorenzz@mastodon.social @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social Thoughts?

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Send her a link to this post, show her we're interested!

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't have her number.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is : https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@TaylorLorenz@mastodon.social get up in here we yakking about you.

[–] elevenbones@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll get in touch with her and let her know 👍

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah I checked out her mastodon and it's pretty active and she's been on mastodon for 10 years, which is a mighty long time for any fediverse account.

[–] nobodysreadingthis@quokk.au 4 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure you can have civilized discourse with sloppers. They're vicious aggressive insecure brittle power-trip prone and take everything as an attack after spending so much time talking to the mechanical sycophant. You can't talk to these people. I'm not even sure they still are people.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is the first time I heard the term "good AI". Is that a term people use?

But I wonder what Fediverse software she's talking about. I mean we definitely have interoperability. But moving accounts (portability) is kinda notoriously difficult. A lot of platforms don't support it, or don't support it well... It is supported by Mastodon but you really want to read the 2-3 pages of extra information because it's not entirely seamless... It's not the first thing that comes to my mind when talking about why the Fediverse is great.

I really like the overall message, though. Also: always remember we don't have to subscribe to some extremes. It rarely needs to be 100% boycot while not doing anything else to change the bigger picture... Or on the other end of the extremes: 100% demand the government do something while continuing to endulge in doomscrolling sessions on TikTok and X... I think something in the middle would be great. Keep your Instagram account if you like... Use it a bit less, in turn use the Fediverse a bit more... And spend some time molesting your representatives. Tell them it's about time to regulate big tech. Or to get a bit of our personal data back under our control. Would also be nice if one day Jeff Bezos paid more taxes than me... Just saying.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Great questions for @taylorlorenz@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social