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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

They're trying to insinuate that the accusations on them are of the same legitimacy of those they've been throwing at everyone for decades.

If their claims are rebuked as baseless, they'll call the claims against them baseless as well. If the claims against them are said to be substantiated, they'll point to their claims and suggest the same. It's the "tails I win, heads you lose" of a political scheme.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Step 1. Input code/feed into context/prompt

Step 2. Automatically process the response from the machine as commands

Step 3. Lose your entire database

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 76 points 1 day ago (27 children)

Both require intent, which these do not have.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 195 points 1 day ago (33 children)

Hey dumbass (not OP), it didn't "lie" or "hide it". It doesn't have a mind, let alone the capability of choosing to mislead someone. Stop personifying this shit and maybe you won't trust it to manage crucial infrastructure like that and then suffer the entirely predictable consequences.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Because the greater populace has fallen for their aim to redefine the word. It used to be used to declare awareness of oppression and prejudice. Now it's a word to avoid or denounce, even by those that should be embracing it.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ech@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

For whatever reason, our brains developed the inclination/compulsion to imagine scenarios which greatly improved our odds of survival in the wild. In a biological sense, I figure stories and the like trigger that reward center in a way. Why people like different stories would come down to brain chemistry.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

I'm sorry for your loss.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not asserting anything or criticizing anyone. You're taking this much more personally than it's intended. All I'm doing here is pointing out the problematic origins of the comic. You asked me to explain why that matters and I did. You're not going to convince me otherwise, and I'm not interested in convincing you either. If anything, it's something for others to consider. Have a good day.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca -4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yes. Making a bad thing the basis of a good thing undercuts the latter and makes the former seem less problematic.

I've actually been thinking a lot lately about how the tendency to only make light of bad things without addressing it does little to diminish it, and in actuality just gives it space to grow and get worse, and this feels like that sort of situation. So I'm addressing the problematic foundation, not letting it fester in obscurity.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"archbishop of banterbury" really got me. Top shelf.

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