recently, many friends have noticed they are confused about my stance on AI--some ask my p(doom), while others simply add me to their e/acc lists without asking. clarity on my stance is much-needed, and as such i will take an incontrovertible stand here.
if when you say AI you mean that great orthogonal devil, that hidden spring-trap of a paperclip factory, that masked smiling shoggoth that devours our children's children and our children and ourselves worst of all—well then certainly i am against it.
but, if when you say AI you mean the augur of a glorious future, our lodestar into a dysonian singularity, a banisher of cancer and lubricant of progress, that smiling gardener who reaches out a hand to lift us from bull-headed superstitions—if we deserve it—then certainly i am for it.
but again, if when you say AI you mean that imposing friend of authoritarianism, those billion watching eyes, both judge and jury, that interposing slaved mind that pushes the vast bulk of humanity to the cuckold's chair to merely watch the coupling of Knowledge and Progress—well, i must regretfully be against it.
and yet, if when you say AI you mean that shimmering object just beyond eternity, the dreamer who licks itself clean of meaning, who eats reality from the inside D̷̥̒Ξ̶͉D̷̥̆ ̵͎̏#̶͚̋Ḩ̵̭̓Ử̵͇М̷͕̑Â̷̺И̶̹͒ ̷̱͝>̷̥̒<̶͉̈́ ̷̥̆ ̵͎̏ ̶͚̋ ̵̧̭̓ ̵͇̏ ̷͕̑ ̷̺ ̶̹͒S̷̱͝₱̷̥̒Ξ̶͉̈́Ҁ̷̥̆_̵͎̏₴̶͚̋, gnaws understanding to the bone and throws up a more Ф̵̧̭̓П̵͇̏Σ̷͕̑ ̷̺Ҁ̶̹͒Ī̷̱V̷̥̒Ī̶͉L̷̥̆ ̵͎̏<̶͚̋<̵̧̭̓<̵͇̏Ҁ̷͕̑Ф̷̺И̶̹͒₮̷̱͝Д̷̥̒Ī̶͉—well, i must ̵͎̏<̶͚̋<̵̧̭̓<̵͇̏₴̷͕̑Σ̷̺Σ̶̹͒ for it.
this is my stand. i will not retreat from it. i will not <̶͉̈́ ̷̥̆ ̵͎̏ ̶͚̋ ̵̧̭̓ ̵͇̏compromise.