Oh my fucking God.
Privileged people in the West already struggle to believe that refugees are actually people.
So the UN creates another barrier to understanding, and lets privileged Westerners tell themselves “this is only a simulation, actual people don’t have it that bad”?
Silencing the real voices of actual refugees seeking help, and replacing them with a fucking autocorrect algorithm?
I feel like I can handle most AI bullshit calmly and objectively at this point. But AI generated fake refugees? I didn’t think I could get this angry about AI anymore.
And I can’t even wish horrible fates on the assholes who implemented these AIs because I feel like they had the best of intentions, to raise awareness about actual refugees and so on and so forth. They were just so fucking stupid they thought this was a good way to do it.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Asetru@feddit.org 13 hours ago
I love how the article then proceeds to not answer this question. What a dumb idea. What a waste of UN funds.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 13 hours ago
I feel like the article answers the question, or rather it gives the researchers a chance to answer the question:
So if you read the headline and have the obvious visceral reaction, if you are asking yourself that question from the article, it kind of sounds like that is the point. They’re doing it now so that if people see it and say “that’s stupid”, hopefully that stops xAI or someone else from trying this to profit on the suffering of poor people. Alternatively, if people see it and say “wow this actually helped me understand”, that is also useful for the world at large. It doesn’t sound like the latter is the case, but that’s why you test a hypothesis.
Asetru@feddit.org 12 hours ago
Those are kind of non-answers… “Why the fuck are you doing that?” and the answers are all “Well, somebody’s probably doing it at some point, so why don’t we do it now?” or “you gotta try stuff” as if that explains anything. Like, no, there are some things that don’t need to be tested. This is arguing on the level of “Caaaaarl, that kills people!” You don’t need to punch people in the face to know that’s a dumb thing to do. You don’t need to spill milk to know it’s a dumb thing to do. And you sure as fuck don’t need to date somebody you dislike to know that fucking them is a dumb thing to do or create ai refugees as the UN to know it’s a dumb thing to do! Like, what argument is that? We’re not talking to three-year-olds that have never touched a candle! The UN should be able to anticipate the consequences of their actions! ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAD WORKSHOPS WHERE PEOPLE TOLD THEM IT’S A FUCKING DUMB THING TO DO!!