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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this)
NASB, I had a jarring experience this morning watching Patrick Boyleās latest video āBig Tech is Going Nuclear!ā (not gonna link it) where 5 mins in he introduces the sponsor and itās an AI presentation slide generator, which he said he used for the images in his video. This after he mentioned the data on generating one image using the same amount of energy as charging a smartphone. The thing is he seems careful to not mention that it is a gen ai productāhe never says AIārather a piece of software that helps making presentations.
It kinda made me panic stop the video, like an instant āwell, done with youā - not sure if he continued to make a joke of it or anything. I mean, Iām sure (I hope) he was given a lot of money for the spot, but damn! Just when I thought I had a foundational understanding of people
The term āAIā damages sales when used in advertising - whatever script Boyle got was definitely written by people who knew that fact.
I also predicted something like this would happen (though within a very specific context) a while ago - seems my predictionās coming true.
Ok, but are you suggesting he was duped?
The guy seems shrewd enough to know publicly supporting anything AI will shred his reputation - I suspect he might have been duped.
Yeah, I get what youāre saying but Iād really have to stretch my benefit-of-the-doubt muscles to consider someone who makes such well-researched videos wouldnāt go to the website before he reads the url out on his video and see that on the homepage, above the fold, in big letters, it says āPowered by AIā
maybe reach out and ask? might be interesting to see the answer
(if you care to, anyway)
Itās definitely the prudent option but Iām over mental capacity and Iād be lying if I said I wasnāt sharing this just for the upvotes. I couldnāt see any mentions of the sponsor in the comments, so I guess the audience, at least, were duped. I already have a string of unanswered questions on ecosiaās greenwashing social posts, though
yep, I getcha.
sorry if my reply sounded rude. I didnāt mean it to be. I just saw it again and it sounds dismissive.
And this puts the bit from the other video with the referral links into context. Itās not a joke, he actually expects to be making money off of people :(. I found the vagueness in the ad jarring too. Thereās this thing called sponsorblock, a database of timestamps for videos that skips useless stuff. The downside is you donāt find out if the guy that youāre watching is a shill.