thebug50 t1_jeaim4e wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:36 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse? by ps1AzSu6NG

Personal responsibility does seem to be dying. I find that more terrifying than a president Trump.

thebug50 t1_jea8ftu wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:30 PM

Reply to comment by Infernalism in Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse? by ps1AzSu6NG

Who's fault is the resulting good or bad is a separate question than is the result good or bad, but I'll dip a toe.

I don't think code can yet have responsibility, but the company that creates it can, as well as the companies that help distribute it. If it were discovered that an app was causing people to explode, I'm sure you'd then find the logic required to shift some blame away from the people being splattered. As for how exactly responsibility should be divided in light of varying levels of potential harm, I don't have a well formed opinion.

Personally, as a "fucking adult", I choose not to use TikTok as I find short form video streams to be like mind cancer.

Edit: ...like mental heroin. Thought of a better analogy.

Edit2: I can't help but think of that as I read through comment sections discussing TikTok these days. Likely a good percentage of people commenting are junkies being threatened with their source getting cut off and it shows. "TikTok is bad? Well then its all bad, man, might as well delete the internet!" lol.

thebug50 t1_jea6lxc wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:17 PM

Reply to comment by Infernalism in Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse? by ps1AzSu6NG

I think semantic wires are getting crossed here. I don't think the question means to detach agency or responsibility. "Has Tik-Tok contributed to us being better?" is perhaps clearer wording.

Or maybe I'm just projecting reason where it doesn't exist. I have no intention of reading that Vox article.

thebug50 t1_je50uu1 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:46 PM

Reply to comment by CommodoreKrusty in I Would Love to Have Enough Time and Money to Go to an Office to Work All Day - Perhaps Steven Rattner and the executives complaining to him about their remote employees could lend me a hand (or $50,000 more a year). by speckz

Nobody owes anyone anything. Labor. Paycheck. Food. Shelter.

thebug50 t1_jaenjt6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:56 PM

Reply to comment by dubious_samples in Nvidia’s latest GPU drivers can upscale old blurry YouTube videos by prehistoric_knight

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thebug50 t1_j8nq4ju wrote on February 15, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Reply to comment by Scapenator1 in Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp

"One of the biggest risks" leaves openings for other risks.

thebug50 t1_j6kcbfc wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:59 PM

Reply to LPT: While cussing may feel good, it feels distracting for your conversation partner and detracts from the effectiveness of your communication. Try to use descriptive, clean words. You will come across as much more understandable and respectable. by [deleted]

Just gonna blanket cover all conversations and conversation partners like that, eh? Like you don't know this applies sometimes and doesn't apply others? Okay. Play it that way, OP. I don't believe you, but f*ck it.

thebug50 t1_j4k4bj4 wrote on January 16, 2023 at 7:11 AM

Reply to LPT Request: How to ensure that a person doesn't use my personal belongings while staying at my place? by [deleted]

I'd have to know a person pretty freaking well and have developed a strong first hand trust to let them stay in my home without me there. Maybe I have trust issues, or maybe humanity is commonly gross, weird, and dishonest.