Oh the irony: "They Live", a movie famously about alienation and dehumanization, and you let AI do all the coding.

xnx 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Interacting with a computer in natural language is much more human than typing in special codes and punctuation.

So telling someone to make a table for you is more human than making it yourself, because you're using natural language instead of saws and hand planes?

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GCUMstlyHarmls 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I would say yes, conversing between two humans, maybe even collaborating, is more human than a solitary human using inanimate objects.

	▲	anthk an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Even if the table collapses down badly instead of doing a proper one with a good set of tools?

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speed_spread an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The human world is full of special codes and obscure gestures that only have meaning if provided in the right sequence to the right people. Computer programming being documented and formalized makes it more accessible than many social circles.

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dang 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What if it wouldn't get done otherwise?

(Genuine question as we're all trying to figure this shit out)

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deng 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think we can agree that this is not something anybody will actually use, but rather an homage to "They Live", and IMHO, letting this be done by AI is in contrast to the basic premise of the movie.

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andai an hour ago | parent | next [-]

What's the premise of the movie? I thought it was about psyops.

(Also interdimensional shapeshifting reptilians.)

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dolebirchwood 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That argument could be taken to any extreme at the end of the day. They Live, at its core, is a commentary on unrestrained capitalism. You could fault OP for using a Google browser. You could fault OP for using a Microsoft cloud repository. The line may be blurrier than one thinks...

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deng 24 minutes ago | parent [-]

Any argument can be taken to any extreme. This is why it's a popular rhetorical tactic, called "appeal to extremes".

	▲	darkwater 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So, why did you use it in this case?

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d3ng 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think this is false dichotomy. It's been a while since actually empowering and encouraging humans was considered normal and attempted at scale. But not that long. How quick we forget. I think it's worth getting back to.