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I'm so glad I can escape all the politics to Lemmy

The fact that you even have to say that out aloud means that there's a slight chance.

Complete waste of time with no positive health benefits you say?

And where has Elmo said he thinks that?

No, it's actually not. It's an LLM and it doesn't have clue what it's saying. It definitely cannot speak for someone else.

I've been doing heavy squats and deadlifts for the past 15 years and I've never experienced back pain. I can't for 100% certainty credit lifting for this but I'd be amazed if it doesn't play a factor.

EDIT: And hanging. You don't even need to do pull-ups. Just get a bar from which you can hang daily. It decompresses your spine but also flexes your shoulders. We're apes after all and hanging is what they do all day every day.

I still hear you implying that, in one way or another, AI content wouldn’t be as good as - or better than - human-made content. If that’s the case, I agree with you: replacing human artists with AI would be a net negative. However, my point is that when the day comes that AI content genuinely surpasses human-made work on every metric we care about, resisting it simply because it’s AI-generated doesn’t make much sense to me.

I still empathize with human artists who may no longer be able to compete, but I see that as part of human evolution - some professions inevitably become obsolete.

That said, as I mentioned, this wouldn’t prevent anyone from continuing as an artist for the joy of it. It would just make it harder to monetize their work.

I don't know what there is to be proud about not being depressed. I'm just happy that I'm not. Should I feel shame for it now or what?

Well, that’s a very U.S.-centric perspective, but no, I’m not talking about Wall Street - I’m talking about the economy as a whole. Deflation means the value of money is increasing, which discourages people from spending since their money will be worth more tomorrow than it is today. This hurts businesses across the board, creating a deflationary spiral where reduced spending leads to lower revenues for businesses, forcing them to cut costs, lay off workers, or close entirely.

As businesses suffer, incomes decline, further reducing consumer spending and exacerbating the cycle. Making big purchases is particularly disincentivized because waiting a year or two means you can get them cheaper. What’s good for the economy is people having money to spend and actually spending it, but deflation disrupts this balance.

What a cynical view to live under.

AI can only replace creative industries if the content it produces is better in which case it's a win for the people consuming that content. When it comes to creators themselves, it'll be harder to earn a living that way but on the other hand, none of the artists I know are making it for the money and they would continue making it even if AI was better. Myself included.

However, I don't think it's either-or situation. AI will just come alongside human made content. There's a ton of content creators I'd continue following no matter how good AI would get.

If there was nothing there also wouldn't be anyone asking "why is there something rather than nothing". It's the kind of question that can only be asked in a universe that exists. Then answer to "why?" would basically be that because an unlikely even occured. It could just as well have not, but it did and now you're here.

Knowing Lemmy, this comment is probably highly downvoted, but this is the likely explanation for it in my opinion as well.

It's not just the men suffering from this.

Talk about lazy journalism. Apparently Grok AI is now treated as the official spokesperson for Twitter.

How about just average (lower) middle class men? You know, the group of people voting for Trump due to being ignored/treated like shit by everyone else?

Is that a "major group of people"?

I meant men in general but otherwise you're correct. Let's ignore roughly half of the population and treat them as second class citizens and the cause for all problems in the world and then act all surprised they're not voting for us.

Before even reading the comments I predict it's all negative and cynical because what ever Musk does needs to be opposed.

Maybe the people here feel personally threatened because negativity is all you have to offer.

I stand behind everything I've ever said. I've been posting for years with the mindset that what OP is describing will some day be reality. I might not be correct about everything but I've always been honest. I look forward to that day and all the hypocrites being exposed.