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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) · 8w
When someone is trying to hold this untenable position, a few things tend to come up (not everytime, not everyone): 1- Defensiveness. People read criticism of the systems and proposed uses of the sys...
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2- Righteousness. People do have legitimate needs, often unmet needs, and the synthetic text extruding machines can *look like* a solution. But just because the problems are real doesn't mean the solution is beneficial, effective, or worth (not always externalized) costs. Unfortunately, pointing out any of this is taken as the same as saying you don't care about the legitimate needs.
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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) · 8w
3- Whataboutism. This is used to brush off concerns about the externtalities of these systems. You eat meat, you fly on airplanes, etc, etc, how dare you talk about the impacts of data centers? >>