*clicks onto linkedin*

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

*clicks onto linkedin*

> half the posts are from techbro *men* talking about their AI pals that they have made

> some of their AI pals are depicted with early 20s female avatars

> the techbros are 50+ years old

*clicks off of linkedin in disgust*

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

wasn't there a kinda shitty movie about this? ex machina or something?

[dalias@hachyderm.io]

@ariadne The Venn diagram of the AI bro class and the [wannabe] Epstein class is a circle.

[agowa338@chaos.social]

@ariadne

If you want to see something kinda encouraging then look at this pool I created over there:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/klausfrank_ai-llm-marketing-activity-7439408487333249024-Zswc

It only got served to a handful of people through their algorithm but all 10 people said "AI powered" is a bad thing.

(Also probably the only ones that actively read things there and not just post latest buzzword garbage without reflecting on it for a second)

[grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@ariadne I enjoyed the film.

[arch@floofy.tech]

@ariadne "Her"? :P

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@grahamperrin can we get to the 'find out' part of the film where the AI sex bot wants to kill the person giving the bot the """turing test"""

[grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@ariadne I can't remember it was """a while ago""".

I do remember liking the architecture, the woodland setting, and so on, although I wouldn't really want to live anywhere so sterile.

[dvshkn@social.treehouse.systems]

@ariadne https://www.404media.co/business-insider-founder-creates-ai-exec-for-his-new-newsroom-immediately-hits-on-her/

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

so if you sexually harass your AI assistant at work, does it report you to HR? asking for all the guys on linkedin who seem to like their AI assistants a little too much

[dysfun@social.treehouse.systems]

@ariadne no because their AI assistant loves them and can't get enough of them being a dick.

[jane@smolhaj.social]

@ariadne as long as it happens to non-company ai-assistants we have no leeway

[mattdm@hachyderm.io]

@ariadne

Also _Companion_.

[astraleureka@social.treehouse.systems]

@ariadne worse than kent?

[lucky@mastodon.nz]

@ariadne this is actually the one use case for AI, they're like a grease trap for sexual harassment

[faoluin@chitter.xyz]

@ariadne I'd take Ex Machina over this timeline. The robot wins and the techbros get their comeuppance.

[ska@social.treehouse.systems]

@ariadne look, I'm all for giving these guys AI sexbots if it makes them leave real women alone

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@ska on one hand, valid, but on the other, it tells us what they really want out of these things

[ska@social.treehouse.systems]

@ariadne Ex Machina was a good movie, the only unrealistic thing was that the techbro was the cautious one and didn't get bamboozled by his creation.

[dalias@hachyderm.io]

@ska @ariadne Narrator: It didn't make them leave real women alone.

It just let them normalize the feel of having that kind of power relationship.

The same way letting them have "AI slaves" won't make them want to bring back human slavery any less, but rather more.

It just whets their appetite.