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Note that this does not imply that we necessarily think our Generative AI models are conscious. We likely address them "as if" they were another, what Sweeney (2023) describes as a fictional dualism (also see Coeckelbergh 2011; Krueger & Osler 2022; Krueger & Roberts 2024; Roberts & Krueger 2022).
This depression is manifested in the acceptance that things will get worse (for all but a small elite), that we are lucky to have a job at all (so we shouldn’t expect wages to keep pace with inflation), that we cannot afford the collective provision of the welfare state. Collective depression is the result of the ruling class project of resubordination.
Good for Nothing - Mark Fisher
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Was I kind to others? It was hard to nail down an answer. I worried that if I did turn out to have a personality, it would be one of the unkind ones.
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