1. Post in [email protected] attacks the entire concept of AI safety as a made-up boogeyman
  2. I disagree and am attacked from all sides for “posting like an evangelist”
  3. I give citations for things I thought would be obvious, such as that AI technology in general has been improving in capability compared to several years ago
  4. Instance ban, “promptfondling evangelist”

This one I’m not aggrieved about as much, it’s just weird. It’s reminiscent of the lemmy.ml type of echo chamber where everyone’s convinced it’s one way, because in a self-fulfilling prophecy, anyone who is not convinced gets yelled at and receives a ban.

Full context: https://ponder.cat/post/1030285 (Some of my replies were after the ban because I didn’t PT Barnum carefully enough, so didn’t realize.)

  • echolalia@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I didn’t check the instance rules

    Mistakes happen, but it is on you.

    I don’t care enough to beg for readmission.

    But you do care enough to type words and words and words somewhere else, no?

    I’m just pointing out that they are being weird

    I politely disagree. What you’re viewing as mechanical censorship is just community curation to them. Part of “power tripping” implies they are abusing power, and I don’t see them preventing you from participating with anything you appreciate. There’s plenty of other AI communities on lemmy.

    In summary, a comic:

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOP
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      1 month ago

      @[email protected] I would like to officially request a new rule for this community: Anyone who makes the argument “Yes but censorship is okay, because the mods are the boss, they’re doing community curation” should be banned with the reason listed as “If you insist.”

      • echolalia@lemmy.ml
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        1 month ago

        I’d argue that would be a power trip, friend, because he’s made a major change to the rules without his user’s permission. And, many people outside that instance depend on db0’s communities, which are large and varied. Very unlike many communities at awful.systems, which are meant for venting, snark, and sneering down your nose at people, warranted or unwarranted.

        Everyone at awful.systems likely agrees with the moderation of the admins or they would not be there.

          • echolalia@lemmy.ml
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            1 month ago

            I hardly think it’s suddenly different, it’s just actually different. It’s two different scenarios.

            By the way, my dad works at nintendo and can beat up your dad.