TL;DR: I called out a defederation evader from hexbear.
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Enshittification of db0 continues I see.
I lost all respect for the place when I saw that they're openly supporting GenAI right in the instance info and have communities dedicated to all the big models stealing the work of artists. The "anarchist" instance is pro Corporatism so long as they're the ones benefiting from it? Yikes.
I'm honestly kinda surprised that there isn't more of a Republican influence over there.
Why would they in the fuck use Gen AI in a "leftist" server
If you ask them they delete the discussion, so who knows.
I like how they responded to my "may I give you some more reasons why using AI is bad" with "no you may not" and removing my comment.
They got one whiff of power as admins and moderators and became authoritarians.
You should post these interactions to !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works
I've pointed out before the tendency of self-proclaimed anarchists to become authoritarian whenever they're the ones in power, but they thrash me for it about how I apparently don't understand "theory," when the reality is they're the ones who don't understand the difference between "theory" and "practice."
Some level of organizational structure is necessary to prevent authoritarians from seizing and consolidating power. Just because current iterations in geopolitics haven't been perfect, doesn't mean we should throw out the idea entirely. It needs to be developed further, with lessons learned from history. Not thrown out with the bathwater.
It's a delicate balance though, because at one extreme you have authoritarians imposing heavy restrictions to prevent other authoritarians from gaining a foothold, and at the other extreme you have libertarian-esque permissiveness allowing authoritarians to gain a foothold.
The problem can't be solved without having nuanced discussions, acknowledging the full complexities of the situation and the inadequacies of overly simplistic "solutions," which is impossible to do within campist spaces (which increasingly seem to be all of them).
If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say they see it as being no different than pirating any other kind of media from multi billion dollar corporations, which completely ignores the fact that those hurt the most by genAI models are the small artists who lose out both on both having their labor stolen and losing potential future customers.
Either that, or they have the same mentality as middle managers and upper management in that they don't value the labor required to produce art but desire the end result, and work backwards from there to justify it.
Because dbzer0 are tech bros
I mean I'm a tech b- I mean gal, but I'd never use that shit, fuck AI :p
Turns out the "anarchist" and "capitalist" are more similar than they'd like to admit--they speak of freedoms while motivated by self-interest alone, and they see fruits of other people's labor and creativity as something that they are entitled to exploit for their own gain.
They'd be just as happy to steal wages as they are to steal art if they were in the position to do so.
Fake anarchists are just libertarians lmao