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I lost my job to AI. I worked as a closed Captioner for the hearing impaired and they replaced me with AI!
I am so sorry to hear that!
Sadly, this is going to happen more and more. AI’s goal is simply to increase profits for the corporations because they won’t have to hire many real people. It is not about making information more accessible…these tech bros are creating Hal.
That what I think too! They are idiot machines themselves, run on greed!
It’s never been clear to me why companies think tech bros actually know anything about real life.
Sorry to hear that. My youngest brother was born deaf and relies on the closed captions to understand what’s going on in the world. Unfortunately, I had noticed that the close captions have degraded badly since AI took over. There’s too many words in English that sound alike or are spelled the same, that AI cannot handle. With the current administration, no one cares about the deaf, so they’ve eliminated sign language interpreters on most government briefings.
That’s awful. We need you. AI makes horrid mistakes (well, not only in this area).
That is terrible, Rosie. Especially since you were providing a vital service to the hearing impaired. I wouldn't be surprised if AI messes up on those closed captions.
I'm so sorry. It's been obvious for a while that CC is going to AI. I use the CC a lot....between ADD and certain accents, the CC makes things easier. Yes, CC has its. (limited) uses, but it can't replace people in a lot of jobs. Sadly, it is coming for teachers in many areas. IDIOTS are using it to replace nurses and doctors.
AI rarely knows the difference between reign (as in, rule over) and rein (as in, hold back).
That is so disgusting. I have noticed some weird closed captioning lately, of course it makes sense that they would prefer not to pay anyone for anything like that which is for people who have a handicap. So wrong.
It’s not just for that. It’s also for deciphering the last line of dialogue, critical to the plot, that you just can’t decipher no matter how many times you rewind the scene.
And now Closed Captioning has myriads of misspelled words/names.
CC has never been immune from that, although it’s more noticeable recently.
Sadly, the funny mistakes are fewer but the annoying ones are more frequent.
There is a big problem in Orange County where thousands have had to evacuate because of a possible explosion. This is costly for the cities and their citizens. More care needs to be given to putting dangerous facilities in neighborhoods!
This will probably happen again and again!
Notice how the media glosses over the long-term health issues of the leaking and explosion.
Representative Steve Cohen is a hero for detailing all the reasons for which Chief Justice Roberts should be impeached and I say- “Join in!” I will be writing my Congressman and Senators about this TODAY.
As for AI- I HATE it. AI messages constantly flood my Zoom calls ( do I want a summary of what is discussed? No!! I have my own mind!!!) and my Gmail and Word when I am writing something. (I don’t need your oversimplifications!!! I am completely capable at setting down my OWN thoughts!)
And they make it so darn difficult to turn it off!
AI has its limited use. Go ahead and use it as a doctor/nurse to make dictations easier and prevent stupid lawsuits. If it can cure cancer/ALS, etc. go ahead. Don't try to cure ADD/Autism with AI or something else.
A democratic legislator should propose a public utility that absorbs all of the soon-to-be-bankrupt AI company's AI models, and fund it with Trump's slush fund. Not all AI companies will go out of business, but the AI bubble will pop eventually, and there should be legislation that enables a public utility to pick up the pieces and deliver all the profits to each American.
I'm retired, so AI hasn't taken away a job. But that doesn't mean that I'm immune from AI's impact. AI is having an impact on all our lives. Technology has changed at overwhelming speed at the end of the 20th century and 26 years into the 21st century. It's happening faster than our brains can absorb it all. AI has the potential for great good. It can free us from drudgery and allow us to use our time to do the things that we love doing. Or it can be used against us, to exploit us and rule us through fear and constant surveillance.
AI is human created, human controlled and humans are the AI masters. AI is our servant. We humans must never forget that!!!
We have to make laws to control the use of AI, with strict penalties for its misuse
I was born in 1940, and have seen the most consequential progress in technology in history happen during my 86 years. Flight has exceeded all expectations in that time, we’ve gone to the moon and returned. The small computer I hold in my hand (my iPhone) was not even a consideration when I, as a child, picked up the telephone on our hall table to hear “number please”. Cars and trucks have computers in their engines that aid in many different ways. Backing up, temperature controls, GPS, and many others could not have been imagined in a car built in the 1940s.
AI is another advance in technology that has both good and evil built into it. Regulation is necessary to prevent the evil part of it from endangering human beings.
Thank you for your reporting of what our country is fighting against. Small victories, like Abrego Garcia and holding the EPA accountable used to be the norm in our society. Fighting against corruption, government over-reach and corporate pollution were the things that made America a better place. A country and an economy the world envied. We were problem solvers and strengthened by the support of our Allies. The world no longer looks at us for protection. We have become the problem and the aggressor instead of the defender of freedom. Trump's America now attacks countries without provocation. We have become Russia and Trump is America's Putin.
I wonder if Morgan County will still support all of the tRump regimes illegal and selfish acts. Maybe they don't care about a few residents with contaminated and filthy water? AI CAN be a great tool in the right hands and for certain applications, but as a tool to assist humans and not as a human replacement. In no case does all data need to be in the cloud, touched by AI and tracked and 'analyzed'. This, we do not need such huge days centers. Perhaps we should all focus on training people how to think critically and do their own research rather than rely on biased and often incorrect AI output.
So I assume there’s no chance Justice Roberts will actually get impeached (😠dang!) but Cohen has made his beautiful point and has made memorable quotes I’ll carry with me. I would have have added curse words and insults to his accusations because I’m spitting mad, but he wisely didn’t do that (swearing and invective undermine any message, no matter how satisfying it is to the messenger): “Under Chief Justice Roberts’ stewardship, [The Supreme Court] is now understood as biased: with decisions designed to benefit Republicans at the expense of representative government.”
(Cohen put it on record, now, for the ages - though to everyone here today: we’re all thinking, “well, duh.”)
John Roberts has led the UNsupreme court away from the constitution and into corruption of the Rule of Law. Rather than defending the constitution, he has chosen to make his own law. He deserves to be impeached along with his fellow MAGAts. This corrupted court is as rotten as the corrupt pedophile president.
You may be interested to know that I brought up environmental impact concerns while attending an AI training seminar last year. I was one of 2 people in a large conference room to mention this - hopefully this kind of pushback will pick up more steam as people see the effects (though it would be great to avoid them instead).
There will always be jackasses (I'm being kind) but it's always good to remind ourselves that had we dished out the appropriate accountability after the Civil War, we may have dealt with White Christian Nationalism as a serious threat. All of these MFs need to be held to account. They are criminals according to the very laws they claim to defend. LOCK THEM UP.
Thanks for the news, Scott. Much as Gov Newsom’s actions in California are warranted, there is a problem: the same people who are profiting handsomely from the expansion of AI are putting the burdens of it on the rest of us. So average people lose their jobs, their water, their health, and all of us, as taxpayers, have to pick up the slack. The same thing happened during the financial crisis. This is what kleptocracy on a massive scale looks like. The tech companies that are profiting from AI need at a minimum to be made to participate in the support, retraining, and reintegration into the workforce of the people they are replacing with robots. Their shareholders can afford it.
it would be nice to see Rep Cohen’s impeachment articles pick up some cosponsors and attention. Thanks for reporting on it.
Great news on all fronts, Scott!
I am loving Rep. Cohen's move. Even if it doesn't come to fruition, just having it on Chief Justice Traitor's record is good. And his wife unethically benefitting from these court cases? Further proof that these six Conservatives are as corrupt as the regime they are so fond of working in favor of. NEVER want to hear Roberts or the other five conservatives whine about how no one respects SCOTUS
Resist until you can not resist anymore! ✊️🇺🇸 United, We the People have much more power than these corrupt politicians who are making our lives more difficult. Vote them all OUT of office! Vote BLUE/Democrat up and down your ballot in every state across the country in all elections, especially the critical November 3rd midterm election! 💙 🗳
AOC, I love you!! Stick it to the EPA! Zeldin is a royal ass, bent on destroying the environment for humans and nonhumans, stripping us of all hard-won protections and regulations and safeguards so the billionaire corporations can thoroughly pollute, destroy and poison all of us! They put CYANIDE BOMBS in the wilds (on public lands - don’t camp with pets or children! Or even go for a stroll - it could be your last) - he’s allowing ridiculously devastating data centers throughout the country (they are not meant to exist on earth - they deplete and suck the life out of the land). He’s allowing huge wolf shoots, owl poisonings, and countless horrors against nature… AOC for president! Maybe that’s a pipe dream, but every time she makes news, I applaud and stomp my feet for the causes she advocates for: live and let live; protect the downtrodden; assist any needing help; fairness in society, the law and the environment… and just all around sustainable life on earth. ALL life on earth.
Great report today Scott.
Can I add to your list of DEEP DIVES Please? I want to understand POSPOTUS CRYTO HEIST! and Seigniorage. I want to understand trumps con against Americans and him trying to legitimize his World Liberty Financial Coin and compete with the US government right in front of us. Trump is trying to own/be part of central bank and have a "CUT" for him and his family for PERPETUITY!!! for all times, no checks and balances or maturity dates!
Seigniorage is the profit a government or central bank makes from issuing currency. It is the difference between the face value of money (coins and banknotes) and the cost of producing, distributing, and replacing it. scump's latest CON and scam against ALL Americans is histrump trying to legitimize his World Liberty Financial Coin and compete with the US government.
This is part of the Clarity Act that has passed committee and on it's way to the Senate. Elizabeth Warren has an understanding and she is not being loud enough about this whole CON AND SCAM AGAINST AMERICANS. EVEN WORSE THAN IRS IMMUNITY or SCOTUS IMMUNITY or POTUS INSIDER TRADING!
This CON would be the most destructive in all of history! This could destroy the value of the dollar and this conman is trying to FUCK the world with this CRYPTO HEIST!
Please DEEP DIVE - tRUMP's CRYPTO HEIST, World Liberty Financial COIN, The Clarity ACT! Please. I bet if he gets this CON SCAM " done", he will just leave the presidency!
Anyone else out there have any info about this? unfuckingbelieveable!
My question is, why did it take this long to file articles of impeachment for Chief Justice Roberts? Clarence Thomas should be next!
Wherever possible, articles of impeachment of trump regime members should be filed weekly, based on new criminality committed almost daily.
Oh, my supplemental question is, why does it take losing one's seat in Congress for some to find one's spine, whether Democrat or Republican?
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