[HN Gopher] Machines of Loving Grace
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       Machines of Loving Grace
        
       Author : greenie_beans
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2024-11-04 20:05 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | UniverseHacker wrote:
       | A chillingly moving article that reminds me of what is important
       | in life... to want to spend time with those I love that still
       | live, and to remember those that don't.
       | 
       | As an aside- I'm also an academic and resent this sudden nonsense
       | push to 'embrace AI' from people that have no clue what it even
       | is. Some of my research is close enough to be getting renewed
       | interest and funding from this... but I find it offensive the my
       | same research ideas weren't interesting on their own merits a few
       | years ago but only suddenly are now because they involve 'AI.' It
       | suggests a frivolous trend following unbecoming of scientists.
       | 
       | I don't know what this author researches, but she deeply
       | understands why technology needs to be aligned with human
       | interests, and how to make sure it is. That seems to me something
       | academic departments interested in AI research need now more than
       | ever.
       | 
       | I've also always found this poem darkly captivating, because it
       | imagines that positive humanizing technology will be possible but
       | itself seems like a vision that would be infantilizing, and the
       | author leaves it unclear on if they notice this or not, and if it
       | is serious or dark satire.
        
       | alsetmusic wrote:
       | > Yet, I am shocked when AI does not stop Outlook Messenger from
       | bursting confetti across my desktop in response to the
       | Congratulations reply I receive when HR misreads my email about
       | both adding and removing our late son from my health insurance.
       | 
       | Echoes of Facebook showing people "memories" (photos) of their
       | deceased children on their bday. This is one of the saddest
       | stories I've read in a bit.
        
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