(Christian Tieber hat eine deutsche Übersetzung des Textes angefertigt: “KI” als faschistisches Artefakt. Vielen Dank Christian!) (This is a bit of a merger of two talks I recently gave about fascism and AI. One was in German at the Cables Of Resistance conference, one in English at the Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy. […]

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/37134271

In this text I want to analyze the relationship of fascism and what is called “AI” these days. Is this “technology” that keeps being used to reshape the world around us (for better or worse but dominantly worse) in some way connected to fascism? Or is it just something fascists like to use? Is it neutral?

  • terabyterex@lemmy.world
    34·
    5 days ago

    not quite. the frontier models get the most press but free open source local models are good. its where the future is and these big companies know it. its why they are trying to have them banned.

    also, in the us, we indeed experiencing facism but what you stated is not the definition of facism. infact, state controlled enterprise is socialism

    Fascism : a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition

    • nforminvasion@lemmy.world
      21·
      4 days ago

      Mussolini LITERALLY said that fascism could be corporatism because the state and corporations become one.

      • terabyterex@lemmy.world
        32·
        4 days ago

        its interesting you care what Mussolini says, i dont. i did post the merrism-webster definition. its pretty straight forward.

        • ExtremeDullard@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          That’s the problem with most people these day: they have an opinion on everything but know fuck-all about anything because education takes time off watching TV.

      • Magiilaro@feddit.org
        11·
        4 days ago

        One could argument that Mussolini as the inventor of the word fascism knows best what he wanted to say with it, but at the same time do words and meanings change with time so… Complicated

        Why Mussolini said it comes from it’s roots as a leftish political orientation and is quite good explained by reading the whole Wikipedia article to this topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_fascism