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FLAT: Sog. KI und ihre Qualität

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Die Fehler, die die »KI« macht, werden bewusst in Kauf genommen, in der aktuellen Konsolidierungs- und Aufskalierungsphase besonders, weil Fehler zu Lern- und Optimierungsprozessen dazugehören. Aber auch, wenn die vielfältigen Anwendungen der Überwachungs-, Manipulations-, Unterdrückungs- und Renditegenerierungsmaschinerie die normale Reife erreicht haben, die Software erreicht, wird die herrschende Klasse kein Problem mit der Willkür haben, die diese automatischen Prozesse gegenüber der lohnabhängigen Klasse heute schon an den Tag legen. Ich nenne das

FLAT - Für Lohnabhängige Ausreichende Technik

Natürlich gilt nach wie vor, dass der Niedergang der Qualität schlimm genug, aber nicht unser schlimmstes Problem mit »KI« ist:

https://media.ccc.de/search/?q=m%C3%BChlhoff

https://digitalcourage.social/@mupan/116533621400742855

#FLAT #KI #AI #CulturalDamage #SocialDamage #EconomicDamage #Profit #ClassDistinction

Why so many middle-class Canadians feel one crisis away from collapse — and what you can do to get ahead

The Canadian middle class is shrinking. According to a 2023 report by the Observatoire des inégalités, 42% of…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #CA #Canada #Canadians #classdistinction #Disposableincome #Finance #financiallystable #healthemergency #incomeshare #incomethresholds #middleclass #Observatoiredesinégalités #PersonalFinance #upper-class
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/272261/

Why so many middle-class Canadians feel one crisis away from collapse — and what you can do to get ahead

The Canadian middle class is shrinking. According to a 2023 report by the Observatoire des inégalités, 42%…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #AU #Australia #Business #Canadians #classdistinction #disposableincome #Finance #financiallystable #healthemergency #incomeshare #incomethresholds #middleclass #Observatoiredesinégalités #PersonalFinance #upper-class
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/273413/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/171515/ Why so many middle-class Canadians feel one crisis away from collapse — and what you can do to get ahead #Business #Canadians #ClassDistinction #DisposableIncome #Éire #FinanciallyStable #HealthEmergency #IE #IncomeShare #IncomeThresholds #Ireland #MiddleClass #ObservatoireDesInégalités #PersonalFinance #PersonalFinance #UpperClass

It’s funny that I don’t enjoy the Jeeves and Wooster comedies, but I don’t and because of that I recently declined an invitation to see Jeeves At Sea. P.G. Wodehouse wrote many musicals, novels, and plays and his works are all widely enjoyed for his wit and writing skill. So, why do the Jeeves plays make me cringe? I get the humour and I’m glad that they make people laugh, but something in me feels the sting in the tail of the jokes.

I lived in England until I was in my early 20s and in that time there were a few occasions when I experienced social class distinction, and twice the put-downs hurt so much I have never forgotten them. That, I suspect, is at the root of my resistance to Jeeves and Wooster.

There are many ways in which social status is confirmed and distinctions are maintained, and they include everything from manners to accents. Sadly, some upper class people are quite oblivious to their own sense of superiority, but the lower classes are never able to forget their position. Servants of the aristocracy have had to develop coping techniques in order to keep their jobs, and we see that played out in many television series including Upstairs Downstairs, Downton Abbey, and The Crown.

The fact that Jeeves is wiser and wittier than his master, Wooster, should be no surprise to anyone because wit and wisdom are enjoyed in all walks of life. But, Jeeves’ intelligence is the basis for the humour, especially when juxtaposed against Wooster’s misadventures. The joke, on the face of it, is on Wooster.

Taking a step back, though, it becomes clearer that laughing at Wooster makes his ignorance acceptable. It is not unlike realizing that the fictional sitcom character Archie Bunker from All In The Family became a working class icon, even though he espoused racism and bigotry. Both Wooster and Bunker wrap bigotry and ignorance in comedy, and both make it seem okay.

P.G. Wodehouse’s experiences enabled him to appreciate some of the follies and shortcomings of the aristocracy, and his writing skill and humour enabled him to write very popular comedies. What he could not anticipate, though, was that laughing at upper class eccentricity makes their bad behaviour and buffoonery somehow acceptable. Boris Johnson has capitalized on that, but Meghan Markle has been a victim of it.

I do not object to Wodehouse’s plays in themselves, but I do object to the ethos of the aristocracy that they foster. Upper class twits are just not funny to me these days.

https://snowbirdofparadise.com/2024/05/20/its-funny-that/

#aristocracy #Books #buffoonery #classDistinction #humor #humour #Jeeves #jeevesAndWooster #PGWodehouse #Society #stereotypes #Wooster