Totally disagree. Knowledge has never depressed me, ignorance does.

But I’m not a normie, true. Most people think I’m a freak for being interested in how things actually work.

my nephews are all about the limited edition skins

and normies think you’re an asshole if you try to explain the technology to them, and cling to their ignorance of it basic it’s more ‘fun’ to believe in magic

I don’t need to cope. I like my job. My country has always been shit. My life isn’t stagnant.

because people’s anti-AI furor is totally irrational and becoming a purity test that any/all ai ever is morally irredeemable.

despite the fact that many such techniques tools have been used for decades in game dev… they just weren’t branded as ‘ai’.

but you are sober, not an anti-ai crusader.

Welcome to being an adult. It only gets worse as you get older. Other adults do not want to hear about your feelings.

You realize it’s a futile cause and learn to live without it. Or you hire a professional therapist to listen to you.

If you are physically attractive you can also try dating. Lots of people on on first dates and use the date as a therapy session.

it’s not going to be nearly as good or as popular… so it’s kind of a lost cause compared to the way bigger impact these DLC updates have

The Cloud sucks.

a lady in the grocery store once told me i look really nice today.

i have a cat and a dog and they both want to go out in weather like that. they love being outside.

neither of them want to cuddle in bed, either.

my cat isn’t noctural. not all cats are the same.

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medical tech.

nobody wants AI fucking up their patient file.

yes.

feelings are not love. the yare feelings. love is the actions you take.

it doesn’t exist. but i work for a company that does real work. it doesn’t bullshit.

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It’s all about the hedonsitic treadmill.

For those struggling to survive… UBI would benefit them.

But for those who are higher on the treadmill and seeking leisure above all else (like your example)… UBI would just allow them to be more of a mooch/loser than they already are inclined to be.

I’ve def met tons of people who basically only work because it means they have lots of money to spend on leisure. These are the same people who have very bad finances, despite having often high paying jobs. They don’t seek to use income to benefit their life in a more long term way… everything is short term hedonistic impulsive pursuits and they only ‘work’ because they have to pay off the debt.

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I could imagine that society being full of all sorts of different problems than the current one.

For example if people moved away from cities it would be a huge negative impact on the environment.

You would also have a new underclass that simple lived off assistance and refused to work. The costs of living would probably also skyrocket such that whatever basic level of income you set would be the new poverty line.

The problem with assumption is that UBI must only do good. It won’t. It will have all sorts of negative effects on top of the positive ones. An easy one to foresee is people taking their UBI and gambling it away.