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As yall have seen me post and post, I've been doing freelance AI training to keep myself afloat while looking for a steady job.

It occurred to me a few days ago that when training the AI, you're almost forced to think in a certain way that doesn't really jive with me, and my brain might not be wired for.

I suspect I'm not the only one, but if yall would read it, I'll make some time to get something more formal writted!

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 38 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Innit it's being trained in ways that don't really accomodate anyone outside of the very specific techbro american culture where they're being trained too.

AI moderation for example HATES communities that are culturally british, or australian, or new zealand, the english-speaking countries that are generally much more relaxed about language they use and I'm not just talking about the slurs either. I mean just generally american "civility" bs is built into the analysis and it's fucked. Nothing I've written here would be considered bad by a Brit but if I put this in a tiktok or youtube comment it won't post, it'll be automoderated for harassment or some shit.

Literally everyone outside an extremely narrow white techbro american interpretation of correct social behaviour is going to be screwed by all this stuff. It's genuinely culturally insensitive and intrusive. I can't really say how this differs for non-English speaking countries, I assume the AI training is not as good or not implemented there. Generally the issue is that all "English" speakers are expected to interact by american standards and not their own. This is effectively going to train a generation of people into acting like yanks and I fucking hate it.

Sorry, went off on a tangent here but yes I'm extremely interesting in the neurodiversity angle on the same topic because I am frustrated by this rubbish literally every single day.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sounds like it’s speeding up the process that social media kicked off with Anglo countries becoming increasingly more American. I’ve noticed it more here with people who consume a lot of Anglo media. Everything from their mannerisms to way of speaking becomes noticeably more American, even applying American stereotypes of our culture to themselves.

[-] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

That is so fucking grim. The rot of American cultural hegemony has already so thoroughly infected so much of the globe. To know that it's not just getting worse but accelerating, killing even faster any actual culture the world over, it really drives me into a doomer emotional state.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

It’s not as bad in non-Anglo countries although you do notice it from people who consume a lot of Anglo media.

Other countries have their own sphere of cultural influence in their respective linguistic spheres. I think Brazil is in a similar position with how its social media heavily influences the Portuguese speaking world. In Guatemala we’re more influenced by Mexico and Spain with how dominant they are on social media.

But the Anglo world is definitely becoming increasingly American with the US being as dominant and omnipotent as it is. The EU is also heavily Americanized but they’re a bit of a special case.

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