alt Hacker NewsThis is like a vegan refusing to be around, let alone eat with, meateaters.
As vegans and vegetarians (and decades earlier, non-smokers) have shown, you can have a principled stance on something without forcing that stance on others. Yes, it sucks. Yes, your impact will be smaller. But it’s a lot easier to maintain than to break off contact with a friend who dares ask ChatGPT a question.
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insanetake • today at 5:05 PM
Also, anyone who is anti-AI because of environmental reasons but still eats meat is a huge hypocrite.
dist-epoch • today at 4:57 PM
It's not that simple, some principles are more principled than others.
Would you be friend with Goebbels, knowing he has some different stances than you on some subjects?
> As vegans and vegetarians (and decades earlier, non-smokers) have shown, you can have a principled stance on something without forcing that stance on others.
If you truly believe something is evil, i think that is difficult. Like imagine if someone said, i believe murder is wrong but i dont want to force that on others. Or, i dont really like slavery but that's just me and others should be slave owners if they feel that is right.
Obviously there is a spectrum of moral ills, and not all are created equal, but if you truly believe something is abhorent, you can't be a good person and tolerate it in others