How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out of the Enlightenment

Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by tines on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @02:40PM (#40859317)

Hard to take seriously anything in an article that says things like

> If I was to rewrite the Wikipedia summary of the Enlightenment, my cynical side might just edit it to: An Age in which European men developed a high opinion of themselves as transcendent rational beings steering the chaos of irrational nature, women and the body.

And

> So, when Enlightenment thinkers referred to multi-gendered humans as Man, they were not talking about actual humans, but rather about their one-sided ideal of a rational problem-fixer. It is Man at the helm of the juggernaut of industrial progress, with its militaristic states and megacorporations.

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Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by jdiff on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @02:44PM (#40859348)

Your modern sensitivity to misogyny callouts doesn't mean there wasn't rampant misogyny during those times.

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Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by swatcoder on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @02:49PM (#40859406)

The article has an exhausting flourish, and takes far too long to develop its thesis, but none of that is wrong.

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Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by peatmoss on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @02:44PM (#40859351)

My initial thought was that this was generated by an AI as satire.

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Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by Bluestein on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @05:42PM (#40860700)

(Doesn't the author kind of hint at that at some point? At least partially AI-composed or 'assisted' ...

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Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by kevingadd on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @02:47PM (#40859374)

Which specific parts of these statements do you object to? And why? Do you believe they're fundamentally misinformed about everything? Or are there specific details you take issue with?

So much is being said in the two sentences you quoted it's hard for me to infer what you're objecting to.

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Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by throwaway199129 on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @03:02PM (#40859504)

My best guess is that he means the author's characterization of the people themselves. The Enlightenment produced the modern scientific revolution, which arguably led to the largest increase in quality of life since man walked the earth. It also produced a focus on reason and empiricism, which ultimately led to modern civil rights movements and subsequent legislation. When the author attempts to discredit these people's contributions by attacking their character via unfounded accusations of misogyny, it significantly harms their credibility.

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