russellmcormond

russellmcormond, 1 month ago

@pawsplay @sal @actuallyautistic

Western psychology is a specific regime that not only encourages bigotry against anyone different than it defines as "normal" (White, male, cis, hetero, neurotypical, etc), but often stops at the first "condition" detected.

There are many things that co-occur with Autism that get lumped into the same label. Supports for each are not the same.

Behaviorism claims that differences in and of themselves must be "corrected".

russellmcormond, 1 month ago

@pawsplay @actuallyautistic

I'm curious to learn more about "understanding not to play with the stovetop, and not to eat things which contain soy, to which he has an allergy. Proper masturbation etiquette".

Of course, growing up in a Christian household I was told masterbation was evil, so....

This doesn't sound like Autism to me, and might suggest you haven't been given adequate diagnostic information to be able to seek the suports you both actually need.

"The Regime" is very flawed!

russellmcormond, 2 months ago

@zbyte64 @actuallyautistic

I had many problems with this communication, especially as it relates to "motivation" for sharing information.

For instance, there was a mismatch between job titles and work that was being assigned in my previous employment. I wanted to get work done regardless of "jursidiction", but any discussion was claimed to be a deliberate attack on coworkers.

The false assumptions from management of my "motivation" still confuse me a year later.

https://mcormond.blogspot.com/2023/09/resignation.html

russellmcormond, 2 months ago

@zbyte64 @actuallyautistic

I also find the belief in a "single world view" to be confusing.

I grew up under the Canadian Crown, and all the White (not melanin, but Western European Christian worldviews) normative culture. Once I finally learned past the indoctrination, so much more of the world made more sense.

However, I've found that not all Autistic people break free of those normative cultures, sometimes as a part of self-hatred (not even fully accepting their own neurotype).

russellmcormond, 2 months ago

@argv_minus_one @Uair @hosford42 @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence

These all sounded like applications of technology.

I think Large Language Models (LLM) are a great tool for anthropology, and there is a need to do more anthropology of supremacist worldviews/etc.

Unfortunately, as you note, it is a technology that's abused.

The flaw isn't in the existence of the technology, but in other systems (Capitalism, Androcentrism, etc, etc) which use the technology in inappropriate/harmful ways.

russellmcormond, 2 months ago

@argv_minus_one @Uair @hosford42 @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence

I was responding to: "AI is tech, and its clearly bad."

Societies which are Capitalist aren't going to ban AI because it amplifies harm from flaws of Capitalism. They don't see the flaws.

Same with any other ist/ism, as Capitalism isn't the only flawed ideology embedded in some worldviews.

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I was suggesting using AI to study, not to suggest AI could be used to change systems in use by those who don't see problems.

russellmcormond, 2 months ago

@paninid @argv_minus_one @Uair @hosford42 @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence

It depends on what you are trying to use the LLM for.

I'm not sure what the purpose of injecting random data that is only curated by language. Even for "English", which English are you curationg? What population?

Even the notion that the worldviews of all English speaking populations is "universal" is false, and thus an uncurrated data set is GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out). It's an inappropriate use of the tech.

russellmcormond, 2 months ago

@Uair @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence

BTW: Not everyone on Mastodon lives under the Government of the United States. I assume it is that specific set of "Republicans" you were referencing.

I live under the Canadian Crown, which is a partly different set of systems, even though also part of the British North American settler-colonialism.

I used "Capitalism" as a shortform. I personally consider Anthropocentrism, Androcentrism, and Colonialism to be larger issues.

russellmcormond, 2 months ago

@nddev @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence

I am curious if these "darker connotations" are something you personally agree are dark?

I live under the Canadian Crown, same form of constitutional monarchy as UK (same underlying institution, even if separate in other ways).

I believe in #AbolishTheMonarchy #LandBack #Decolonization

I only consider myself "left wing" in the French Revolution sense, and not in the Marx vs Smith sense as I don't adhere to European/Christian economic theories.

russellmcormond, 2 months ago

@Jobob @nddev @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence

Which still leaves with the question: Does Irish and Scottish independence have a "darker connotation" for you?

What is "terrorism" and what is "law and order" tends to be quite subjective ("our" side vs "theirs").

I bring this up as worldviews and subjectivities matter when looking at datasets used to "teach" LLM's. Even basic things like "who/what is a Republican" and "who/what is a terrorist" is far less "objective" than people believe.