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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"bigots reject what they're unfamiliar with, and if I'm honest, it'll probably end up happening to me too"

Is about as far from the one joke as you can get.

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"LOL My future son will identify as an apache attack helicopter probably haha"

It's the same joke.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

It's not the same joke because, it's a more honest attempt to imagine a plausible scenario in which unconscious prejudice may manifest. Apache attack helicopter is obviously absurd. AI sentience is just ~~very unlikely~~ something that is not currently a prejudice we find ourselves exposed to and may speculate we'd end up being adverse to