“What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?”
Wages. They’re trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Capitalist Realism: “Oh no. The factory automated my job, so now I need to find a new employer to pay me less money, possibly in a totally different city or state.”
Socialist Idealism: “Hooray! The factory automated my job! Now I have more time to socialize with my friends and neighbors, pursue hobbies, and volunteer towards new community improvements that will make my town and state a better place!”
Under capitalism labour unions have perverse incentives to combat automation when under the ultimate labour union of socialism we would all be motivated to be working towards it.
I thought they were trying to defeat the pesky menace of “public opinion” and this is just an extension of Persona Management Software.
The point is to drown out real human voices so it always seems like public opinion supports the status quo.
Makes it a lot easier to massage the message of your bought and paid for mass media.
These folks don’t like when public opinion does stuff like… support Luigi Mangione for example. Better to flood the zone with “rational” voices.
This is absolutely happening right now at a huge scale, ignore what you know to be wrong, it’s just robots.
This is a stupid take.
We’re already seeing the benefits of using AI in material science research, pharmaceutical research, translating previously lost languages, green energy development, and thousands of other optimizations…
Anyone saying this is only about jobs is woefully ignorant on the subject
We’ve been using machine learning and neural networks to solve particular problems in science for decades. The recent AGI craze is not about this. It’s about creating a speculative investment bubble based around a language algorithm that generates bullshit.
You can also use it to influence people on social media, create narratives that don’t exist, and deepen divides. The CCP uses them extensively. Sources:
