AI isn’t your pal, it is not the cure for isolation under capitalism. It is also not free to run unless you are the product.
Frankly this take that AI will lead to a communist revolution if people embrace the technology reads more like Vulgar Marxism. You’re not seizing the means of production by being a consumer of a technology. And training a communist aligned LLM is a dubious value proposition.
I argue, that power is important, regardless of your intentions. If humans want a better world, people need the means to create and uphold it - be it factories, farms, knowledge, communication, guns, AI, or government. I am not arguing for the communism in your head.
Too many associate “means of production” with communism, when it is the fact that power is fundamental to society.
The point is that being a consumer of AI is not seizing the means of production. If you’re not spending millions of dollars training and operating the AI to actually own it, the power you have is on lease and the terms can change at anytime without regard to your needs or wishes.
I and others can run AI on our own consumer hardware, and assorted independent groups have been working on customizing AI. The Swiss, China, and other nations are also implementing open-source models. Given time, the AI space would be like that of the computer: the cost and limitations would shrink greatly, while performance improves.
TheLastOfHisName@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m down for a Butlerian Jihad.