Comment on Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race

• Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The original comment I responded to was comparing the west to China and saying that the reason why China shouldn’t win is because it’s more repressive. I explained how that’s not the case, so me comparing to the west is relevant in this instance

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  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    2nd paragraph: China has an industrial base that can no longer be competed with. This is the winning recipe, so they will likely control the world.

    So how well all of humanity fares, depends on how the leadership in China decides to treat us. If we end up with say, a chinese Trump, we are done for. If we end up with some miracle in China where the leader is actually kind of benevolent, humanity has a shot.

    We should invest everything we can into ensuring the later.

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    • Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      China has an industrial base that can no longer be competed with. This is the winning recipe, so they will likely control the world.

      I fundamentally agree. I don’t think it will be direct control, but I think China will have a lot more political power in the coming decades.

      So how well all of humanity fares, depends on how the leadership in China decides to treat u

      Seeing how China has no recent history of violence and hasn’t participated in wars for the past 40ish years, I’d say it’s much better than the warmongering USA empire self-declaring itself “the world police”. We’ve seen how well that worked for Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Libya, Vietnam, Korea, Laos, Cambodia…

      If we end up with say, a chinese Trump, we are done for

      Thankfully China has a communist party in government, and no fascist parties like the Republicans or the slightly less fascist Democrats.

      We should invest everything we can into ensuring the later

      Surely the warmongering and genocidal western countries, responsible for the almost total extermination of native Americans, the enslavement of Africa and Asia, and invaders during WW2 (biggest armed conflict in history) aren’t the ones most indicated to make decisions in this regard.

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      • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It does not matter what system is in place, if bad people get into power. That is the key thing: preventing that from happening. This makes fighting injustice, and an emphasis on humanitarianism critical. If you get a sadist in power, or a tough guy that has darwinist-like beliefs, it’s all over.

        Whoever rules China in the age of technology will be god-king.

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