“Smash the looms” is the wrong idea.
“Eat the rich” might have some merit though.
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Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
People here keep belittling AI. You’re all wrong, at least when considering the long run… We can’t beat it. We need to outlaw it.
Train it to replace CEO’s.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 months ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah, don’t smash the looms, seize them. The ability to make labor easier and more efficient is a positive if we don’t allow it to be a means to impoverish the workers
Buttons@programming.dev 7 months ago
Outlawing it is a very dangerous path, because outlawing it completely will enable other countries to out compete us, and a outlawing it completely is right next to “outlaw it for normal people, allow companies to exploit it for profit” on the political dart board.
MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If AI is outlawed, only outlaws will have AI
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Nah, I disagree on both counts.
We can’t beat it. We need to outlaw it.
Is the intent here to preserve jobs even if it’s less productive? That’s solving the wrong problem. Instead of banning it, we should be adapting to it. If AI is more efficient than people, the jobs people take should change.
I think there’s a solid case that if something would devolve into rent-seeking because competition is unproductive, it should be provided as a public service. Do you need a job if all of your basic needs are met by AI? At that point, any work you do would be optional, so people would follow their passions instead of working to make ends meet (see: Star Trek universe).
Think of it like Basic Income, but instead of cash, you’d get services at-cost. I think there’s room for non-profits (or maybe the government) to provide these AI-services at-cost.
markon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Y’all are dumbass doomers. Have some fun with AI while your can you some aged peasants. We were always fucked.
echodot@feddit.uk 7 months ago
It’s Schrödinger’s AI. It is both useless and will replace everyone. Depending on the agenda the particular person is trying to push.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I know it’s getting boring. I am tried of people telling me how chatgpt and friends are toys that just spit back website data and in the same comment telling me how they are basically angry gods ready to end the human race.
Fucking make up your mind!