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Leaf's avatar

I’m more pro-deregulation than most, but what you’ve written here sounds almost comically evil. People should accept lower wages and no benefits so they can “compete” with AI? Isn’t the purpose of technology to make us better off? Either AI complements human work and makes workers more productive so they can get higher wages and benefits than currently, or it replaces productive work to the point that it’s easy to provide the necessities of life for people so they don’t have to work at all. If we’re expecting any other endgame we should just go ahead and ban AI now.

Lawrence Evers's avatar

So cutting through the shit, employees need to accept no benefits and reduced wages along with no protections so that AI can flourish and shareholders can receive bigger returns. Got ya.

Tiny Tim's avatar

This is a load of shit if I ever saw it. This is why in the moment of AI there is a serious and significant need of critical thinking skills. Otherwise, AI and everyone else can piss on your shoes and tell you it's raining. I'm so concerned about the amount of people that lack critical thinking and reasoning skills. They will take us all down with them.

Jon Simon's avatar

I think you're missing the wider picture here. Taking a longer view there's no "computing" with AI. It's like suggesting that cashiers "compete" with checkout machines, it's just not a real option. We're heading towards a future where the options will be redistribution or feudalism. I don't like redistribution but I REALLY don't like feudalism.